Replies to post #105558 on Mohacsy's Safe Portfolio Member Forum

[jbsliverer]

It's unlikely that we're damaging the earth in a manner where the earth will not return to it's recent

The jury is still out on that one. I'm also including the atmosphere around it continuing to hold life. It's way more than just CO2 involved of course and the inhalation of 1000s of species. I suppose earth would have a better chance if humans go extinct. At least some major depopulation event. At some point the earth will die of natural causes, nothing lives forever. Maybe another few million years, maybe not who knows, but I don't think humanity has that long.

While we're waiting, California is not the only one waiting for the "big one" (flooding), I'm not too secure on anything along the coast, but there are certain areas that are of greater risk.

Seas have drastically risen along southern U.S. coast in past decade
Multiple new studies highlight a rate of sea level rise that is ‘unprecedented in at least 120 years’ along the Gulf of Mexico and southeastern U.S. coast
By Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis
April 10, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EDT
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/10/sea-level-rise-southern-us/
Scientists have documented an abnormal and dramatic surge in sea levels along the U.S. gulf and southeastern coastlines since about 2010, raising new questions about whether New Orleans, Miami, Houston and other coastal communities might be even more at risk from rising seas than once predicted.

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The acceleration, while relatively short-lived so far, could have far-reaching consequences in an area of the United States that has seen massive development as the wetlands, mangroves and shorelines that once protected it are shrinking. An already vulnerable landscape that is home to millions of people is growing more vulnerable, more quickly, potentially putting a large swath of America at greater risk from severe storms and flooding.

The increase has already had major effects, researchers found. One study suggests that recent devastating hurricanes, including Michael in 2018 and Ian last year, were made considerably worse by a faster-rising ocean. Federal tide gauge data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggest that the sea level, as measured by tide gauge at Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, is eight inches higher than it was in 2006, just after Hurricane Katrina.

“The entire Southeast coast and the Gulf Coast is feeling the impact of the sea level rise acceleration,” said Jianjun Yin, a climate scientist at the University of Arizona and the author of one of two academic studies published in recent weeks that describe the changes.

Good video, value of or costs to maintain property in these areas are at the most risk. Happening sooner than most people expect I'm afraid.