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Imagine if you lived on a pacific island, too bad I guess ?
by bamboozled 5y ago
Imagine if you lived on a pacific island, too bad I guess ?
- nomel 5y agoYes, this is one of the areas that are flooded seasonally, and devastated every 20-50 years. To put it into perspective, the tidal range in the pacific islands is around 2 feet. Yearly storm surges go from 5 to 20 ft (hurricane required for the upper range). This is why there are surprisingly few buildings at risk [1]. Nobody builds/rebuilds where frequent destruction happens. People are smarter than that. People will slowly move inland, which is unfortunate to those at the perimiter. But I don't think this is "doom". 1. https://cop23.unfccc.int/climate-action/momentum-for-change/ict-solutions/mapping-exposure-to-sea-level-rise https://cop23.unfccc.int/climate-action/momentum-for-change/...