Posted on September 23, 2015 by Al Bergstein
I’m so glad that while this is expected in British Columbia, it won’t happen here…oh wait!
“We know that in past El Ninos from here to California we’ve seen some of the highest historic rates of erosion. “
This winter’s El Nino is expected to rival the strongest on record, which hit in 1997-98.
If you live on the beach, you might want to make sure your insurance is up to date, and your most valued documents are stored off site.
CBC article
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Posted on July 31, 2015 by Al Bergstein
The story here is a good quick overview of the big picture of climate change that we are facing this year and likely into next. The existing conditions are possibly going to make the upcoming ones worse. The fact that the Pacific waters are 7 degrees above normal is astonishing, and that Puget Sound waters are up to 4 degrees warmer adds to that impact. We need to get very serious about the drought’s impacts, and having just passed the city street sweeper machine, out using drinking water to wash the edges of our roads, makes it very frustrating that our city government is so cavalier with water when they are on the other hand asking us to conserve.
Scientists say they are concerned about the continued ecological effects of the unusually warm and dry conditions in the Puget Sound region this summer.
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/the-blob-warms-puget-sounds-waters-hurts-marine-life/?utm_source=Sightline%20Institute&utm_medium=web-email&utm_campaign=Sightline%20News%20Selections
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