Wednesday, December 19, 2012

United States: Record-high tides wash in prospects for more in future

Seattle Times: Following Monday's highest tides ever recorded in Seattle, which sent waves spilling onto 100 properties in West Seattle, city climate-change watchers say the area could be in for more of the same - or worse - in years to come. "Yesterday's tide would be an everyday tide by midcentury," James Rufo-Hill, a Seattle Public Utilities meteorologist studying the potential effects of climate change, said Tuesday. That's a scary thought for West Seattle resident Robert Porter, who said his property...

URL: http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019930994_tides19m.html?prmid=4939
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