Japan is next?
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- jaylarson0
A little bit of global warming for breakfast.
- slappy0
not that you can comapre japans storms to new orleans, its just freaky how battered the planets getting atm.
- visualplane0
Mothernature is pissed
- pavlovs_dog0
science anyone?
we're in the upswing of what appears to be a 30 year cycle for hurricanes.
more people live in costal area then ever.
the instant transmission of news (24 hrs a day) makes virtually the entire world aware of every calamity.
- Crouwel0
the Giant Spaghetti Monster is angry.
We should sacrifice some more Bolognese..
- sherman0
good surfing here in western cananda?
- Iscariot0
Japan gets hit by Typhoons all the time.
- Crouwel0
japan.
i'd hit it.
- noop0
japan.
i'd hit it.
Crouwel
(Sep 7 05, 19:36)i already did.
- jaylarson0
You are definately correct about 30-year ish patterns of hurricanes; and you are also correct about the instantaneous transmission of news. But these points alone don't explain the fact that humans are helping accelerate the "regular" global warming cycle.
Anybody know where/what companies one can invest in that deal with water treatment?
- pavlovs_dog0
"regular" global warming cycle
^ huh?
my understanding is that the hurricane cycle is caused by the ocean currents, like el nino...
there is a very good case to be made that global warming (man made co2/methane) is having a drastic effect on polar regions today (+ 2 or 3 degrees) ....but hurricanes?
now, fifty or a hunderd years down the road? there is a possibilty, even a strong possibilty many major costal cities will see this kind of flooding...
- pavlovs_dog0
^ due to global warming
- slappy0
so buy land in the hills and watch it go up in value...
- horton0
"regular" global warming cycle
^ huh?
my understanding is that the hurricane cycle is caused by the ocean currents, like el nino...
there is a very good case to be made that global warming (man made co2/methane) is having a drastic effect on polar regions today (+ 2 or 3 degrees) ....but hurricanes?
now, fifty or a hunderd years down the road? there is a possibilty, even a strong possibilty many major costal cities will see this kind of flooding...
pavlovs_dog
(Sep 7 05, 21:06)absolutely! apparently the temperature in the Gulf of Mexico was way above normal this year - around 30° C - which gave Katrina an enormous boost of energy as it approached land.
- Peter0
The typhoon prior to "Nabi" that was here a week ago or so were also crazy. I think the Southern part of Japan was struck the hardest, but even here in Tokyo I was wading in water.
The sadest part is that there is always one or two elderly people dying with each and every typhoon. And almost everyone dies doing the same thing: trying to fix the tv-antenna or something on the roof. It's sad.
- jg_20
we have a lot of storms in barcelona. god is furious with the damn tourists
- Chip0
Agreed Peter, always the same on the news here...
and always trying to fix their TV antenna even though the entire network is down.
My cable channels are gone instantly when typhoons come near Tokyo.
They do seem to be getting gradually stronger in power.
I'm off to Okinawa for some sun in October, cheap tickets, just hope I miss any typhoons...
- Peter0
Found this on a Japanese forum. It is suprisingly accurate for the television here:
"Typhoon TV news drinking game
Take one slug for every reporter standing outside in waterproofs telling you it's rainy/windy.
Take one slug for every shot of waves breaking over a not particularly interesting rocky shore or a tree blowing in the wind.
Take three slugs for the above, but at night time when everything is just a dark blur.
Take two slugs for every shot of a brolly being blown inside out.
Abstain for 10 minutes for each new item of real news about the typhoon - eg, another reported injury/death.
Guaranteed to be plastered within an hour of turning on the telly!"
- JazX0
They live in a Typhoon Ring not a Hurricane Belt.
There's more headed out way.
No worries, as long as it's not LA, most states are more than prepared to evacuate if they are Class 5.
- pascii0
swissRe waits since 18 yrs this happens. follow the thought what would economically happen when japan takes all it's money home.....