tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post9217981969918206616..comments2023-10-31T05:09:58.639-04:00Comments on maribo: Storm surges, sea level and climate changeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post-9473362272490473182012-12-09T18:59:52.580-05:002012-12-09T18:59:52.580-05:00I've been on a kick for a few years that SLR i...I've been on a kick for a few years that SLR is the strongest legal vulnerability for climate polluters because you don't have to wrestle with whether it was caused by climate change or something else. <br /><br />Untangling damamges for SLR versus general damages from a storm won't be easy, but I think a judge who bought the argument that polluters are responsible for SLR isn't going to let them off because their damage is mixed in with other damages.Brian Schmidtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post-91941552196678718132012-11-11T22:12:01.223-05:002012-11-11T22:12:01.223-05:00Absolutely, thanks for writing that. The recovery ...Absolutely, thanks for writing that. The recovery time will also be long in lots of communities along the Long Island coast and especially the Jersey Shore. <br /><br />This is a powerful reminder of the worst potential inequalities of climate change. There's a huge range in our ability to adapt, and the people and communities with lower adaptive capacity might also be seen as "lower priorities" and receive less or less urgent public assistance.Simon Donnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844831377442275615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post-22513903852174936832012-11-11T21:47:35.306-05:002012-11-11T21:47:35.306-05:00Simon, as someone who played on the barrier beache...Simon, as someone who played on the barrier beaches in the Rockaways and lived in low lying areas of South Brooklyn, let me tell you that Manhattan and the Bowery is the least of it. People we know who work in Hoboken NJ say that their buildings will not be open until January or later (a lot of Wall Street backoffices were located there.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post-89134267677792224132012-11-09T16:30:55.712-05:002012-11-09T16:30:55.712-05:00Thanks David, that's a great quote.Thanks David, that's a great quote.Simon Donnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844831377442275615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post-7718947048202045822012-11-09T14:52:01.921-05:002012-11-09T14:52:01.921-05:00When the US Navy asked the National Academy, what ...When the US Navy asked the National Academy, what about sea level rise, the answer was this report: <a href="http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12914" rel="nofollow">National Security Implications of Climate Change for US Naval Forces</a><br /><br />The threat of sea level rise was described this way:<br /><br />"neither regional nor global sea level is of primary interest in determining naval coastal installation vulnerability. Rather, it is the increased vulnerability associated with extreme events (storm surges) and their dependence on changes in regional sea level, tidal amplitudes, and the nature of extraordinary meteorological forces that are of greatest importance"<br />david lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01057820755734099375noreply@blogger.com