This is an interesting tool I found on the web today.
http://flood.firetree.net/
It links to Google Earth, and you can superimpose rising seas (taken from NASA data I believe) over Google Earth maps.
I posted this here as the lower values (1, 2, 3, 4 ,5 ,6 and maybe 7 meters) could be used by some to take a guess at what could be innundated in a storm surge. Plus, it could probably generate some interesting discussion as well.
Take a look and enjoy.
Interesting Use with Google Earth
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Really fun page but I don't know about the accuracy. I put in PR (I couldn't bring it down to Culebra, which would have been cool) and it went to 5 meters...and covered a LOT of places beside PR - maybe I just haven't gotten tweaked into it correctly?. I think it seems on the high side? But maybe that is because I am so low it is affecting my view 
Very cool site regardless!
Hmm. I went back to check it and at 1 meter it registered...so I don't know what is accurate now. Well, what I do know is, I own a WHOLE lot of plastic tubs that get sealed in the season, or if I have to leave the island during hurricane season...guess I'll just stick with my system
Very cool site regardless!
Hmm. I went back to check it and at 1 meter it registered...so I don't know what is accurate now. Well, what I do know is, I own a WHOLE lot of plastic tubs that get sealed in the season, or if I have to leave the island during hurricane season...guess I'll just stick with my system
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Looks like the entire Southern 1/3 of the state is gone with a 14m water level rise.
Even with an 8m water rise most of Lake Okeechobie and Everglades have flooded the entire 1/3 of the state. How accurate is this thing? It is getting me quite nervous.
A CAT 4+ Hurricane coming in from the SE would really do a number down here.
Even with an 8m water rise most of Lake Okeechobie and Everglades have flooded the entire 1/3 of the state. How accurate is this thing? It is getting me quite nervous.
A CAT 4+ Hurricane coming in from the SE would really do a number down here.
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boca_chris wrote:Looks like the entire Southern 1/3 of the state is gone with a 14m water level rise.
Even with an 8m water rise most of Lake Okeechobie and Everglades have flooded the entire 1/3 of the state. How accurate is this thing? It is getting me quite nervous.
A CAT 4+ Hurricane coming in from the SE would really do a number down here.
Boca, don't be nervous, just be prepared. In the best of the worst case, if your most precious stuff is sealed up and high, it will be safe. If the worst of the worst happens and you are in the right place after doing the right thing, you will be happy to be alive with your loved ones.
As one who has lost everything material from 30 years of adulthood - and a serious collection of books, antiques, blah blah blah (and I'm 51, so I had a LOT), after the horror, the reality is...life goes on, and it is precious and beautiful in the light of the alternative.
Things - as in STUFF you have - are great!!! I loved my stuff. But I really like life more, and reality? As long as you have a will, you can always get stuff again. Not photos, not the heart stuff, but ...you heal and move on or go crazy...so...I'm sorta crazy and sorta healed
But fearing loss is worse than loss, trust me. Enjoy it while you have it, every day is precious. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best and live every day 200 percent (okay, I'm math challanged...oh well!).
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I'm still dry at 10m, however...the road right below my house would have water covering it...some water in the yard...at 11m...we get swamped...but check this out...not from the direction of the creek, across the street in front of my house...but from behind...
However...all escape routes are cut off around 5m or so...
However...all escape routes are cut off around 5m or so...
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I've seen a bunch of these but you can never find a 0.5m rise option. This would be interesting to see because most estimates for the next century are from 0.5-1m. I found something simillar last week.
http://www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/resear ... l_rise.htm
http://www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/resear ... l_rise.htm
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senorpepr wrote:I'm still dry at 300m...
ROFL... I'm under sea level even if it "drops" 2m.
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Great program!
In Harahan, I am underwater at 7m. However, my in laws that live in Metairie by Lake Pontchartrain, are under at 2m.
It was also interesting to note that most metro New Orleans areas along the Mississippi River would not flood until about 6 or 7 m. However, areas pushing further in toward the lake seemed to be in trouble.
In Harahan, I am underwater at 7m. However, my in laws that live in Metairie by Lake Pontchartrain, are under at 2m.
It was also interesting to note that most metro New Orleans areas along the Mississippi River would not flood until about 6 or 7 m. However, areas pushing further in toward the lake seemed to be in trouble.
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boca_chris wrote:Looks like the entire Southern 1/3 of the state is gone with a 14m water level rise.
Even with an 8m water rise most of Lake Okeechobie and Everglades have flooded the entire 1/3 of the state. How accurate is this thing? It is getting me quite nervous.
A CAT 4+ Hurricane coming in from the SE would really do a number down here.
The thing about the Lake is that in the past, before people moved there permanently, the Lake drained directly into the sea through the Everglades and Central Florida drained into the Lake. It still does, but at a lesser rate. At present there is a multi-billion dollar effort to restore the water flow back into the Glades but I don't know what the status on the project is. Point I'm trying to make is that South Florida except the strip that Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach sit on is one giant inches-deep lake, or was way back in the day.
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terstorm1012 wrote:boca_chris wrote:Looks like the entire Southern 1/3 of the state is gone with a 14m water level rise.
Even with an 8m water rise most of Lake Okeechobie and Everglades have flooded the entire 1/3 of the state. How accurate is this thing? It is getting me quite nervous.
A CAT 4+ Hurricane coming in from the SE would really do a number down here.
The thing about the Lake is that in the past, before people moved there permanently, the Lake drained directly into the sea through the Everglades and Central Florida drained into the Lake. It still does, but at a lesser rate. At present there is a multi-billion dollar effort to restore the water flow back into the Glades but I don't know what the status on the project is. Point I'm trying to make is that South Florida except the strip that Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach sit on is one giant inches-deep lake, or was way back in the day.
Yup. But for the coastal ridge, this place would really not be habitable even as is. I see that even in a 9m sea-level rise, I'm still sitting dry on the ridge....but I'll have waterfront property.... There's a little strip of ridge that will become the "New Florida Keys" until that too goes under.
When you consider sea level rise, Florida's days are truly numbered....our number will be up (relatively) soon in geologic time. This is an ephemeral strip of land we live upon. With hurricanes, at least the water *will* recede fairly quickly.
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