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Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
23. Not sure about hurricanes
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 07:48 PM
Sep 2020

Atmospheric circulation is driven by the difference in temperature between the equator and the arctic. However, the arctic is warming much faster than the equator, reducing the temperature differential. This should reduce atmospheric circulation.

I read somewhere that quite a few non-survivable zones are expected in the next 50 years ir so. nt Binkie The Clown Sep 2020 #1
I sure won't be leaving, and if trump happened to win a second term, California would be one of the still_one Sep 2020 #2
Same here. Bobcat fire is burning 2 miles from my house, I've lived through riots and earthquakes, BamaRefugee Sep 2020 #5
It's just getting very exhausting SoCalNative Sep 2020 #6
trust me, take an EXTENDED visit to where you think you might like first...The worst person I'll run BamaRefugee Sep 2020 #9
Who said anything about staying in 'Murica? SoCalNative Sep 2020 #11
Well, US Territory means you're still ruled by trump ;-) BamaRefugee Sep 2020 #12
Actually, it really doesn't SoCalNative Sep 2020 #14
I'm here in Altadena ariesgem Sep 2020 #7
I'm in Monrovia. Watching my mountain burn right outside my windows! BamaRefugee Sep 2020 #10
Ohio suits me just fine True Blue American Sep 2020 #3
Inland migration is real. sarcasmo Sep 2020 #4
I have lived in Kansas my whole life and have never seen a tornado even though I wanted to. WyattKansas Sep 2020 #8
Fires are a recurrent California problem, but they're Codeine Sep 2020 #13
I have no real complaints about New England. smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #15
As climate change gets worse, New England will start to see violent Northern Blue_true Sep 2020 #17
I expect we will, but at least with hurricanes we get a warning and can evacuate smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #18
Hurricanes scare me way more than tornados. leftyladyfrommo Sep 2020 #19
Not sure about hurricanes Klaralven Sep 2020 #23
What will happen is that as climate change get worse, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes Blue_true Sep 2020 #16
where do you get the info that massive fires will hit Michigan? Kaleva Sep 2020 #20
The whole world and the whole USA will get drier. Blue_true Sep 2020 #26
Upper Michigan is expected to get wetter Kaleva Sep 2020 #27
You live there it seems, so I will defer to you. Blue_true Sep 2020 #29
Flooding at 10' sea level rise floods barrier islands and expands back bay marshes a couple miles Klaralven Sep 2020 #21
I'm in CA shanti Sep 2020 #22
I live in California. If you live within in the cities, fires aren't much of a threat. tinrobot Sep 2020 #24
it's not an issue in the areas most people live in. JI7 Sep 2020 #25
I was born here in California so were my parents and grandparents Raine Sep 2020 #28
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