attention climate geeks

[piranha]

science magazine has just made publicly available a selection of articles related to hurricanes, coastal disasters, and disaster policy.

via janetmk.

Comments

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

Am I getting paranoid, for thinking that the people at Science are making a point about knowing about the potential for this disaster in advance?

[velochicdunord.livejournal.com]

On the subject of preparing for unforeseen events:

After the power blackout two years ago, I brought up the idea of making arrangements for a back-up generator with my fellow building Board members. My reason? If a similar event happened in the winter, we'd be screwed for one of the essentials, heat, as our natural gas hot water radiator system uses an electronic ignition. Also, we have some owners who can't manage the stairs, and for whom having power to the elevator could make some very key surviveability differences, not to mention the two using CPAP machines for sleep apnea.

I was shot down. They did not foresee similar events happening again in the near future.

I still think we should make arrangements. I have the prices filed. We'd have to add a "power in" plug to an outside wall. We don't need to own it, merely pay the equipment rental company an annual retainer for first right of use in event of a blackout.