Visualizing The May 2013 Moore, Oklahoma Tornado. “Because of rising temperatures and sea levels, even a storm that’s not as large as Sandy could be - down the road - even more destructive.” By mid-century, as much as one-quarter of New York’s land area, where 800,000 residents live, will be in a flood plain, the mayor plans to say.” “As bad as Sandy was, future storms could be even worse,” the mayor said in remarks prepared for delivery tomorrow. Mindful of environmental scientists’ predictions that sea levels around the city may rise 12 to 55 inches by 2080, the mayor tomorrow will unveil a capital spending plan to mitigate the dangers, his office said.
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Bloomberg (the excellent news and information web site, mobile app and TV station) has more details: “ Almost eight months after Hurricane Sandy flooded New York ’s subways, destroyed homes and blacked out half of Manhattan, Mayor Michael Bloomberg will propose spending billions of dollars to mitigate storm risk along the city’s more than 500 miles of coastline. The New York Times has details here.īloomberg To Propose Spending Billions to Reduce Storm Risk. * Flood zone will cover roughly 1/4 of New York City metro by 2050s. In many areas of the Midwest, one extreme has given way to another, as flooded pastures have delayed planting or washed away young shoots.” (Steve Hebert/The New York Times). It can still be a decent crop, but as far as a good crop or a great crop, that’s not going to happen…” Photo credit: “ Rob Korff, a corn farmer who planed about a month late this year after heavy rains that have made growing difficult, in Norborne, Missouri, June 7, 2013.
“Just continuous rain, not having an opportunity to plant.
“This is the worst spring I can remember in my 30 years farming,” said Rob Korff, who plants 3,500 acres of corn and soybeans here in northwestern Missouri. With fields, dusty and dry one moment, muddy and saturated the next, farmers face a familiar fear - that their crops will not make it. One result has been flooded acres that have drowned corn and soybean plants, stunted their growth or prevented them from being planted at all. Here’s an excerpt from The New York Times: “… One of the worst droughts in this nation’s history, a dry spell that persisted through the early part of this year, has ended with torrential rains this spring that have overwhelmed vast stretches of the country, including much of the farm belt. From drought to flood, in the meteorological blink of an eye, and once againmany farmers are suffering. Weather whiplash over the Midwest is making national news. After Drought, Rains Plaguing Midwest Farms.
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