California rushes to prepare for massive ‘Kelvin’ wave and predicted sea level rise

THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT KEEPS ME UP AND CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES ARE ALREADY FURIOUS AT THE ENTIRE PACIFIC OCEAN BECAUSE THIS MASSIVE UNDERWATER KELVIN WAVE IS CRAWLING RIGHT UP THE COAST TOWARDS ALASKA AND REACHING THE BAY AREA BY OCTOBER, AND THE THING IS IT DOES NOT EVEN CRASH LIKE A NORMAL WAVE, IT IS JUST A HUGE SUBMERGED SLOSH OF WARM WATER DRIVEN BY EL NIÑO THAT SWELLS THE TIDES FROM UNDERNEATH AND COULD RAISE SEA LEVELS BY A WHOLE FOOT, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE SCIENTISTS SAY THAT WOULD DOUBLE A CENTURY OF CLIMATE RISE, AND GEOLOGISTS WARN THAT IF IT ALIGNS WITH RAINSTORMS AND HIGH TIDES THIS WINTER IT WILL EAT AWAY BLUFFS AND SUBMERGE STREETS AND HOMES, SO WE ARE BASICALLY ROLLING THE DICE ON A TUMULTUOUS WINTER.

OK THIS IS THE LAST ONE I SWEAR BUT I PUT MY DRINK DOWN WHEN I READ THAT A POTENTIALLY RECORD-BREAKING SUPER EL NIÑO IS PUSHING A GIANT UNDERWATER KELVIN WAVE ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTH AMERICA TOWARD ALASKA, AND UNLIKE A TSUNAMI IT DOES NOT CRASH AT ALL, IT JUST SWELLS THE ENTIRE PACIFIC FROM BENEATH AND LINGERS, WHICH COULD ADD AN EXTRA FOOT TO CALIFORNIA SEA LEVELS BY OCTOBER AND DOUBLE A CENTURY OF CLIMATE-DRIVEN RISE IN ONE SHOT, AND A RESEARCH OCEANOGRAPHER SAYS IT CAN REDUCE THE PHYTOPLANKTON AT THE BASE OF THE FOOD CHAIN, BUT THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT GEOLOGISTS WARN HUGE WINTER STORMS AND TIDES IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY COULD COMBINE WITH THIS RISING WATER TO EAT AWAY BLUFFS AND SUBMERGE STREETS AND HOMES, SO SCIENTISTS SAY WE ARE BASICALLY ROLLING THE DICE. ANYWAY THAT IS WHY I AM LIKE THIS.

California coastal communities are bracing for a massive underwater Kelvin wave that could raise sea levels by up to a foot and worsen winter storm flooding.

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