Katrina is only a prelude

[justinsb]

Rising sea levels over the next few decades will be the end of New Orleans - it is too wet already and too close to sea level.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. right

and many other coastal cities will be in danger as well.

[justinsb]

3. Yes

many coastal cities are in danger, but I think New Orleans will be one of the bellweathers.

[Horse with no Name]

2. Something that I read yesterday said

that if New Orleans were destroyed, it wouldn't be rebuilt for that very reason.

[HereSince1628]

4. Well, lets hope the premise of N.O.'s destruction remains an "if"

[greyl]

7. The Moyers NOW transcript

http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_neworleans.html

[sam sarrha]

11. there is nothing there from bill ..just a list of other names

[greyl]

12. that's true

but it still may be where the notion was spotted. :)

[murray hill farm]

5. reminds me of the movie...

or tv miniseries, i guess..but u can rent it on dvd..called "the fire next time" sort of a look at what is about to begin happening right now in New Orleans.

[Blue_In_AK]

6. We just heard that there's another hurricane,

90 mph winds, coming in right behind Katrina. This could be a very long hurricane season. I'm not really a religious person, but I am certainly sending my most sincere wishes to the Gulf coast residents for their safety.

[1monster]

14. Current Atlantic/Gulf weather map... no other hurricane out there yet...

There is a tropical depression (#13) way out in the Atlantic, but no other hurricane at present. Let's just hope it stays that way.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/

[Blue_In_AK]

15. Maybe it was that "TD 13" out there

:shrug: My husband's the one who's been glued to the weather channel and he had mentioned it this morning.

Whatever -- I think it would be great if the hurricanes would just stop for this fall (not likely, I guess).

[Poppyseedman]

8. N.O. is already below sea level

so just build higher levees.

As for raising sea levels in the next few decades, they are at best going to be a few inches.

[justinsb]

9. the few inches is deceptive

an increase of a few inches in sea level could claim many miles of coastline..because the ocean is so much larger than the landmass. Also in any places where the water is diverted by mountains or levees it will flood that much more in surrounding areas

[sam sarrha]

10. i hope they dont rebuild it back in the hole.. it needs to be moved,,

[Porcupine]

13. Yap, Earth's gonna have it's own Great Red Spot

If climate change significantly slows down the gulf stream a significant thermal imbalance will develop between the gulf and north atlantic. Hurricanes distribute thermal imbalances.

The storm state will not be permanent but it will certainly feel like it.

okay it's just a scary speculation. but you never know.....