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anakaine 19 hours ago [-]
And yet our climate change denialists insist its just weather, and that Net Zero is the economic devil.
Im an environmental scientist and engineer with substantial disaster management and policy experience.
One or two very large events can totally eclipse the cost to economy of reducing emissions and focussing on long term stable low emission power. Those very large events are becoming more common. A couple of years back we ran a multi jurisdictional exercise about a high end cyclone hitting the local major city. Even with 4 days warning there was insufficient time to evacuate the entire population of several million, and rehousing was an almost unsolvable nightmare. That city is not cyclone ready or hardened, but the climate models enable high category events travelling where they were previously quite unlikely.
anukin 17 hours ago [-]
It does not affect them. The decision makers and the powers influencing them can build mega yachts etc to avoid any potential issues arising from climate changes.
trillic 17 hours ago [-]
Chicago?
fivefifty 13 hours ago [-]
Unlikely since they used the term cyclone, probably Australia as that's the sort of place they would most likely do something like that and have someone posting on hacker news about it.
bad_haircut72 12 hours ago [-]
Im guessing Perth or Sydney. A big cyclone hitting either would be... non ideal.
pseudohadamard 6 hours ago [-]
Also, further south in Australia than is currently typical, since big cyclones hit northern cities relatively frequently.
anakaine 13 hours ago [-]
No, sorry. I wont nail down further, but I'm not US based.
raptured-banal- 17 hours ago [-]
yes but if it doesn't effect them think of all that profit they'll have lost for the rich shareholders. did you ever stop to think of the billionaires?! no you didn't because you wanted a nice planet for everyone and all the animals. Shame on you!!!
AustinDev 19 hours ago [-]
Put the sulfur back in the maritime fuel.
measurablefunc 21 hours ago [-]
Yup, and it's only going to keep getting worse.
frogperson 19 hours ago [-]
I'm so happy it worked out for the shareholders. /s
metalman 17 hours ago [-]
last "supper" el nino was 2014/15
and localy there was water effect snow comming of the Bay of Fundy that just didn't stop, and at one point I called the dog off the roof as he simply walked up the snow bank to check things out.
I am getting ready now and hope to have a simple plan in place to sit things out.
water effect snow happens when colder hummid air hits warmer open water, and will produce a blizard without actual clouds as the whole thing happens horizontaly and is often hyper local, but can produce truely prodigious amounts of snow.
Zero atlantic hurricane weather so far, but a pause in the wind sheer keeping them down
could happen without notice, and basicly everybody should be doing there due dilligance for whatever the local extreams can be going forward.
herri 17 hours ago [-]
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ChrisArchitect 19 hours ago [-]
Discussions:
Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead Winter
Im an environmental scientist and engineer with substantial disaster management and policy experience.
One or two very large events can totally eclipse the cost to economy of reducing emissions and focussing on long term stable low emission power. Those very large events are becoming more common. A couple of years back we ran a multi jurisdictional exercise about a high end cyclone hitting the local major city. Even with 4 days warning there was insufficient time to evacuate the entire population of several million, and rehousing was an almost unsolvable nightmare. That city is not cyclone ready or hardened, but the climate models enable high category events travelling where they were previously quite unlikely.
Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead Winter
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49313428
Climate change is strengthening El Niño, coral records suggest
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49475404
The Strongest El Niño Ever Forecast and the Hunger It Will Leave Behind
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49281960
Oceans hit highest temperature on record
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424606