Sea Level Rise - Bases
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Sea Level Rise - Bases
As our number of bases (baskets) is reducing I was wondering about the long term viability of the coastal bases to sea level rise.
I probably should know but is the runway published height above mean sea level?
Long time since I have been to Valley but I remember the Seaking area across the runway as being very close to the sea - literally a stones throw from the apron to the water edge. Certainly vulnerable I'd have thought - Presumably the runway and Hawk area too.
I assume there was a study before they decided to close Linton??
Lossie is a bit harder to tell across the golf course but it feels higher! Not just the hill!
Coastal ranges will presumably vanish - or at least just offer sea targets!
Can't think of anything else of note (still open) on the coast
I know somebody who would wish Coningsby as lower!!
I probably should know but is the runway published height above mean sea level?
Long time since I have been to Valley but I remember the Seaking area across the runway as being very close to the sea - literally a stones throw from the apron to the water edge. Certainly vulnerable I'd have thought - Presumably the runway and Hawk area too.
I assume there was a study before they decided to close Linton??
Lossie is a bit harder to tell across the golf course but it feels higher! Not just the hill!
Coastal ranges will presumably vanish - or at least just offer sea targets!
Can't think of anything else of note (still open) on the coast
I know somebody who would wish Coningsby as lower!!
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
I thought Sea Kings could float. And how about more flying boats. Never made a Sunderland but a mess and galley the way to go. For the fighter pilot how about
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_F2Y_Sea_Dart
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_F2Y_Sea_Dart
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Yes, precisely why. But it still begs the question why they choose to build so close to the shore?
Cooling water can be pumped, but a submerged reactor .......
I think the threat is somewhat exaggerated, but has led to a great deal of money being made
Cooling water can be pumped, but a submerged reactor .......
I think the threat is somewhat exaggerated, but has led to a great deal of money being made
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The threat to low-lying coastal installations is not that the sea will silently rise and cover them, but that they will get increasingly vulnerable to a combination of high tides, strong winds, and low-pressure storm surge. Big waves breaking on land where they weren't expected can easily undermine foundations and roadbeds. Couple of roads I know well here near Auckland are getting cut and having major washouts much more frequently than they did 30 years ago.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
For the fighter pilot how about https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_F2Y_Sea_Dart