global flood & ... (wasRe: g0miileg0, v3rzjen 1.2...)

en mem0 2003:02:12 11.46.08 g0zen, Andreas kwo aen graffii:

>>     Warmer temperatures * will cause the upper layers of the oceans to
>>expand: sea levels would probably rise .5 -1.5 meters due to this factor
>>alone.
>
>That's not really very significant added on top of of a 65 meter rise, is
>it?
    I guess not if you look at it purely from the metrics and "Big Picture"
of Numbers.
On the "ground-level nitty-gritty", giant wouldn't think it much - other than
a reallly baaad inconvenience, but anyone shorter than a meter would disagree
heartily ;)

>>      * because of projected warmer temperatures of Global Warming (an
>>estimated 3-5 degrees C/ 5.4-9 degrees F globally... temperate zones 5-7
>>C/9-12.6 F... the poles a drastic 6-12 C/10.8-21.6 F... by the late 21st
>>century)
>>     Coastal cities like London, Rotterdam, Venice Italy, New York, Miami,
>>Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, Lagos, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Calcutta,
>>Sydney, etc. would start to be completely or partially flooded. Entire
nations
>>and regions would be submerged, drowned.
>
>Of course. I didn't dispute that
    :)

<SNiP>

>Anyways, a 65 meter rise would certainly be apolcalyptic enough - the
>majority of the planet's major cities placed underwater and thousands of
>millions of people displaced, and that before changed local climates at
>higher attitudes are figured in.
    Okay, thanx so much, Andreas!!... I think I must have jumbled my numbers
between metric and imperial - metres and feet & didn't double check them (65
metres/195 feet) or something...
    To be on the safe, plausible side of scientific accuracy in speculative
science-fiction, I will make this little correction in the g0miileg0
conculture :)

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