Floods suggest national security threat from climate change
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — The Missouri River floodwater surging on to the air base housing the U.S. military’s Strategic Command overwhelmed round-the-clock sandbagging by airmen and others. They had to scramble to save sensitive equipment, munitions and dozens of aircraft.
Days into the flooding, muddy water was still lapping at almost 80 flooded buildings at Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base, some inundated by up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) of water. Piles of waterlogged corn cobs, husks and stalks lay heaped everywhere that the water had receded, swept onto the base from surrounding fields.
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Fixing the progression of climate change may be difficult but the result of doing nothing is apparent in this article.
Maybe just waiting until it changes back to a drier climate? Floods and droughts have happened for eons. Probably will continue to do so.Floods suggest national security threat from climate change
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — The Missouri River floodwater surging on to the air base housing the U.S. military’s Strategic Command overwhelmed round-the-clock sandbagging by airmen and others. They had to scramble to save sensitive equipment, munitions and dozens of aircraft.
Days into the flooding, muddy water was still lapping at almost 80 flooded buildings at Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base, some inundated by up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) of water. Piles of waterlogged corn cobs, husks and stalks lay heaped everywhere that the water had receded, swept onto the base from surrounding fields.
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Fixing the progression of climate change may be difficult but the result of doing nothing is apparent in this article.
Maybe just waiting until it changes back to a drier climate? Floods and droughts have happened for eons. Probably will continue to do so.
Floods suggest national security threat from climate change
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — The Missouri River floodwater surging on to the air base housing the U.S. military’s Strategic Command overwhelmed round-the-clock sandbagging by airmen and others. They had to scramble to save sensitive equipment, munitions and dozens of aircraft.
Days into the flooding, muddy water was still lapping at almost 80 flooded buildings at Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base, some inundated by up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) of water. Piles of waterlogged corn cobs, husks and stalks lay heaped everywhere that the water had receded, swept onto the base from surrounding fields.
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Fixing the progression of climate change may be difficult but the result of doing nothing is apparent in this article.
I know the mantras. You guys have been chanting for so long it's hard to forget them.The change in the weather patterns is being driven by increasing CO2 levels causing global warming not only of the atmosphere but of the oceans as well. That means more moisture in the air & higher temperatures mean more energy. This is not a cycle that will self correct.
Maybe just waiting until it changes back to a drier climate? Floods and droughts have happened for eons. Probably will continue to do so.
Ice jam, snowmelt, and intense rainfall are all causes of floods which have occurred historically on the Missouri. ... Floods along the Missouri River in Nebraska have occurred frequently; however, major floods have occurred in 1881, 1943, 1952,1967,1978, and 1993. The flood of record occurred in April, 1952.
Floods suggest national security threat from climate change
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — The Missouri River floodwater surging on to the air base housing the U.S. military’s Strategic Command overwhelmed round-the-clock sandbagging by airmen and others. They had to scramble to save sensitive equipment, munitions and dozens of aircraft.
Days into the flooding, muddy water was still lapping at almost 80 flooded buildings at Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base, some inundated by up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) of water. Piles of waterlogged corn cobs, husks and stalks lay heaped everywhere that the water had receded, swept onto the base from surrounding fields.
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Fixing the progression of climate change may be difficult but the result of doing nothing is apparent in this article.
Ice jam, snowmelt, and intense rainfall are all causes of floods which have occurred historically on the Missouri. ... Floods along the Missouri River in Nebraska have occurred frequently; however, major floods have occurred in 1881, 1943, 1952,1967,1978, and 1993. The flood of record occurred in April, 1952.
Yeah, well, as long as it happened before or someone else did it first then it's all good, right? I mean that's just common sense. :2rofll:
The OP tries to say the flood is a result of climate change. That would mean floods have never happened before.
If floods have happened before, how can anybody be certain of what caused them this time as opposed to every other time through history?
Yes, there have been self-correcting weather cycles in the past but they were not being driven by the burning of fossil fuels that generates CO2. We live in an exceptional world that, unfortunately, may be heading for a tipping point that will bring more & greater climate disasters.
Climate scientists have the education, the training and the experience to know. I trust them
The change in the weather patterns is being driven by increasing CO2 levels causing global warming not only of the atmosphere but of the oceans as well. That means more moisture in the air & higher temperatures mean more energy. This is not a cycle that will self correct.
Yup, never had floods before. Hurricanes or tornadoes either.
The OP tries to say the flood is a result of climate change. That would mean floods have never happened before.
Dang. That is a response I would expect from a grade 3 student learning the most basic concepts of science.
Floods suggest national security threat from climate change
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — The Missouri River floodwater surging on to the air base housing the U.S. military’s Strategic Command overwhelmed round-the-clock sandbagging by airmen and others. They had to scramble to save sensitive equipment, munitions and dozens of aircraft.
Days into the flooding, muddy water was still lapping at almost 80 flooded buildings at Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base, some inundated by up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) of water. Piles of waterlogged corn cobs, husks and stalks lay heaped everywhere that the water had receded, swept onto the base from surrounding fields.
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Fixing the progression of climate change may be difficult but the result of doing nothing is apparent in this article.
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