Dire Warnings From Transportation Experts
Hi folks, AccuWeather.com Community Director and Meteorologist Jesse Ferrell here. As you may know, I write the WeatherMatrix Blog for AccuWeather.com, and I am helping Paul fill in for Brett. I found an article at MSNBC talking about how the National Research Council has warned civil engineers that they need to change road and bridge designs because of Global Warming.
The I-10 bridge between New Orleans and Slidell, La., remains
broken in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Friday,
Sept. 9, 2005, near New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, pool)
According to MSNBC, the meteorological phenomena that they quoted were:
More Heat Waves
Rising Sea Levels
More Rainstorms
More Frequent Hurricanes
Thawing Permafrost
They even have a fancy equation for it!
But don't take MSNBC's word on it. You can read the actual 234-page report yourself [Homepage | Report PDF | Summary PDF | Press Release], and tell me what you think. I've not read it yet, and I may not have time to, but I'm curious to hear what you think, especially in regards to their sources on this information, since, as you know, some of the above effects have come into question before on this blog. Post a comment below, or post a diatribe on our Climate Change Forum. Thanks for reading.
