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nw30
Joined: 21 Dec 2008 Posts: 6485 Location: The eye of the universe, Cen. Cal. coast
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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Gee thanks, another "suggestion", I find it hard to get all worked up over suggestions, no matter who publishes them.
From the article: “The steady and gradual sea-level rise, observed over the past two centuries [may] not be a complete characterization of how sea level would rise in the future,” the study concludes.
Just to let you know that I do read things, lot of things.
And as a reminder, the sea level is constantly, slowly rising, as the geology is slowly eroding (or sinking if you prefer), and that I believe there isn't a damn thing we can do about it, nature is the boss, not us. |
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MalibuGuru
Joined: 11 Nov 1993 Posts: 9300
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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Mac based on the data, when will my house that's currently at 65 feet above sea level be ocean front? Calculating when to sell....and when to start worrying. |
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mac
Joined: 07 Mar 1999 Posts: 17748 Location: Berkeley, California
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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nw30 wrote: | ...Just to let you know that I do read things, lot of things.
the sea level is constantly, slowly rising, as the geology is slowly eroding (or sinking if you prefer),.... |
I guess reading is one thing and understanding is another. But thanks for the laugh. The only silly thing you didn't do is echo the orange menace and claim to be real intelligent. |
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nw30
Joined: 21 Dec 2008 Posts: 6485 Location: The eye of the universe, Cen. Cal. coast
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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Just let me know when you want me to come over to your place to shine your boots. |
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mac
Joined: 07 Mar 1999 Posts: 17748 Location: Berkeley, California
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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It's called evidence. The more of it you have, the more certain you are of your conclusion. I guess you slept through that class too.
I'm still waiting for some. |
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mac
Joined: 07 Mar 1999 Posts: 17748 Location: Berkeley, California
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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You'll hear it from the insurers first, they don't need campaign funds from the Koch's:
Quote: | Since 2011, reinsurers have benefited from several years of relatively benign catastrophe losses. However, reinsurers are now tallying their losses from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria (HIM) as well as the Mexico City earthquake that took place during third-quarter 2017, which will likely wipe out the industry's annual earnings and ultimately become a capital event for the global reinsurance sector.
Reinsurers are also nervously watching the remainder of the Atlantic hurricane season and the California wildfires. As a result, with likely more than $100 billion in insured catastrophe losses in the third quarter alone, the two seminal questions remain: Has the reinsurance pricing cycle reached an inflection point? And how will traditional reinsurers and alternative capital providers react to these capital events?
As reinsurers are coping with their third-quarter catastrophe-related losses, their capital could take a hit. Although our ratings are supported by robust capital adequacy levels, we would consider a reinsurer that incurs large losses that translate into capital erosion as an outlier that could be subject to a negative rating action. However, the extent of rating actions will depend on a reinsurer's capital buffer for the current rating, suffered catastrophe losses relative to our expectations given its risk profile and relative to peers' and to the overall market, its earnings power over the next couple of years, and management's intent and plan to replenish capital to pre-event levels |
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boggsman1
Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 9120 Location: at a computer
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mac
Joined: 07 Mar 1999 Posts: 17748 Location: Berkeley, California
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Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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But that's science, and people still believe in angels, demons, Trump, and other myths. |
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nw30
Joined: 21 Dec 2008 Posts: 6485 Location: The eye of the universe, Cen. Cal. coast
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Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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"likely" = wiggle room.
A far cry from "are", but that's just splitting hairs under a sun lamp.
Chime in mac, 3, 2, 1..... |
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isobars
Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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Today's headline: : "13 Federal agencies blame humans for global warming".
1. Despite this report's draft having been debunked by its own data last winter, they repeated the same cherry picking. And again, even NOAA disputes the report's message.
No, I'm not going to repeat the counterarguments and sources from last winter. You can pick up any newspaper and find them yourselves, such as in today's WSJ.
2. Is this the same federal government which to this day still tries to tell us that saturated fat will raise our bad cholesterol and that high cholesterol causes heart disease? That we fat-assed Americans should eat grains, especially wheat? That the only way to stop and reverse Type II diabetes, high blood pressure, and much more is with drugs?
I'll spare you the next two page list of total BS the government feeds us.
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