tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post6587428304784354605..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: For Every Complicated Problem There Is a Simple But Wrong AnswerEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-31099383548088742432012-07-02T04:40:27.102-04:002012-07-02T04:40:27.102-04:00SF and Baltimore together then doubled are dwarfed...SF and Baltimore together then doubled are dwarfed by the Rotterdam seaport, which was for 40 years the worlds largest until Shanghai and Yokohama became bigger couple of years ago. Much of the seaport lies behind the Maeslantkering, this trapdoorsystem being the solution against storm surges while usually keeping the port open to sea.cRR Kampenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571285063752477448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-84706191469280315632012-06-28T20:57:47.743-04:002012-06-28T20:57:47.743-04:00Not least since SF and Baltimore are major shippin...Not least since SF and Baltimore are major shipping ports.badger badger badgerhttp://badgerbadgerbadger.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-34406538848638808762012-06-26T21:20:32.193-04:002012-06-26T21:20:32.193-04:00More: the Zuider Zee is an interesting case, which...More: the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuiderzee" rel="nofollow">Zuider Zee</a> is an interesting case, which however differs from most of the inhabited US coastline.<br /><br />1) By closing it off where they did, they greatly reduced the coastline open to the ocean. I.e., they had a 200-mile coastline, then closed that off with a 30-mile barrier.<br />This was pretty efficient.<br /><br />2) Generally, that was not where the <a href="http://mapas.owje.com/maps/8585_netherlands-population-1970.html" rel="nofollow">population</a> was.<br /><br />In the US, the closest equivalents might be to close off Chesapeake Bay (at the <a href="http://www.cbbt.com/facts.html" rel="nofollow">Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel</a>, ~20-mile-long, but rather deeper than the Zuider Zee)) or the SF Bay @ The Golden Gate, narrow but deep.<br />Pumps are needed, too.<br /><br />Neither of these seem likely soon.John Masheynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-3950685503160593882012-06-26T16:58:34.761-04:002012-06-26T16:58:34.761-04:00You are a city/state/country planner, charged with...You are a city/state/country planner, charged with coastal planning for next 100 years.<br />Your coast sometimes has storms.<br /><br />Are the following scenarios any different for you?<br /><br />1) No SLR, storm behave remains same.<br /><br />2) SLR, .9-1.1m by 2100, constant rate.<br /><br />3) SLR, .7-1.6m by 2100, with less certainty about the reate of change.<br /><br />===<br />1) Is relatively easy, because there is a good chance to predict erosion and storm behavior, and erect barriers as needed.<br /><br />2) Here at least, you know you will need to raise dikes or pull back, and you can make reasoned choices of action versus economic life of assets. If you are going to build something with an expected life of 50 years, you may know where you can or cannot put it.<br /><br />3) Is trickier. Uncertainty is not your friend. Given the range, some people will argue for one end and others for the other end of the range.John Masheynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-2689263606650519002012-06-26T10:40:23.978-04:002012-06-26T10:40:23.978-04:00The Netherlands dammed the Zuider Zee, now the Ijs...The Netherlands dammed the Zuider Zee, now the Ijselmeer, to provide flood control and to build new land for agriculture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-80637252805683242922012-06-25T10:06:07.718-04:002012-06-25T10:06:07.718-04:00Problems with tidal ecosystems have been solved in...Problems with tidal ecosystems have been solved in Holland using systems like this one:<br />http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oosterscheldekering<br />and, though for Rotterdam shipping not so much as for tidal flowers and beasts:<br />http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maeslantkering<br /><br />These things are closed only during severe storm surges.<br /><br />Not a cheap solution maybe, but certainly a solution.cRR Kampenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571285063752477448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-5277854391938203702012-06-24T13:48:30.315-04:002012-06-24T13:48:30.315-04:00During the Reagan administration, a high US offici...During the Reagan administration, a high US official said to an official from Bangladesh:<br /><br />"Now you have cows. In the future, you'll have fish!"Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575837647825433144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-86458782104781014802012-06-24T07:48:17.054-04:002012-06-24T07:48:17.054-04:00BKK is an interesting place. The streets are filt...BKK is an interesting place. The streets are filthy, polluted, crowded and fascinating. If you want to see gridlock, look no further. However, if you really want to get from point A to point B, you take a river taxi and then walk the rest of the way to your destination.<br /><br />The whole city is one big impermeable surface, so it pretty much always floods during the monsoons, and then all that crap from the city streets runs off into the rivers and lagoons. It ain't pretty, but it's alive.a_ray_in_dilbert_spacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-62567312267076186702012-06-23T23:11:46.422-04:002012-06-23T23:11:46.422-04:00Whoops, and that's 7 million in Bangkok! 7 bil...Whoops, and that's 7 <i>million</i> in Bangkok! 7 billion comes later, after the fusion power and orbiting torus of monoclonal nutrient vats come onlinedbostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885863615343906724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-38178329649344268872012-06-23T23:09:36.731-04:002012-06-23T23:09:36.731-04:00A look ahead at adaptation in Bangkok. Lots of fun...A look ahead at <a href="http://bkkbaseface.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/flood_2011_10_30h.jpg" rel="nofollow">adaptation</a> in Bangkok. Lots of fun times to come, if you enjoy spontaneous travel under the direction of uniformed guides with megaphones. <br /><br />~7,000,000,000 call Bangkok home. Talk of desperate measure is pretty understandable given that the city appears to be screwed. See maps <a href="http://bkkbaseface.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/bangkok-flood-elevation-map/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Notice how many streets are essentially <i>at</i> sea level already?<br /><br />If history's any guide the city will probably trump the countryside when it comes to the political clout to do whatever it's able to afford to save itself, no matter the impact. <br /><br />Be wary of the comfy sounding option of "adaptation." Desperate tooth and nail struggle for survival is how the word unpacks.dbostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885863615343906724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-25274078901608530902012-06-23T19:55:20.926-04:002012-06-23T19:55:20.926-04:00See:
7 cities about to sink.See:<br /><a href="http://travel.usnews.com/features/7_Cities_About_to_Sink" rel="nofollow">7 cities about to sink</a>.John Masheynoreply@blogger.com