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Flooding is a perfectly natural occurrence, and it is not caused by the global mean temperature.
If anything exacerbates flooding, it is the land use common to civilization where the water has fewer places to drain to. But floods have been a thing since antiquity and the earliest recorded history, like 5,000 years prior to the industrial age.
Increased flooding is caused by global warming..... Warmer air holds more moisture, that is causing more rain to fall, which causes increased flooding....It's called science.
Increased flooding is caused by global warming..... Warmer air holds more moisture, that is causing more rain to fall, which causes increased flooding....It's called science.
Not only that, but disturbed global weather patterns can cause shifts in where rain falls the most, possibly making wet areas even more wet, and drier areas even more dry. Of course there is variation interspersed in there, so you need to look at the longer-term trends.
Increased flooding is caused by global warming..... Warmer air holds more moisture, that is causing more rain to fall, which causes increased flooding....It's called science.
Global humidity has been going down.....the total opposite of global warming theory
This is the umpteenth thread on this topic. Like the others, this will go nowhere. You will have dozens of people who are unqualified to speak on the subject, who don't know what they're talking about, quoting data they don't understand. Or worse, making blanket statements, like "this is just part of the natural temperature cycles of the earth", with no supporting data or evidence.
If you truly want to know whether climate change is real, don't ask people on CityData. Ask an expert (and I think we know what the answer will be).
A few things go into flooding but how do you explain two 100 year floods less tha 10 years apart, events like this are becoming more frequent.
So-called "100 year" things are man-made concoctions and don't take into account incidents that occurred prior to the time people started recording incidents.
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Tell those people that are being wiped out in the Midwest about the "inevitable benefits".
Which part of "flood plain" do you not understand?
Flood plains are Nature's natural repository of floods. You built houses there than cry because Nature keeps flooding areas Nature is supposed to flood.
So-called "100 year" things are man-made concoctions and don't take into account incidents that occurred prior to the time people started recording incidents.
Which part of "flood plain" do you not understand?
Flood plains are Nature's natural repository of floods. You built houses there than cry because Nature keeps flooding areas Nature is supposed to flood.
When you have predicted flooding that is estimated to be 100 years based on models that occur 10 years apart that would seem to indicate that warming is increasing. There are many examples.
Usually the new records are indicated in inches, this time is in feet including the flooding of an air force base. One of the reasons the military also raised the issue of warming was that it is jeopardizing our bases.
Theres a lot we can do to minimize our use of fossil fuel based products without moving to a cave.
There may be a lot to be done, but it's not about what sacrifices we the people need to make.
If you think about fossil fuels, who uses more: your Subaru or the government, army, navy, marines, and NASA? If we the people all stopped driving today, do you think it would make a dent? I don't.
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