Traxis posted:

https://www.e-education.psu.edu/ear...acific%20Ocean.

Perry Mason Jar posted:

https://x.com/realestatedude0/status/1754556189793562862?s=20

titty_baby_ posted:

FOOD wildfire fuel GROWS WHERE WATER FLOWS

Perry Mason Jar posted:

https://x.com/realestatedude0/status/1754556189793562862?s=20

smoobles posted:

smoobles posted:

Californians get mad when there's not enough water and also get mad when there's too much water

SirPablo posted:

This wasn't even an ArkStorm!

Perry Mason Jar posted:

https://x.com/realestatedude0/status/1754556189793562862?s=20

quote:

When meteorologists began using the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale to measure hurricane intensity in the 1970s, a Category 5 storm represented oblivion. Such a cyclone, with sustained winds of at least 157 mph, could flatten any structure of the era, so there was no reason to give the most ferocious tier of hurricanes an upper bound.

But as the planet warms, storms are increasingly surpassing what was once considered extreme, according to research published Monday. Now, two scientists are proposing a new label they say a growing number of storms already merit: Category 6.

“Climate change has demonstrably made the strongest storms stronger,” said Michael Wehner, a senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. “Introduction of this hypothetical Category 6 would raise awareness of that.”

Wehner and James Kossin, a distinguished science adviser at the First Street Foundation, suggest the Category 6 label could go to any tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 192 mph — an intensity that five storms have surpassed since 2013.

Meteorologists have for years debated whether the current hurricane scale adequately captures the hazards of today’s storms — it only takes winds into account, not pounding waves or flooding — and whether a new top-end category is needed. With the new research, the scientists say they are formalizing that discussion, in hopes of spurring more academic debate about the ways climate change is heightening weather hazards as we know them.

“Having [Category 5] mean anything above a certain threshold is becoming more and more problematic,” Kossin said. “It tends to understate the risk.”

There is no sign that government hurricane forecasters will revise their rating scale anytime soon — and some meteorologists disagree on whether it should be adopted. Still, the proposal underscores how dramatically the potential for extreme storms has surged.

As global temperatures rise, oceanic and atmospheric warming are more often creating a prime environment for storms to rapidly strengthen and swirl more forcefully than ever.

The scientists predict the trend will only accelerate in warm basins such as the Gulf of Mexico, where some sea surface temperature readings surpassed 100 degrees amid record global warmth last summer. Scientists forecast the threat will worsen once planetary temperatures average 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels. In that scenario, they say the risk of Category 6 storms in the Gulf will double.

Climate change is intensifying hurricanes
The research adds to a growing body of understanding — and proof — that global warming translates to stronger storms.

After all, warmer air holds more moisture. And more heat means more energy for storms to feed on and violently unleash. Tropical cyclones effectively serve to even out clashes between high and low pressure and hot and cool temperatures, returning the meteorological environment to equilibrium.

Global warming has already translated to increasing odds of major hurricanes around the world, according to research Kossin led that was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2020. Other studies have found that as temperatures rise, more hurricanes are undergoing what meteorologists call rapid intensification, and they are doing so at accelerating rates.

Kossin and Wehner’s latest paper adds more detail and scientific rigor to our understanding of what climate change means for the most intense hurricanes.

Real hurthling! posted:

maybe its designed to leak menacingly

Rubellavator posted:

https://twitter.com/iamrxmiro/status/1754567879146844593

someone think of the building manager

Perry Mason Jar posted:

https://x.com/realestatedude0/status/1754556189793562862?s=20

PostNouveau posted:

I wouldn't buy a new-built anything. You want your building to have survived some poo poo, preferably decades upon decades of some poo poo.

A new building, god knows what cheap garbage they made it out of.

SixteenShells posted:

Any moron can spend a billion dollars making a building that doesn't fall down when it rains. It takes a highly paid team of expert engineers to build a house using cotton candy.

TehSaurus posted:

Pro: saves the climate with its incredible r values
Con: dissolves when it rains

Bilirubin posted:

"Hurricanes are getting so intense, scientists propose a Category 6"

but with water

etc etc blahblahblah

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/02/05/hurricanes-category6/

Bip Roberts posted:

CERTAIN DOOM to some but are fun to watch for others