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THE CALIFORNIA COAST GREW AND PROSPERED during a remarkable moment in history when the sea was at its tamest. But the mighty Pacific, unbeknownst to all, was nearing its final years of a calm but unusual cycle that had lulled dreaming settlers into a false sense of endless summer.
Elsewhere, Miami has been drowning, Louisiana shrinking, North Carolina's beaches disappearing like a time lapse with no ending. While other regions grappled with destructive waves and rising seas, the West Coast for decades was spared by a rare confluence of favorable winds and cooler water. This "sea level rise suppression," as scientists call it, went largely undetected. Blinded from the consequences of a warming planet, Californians kept building right to the water's edge.
But lines in the sand are meant to shift. In the last 100 years, the sea rose less than 9 inches in California. By the end of this century, the surge could be greater than 9 feet.
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday July 09 2019, @11:38PM (1 child)
You can flood all of L.A. and most will say "good riddance" (half of which don't remember that the worst of the worst live in the hills)...
BUT I need the continued operation of that main portal to Hell called LAX, at least until some other airport not on the shore takes over intercontinental flights.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday July 10 2019, @12:02AM
Hey Google, what's the elevation of LAX? 125'
Hey Google, what's the elevation of MIA? 9'
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