RE: Climate catastrophe isn't so certain
May 15, 2012 at 1:23 pm
(This post was last modified: May 15, 2012 at 1:27 pm by orogenicman.)
(May 15, 2012 at 12:55 pm)Chuck Wrote: I am not claiming no reaction. I am claiming inadaquate and behind the curve reaction to be predictable behavioral trait. The trait is unlikely to go away, and is likely to result in predictably worse consequences with ACC.
That is largely because organizations such as the Corp of Engineers, who are responsible for flood control in the U.S., are prone to political manuevering and budget constraints. The levees in New orleans were, in fact, slated for upgrades, and they were well aware of the limited protection they provided. Unfortunately, neither the Corps nor the Bush administration were in sync with nature's timetable.
Having said that, to be honest, I don't think the expense of trying to protect New Orleans from the inevidible is worth the expense and effort. It is my opinion that the most vulernable portions of the city should be moved to higher ground. It is more cost effective, and would have a longer lasting result. Continuing to build on such disaster-prone land is irrational.
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-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
