Re: Earth's Carrying Capacity
From: Ian St. John (istjohn_at_noemail.ca)
Date: 08/23/04
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:08:35 -0400
Richard D. Latham wrote:
> "Ian St. John" <istjohn@noemail.ca> writes:
>
>> Gactimus wrote:
>>> Psalm 110 <LyingFrauds@Go_to_Hell.org> wrote in
>>> news:l8edi0dlj9ffps806u8q4msvlg2n663ibr@4ax.com:
>> <snip>
>>>> Your opinion is immaterial. We are waiting for the "big one" the
>>>> force five hurrican that hits dead on to megatropolis and kills a
>>>> million people in one swope, and causes $500,000,000,000 in one
>>>> event.
>>>
>>> No hurricane will kill a million people nowadays thanks to advance
>>> warning technology.
>>>
>>> As for $500 Billion, I find that highly unlikely. Insurance
>>> estimates for a direct hit on Miami by Hurricane Andrew were only
>>> around $80 billion.
>>
>> It could happen or nearly. Read up on the St. Louis area. A force 5
>> hurricane with 25 meter storm surge would destroy the entire St.
>> Louis and region ( 25 to 33 meters flood height as St. Louis is
>> already up to 8 meters below sea level ) and there is no way to
>> evacuate the entire region so the death toll would probably be in
>> the hundreds of thousands. Figure out how many were in the area when
>> Charlie hit and how many could have evacuated by road if Charlie had
>> taken a detour to the west and hit St. Louis instead of veering east
>> into Florida. They couldn't predict landfall a few hours ahead of
>> the storm even in Florida and the area that was hit was almost
>> unprepared BECAUSE of the predictions that it would hit further
>> north. They cannot evacuate EVERYWHERE that it MIGHT hit. Nobody can
>> predict where a hurricane will go with accuracy.
>>
>> The U.S. has been 'lucky' so far.
>>
>
> Are you sure you're don't mean to say New Orleans ?
Yes. I'm sure I did. And it is feet not meters. I have been corrected by
about a dozen people and posted several mea culpas. Does nobody read the
other posts?
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