Absolute Piffle

General commentary and new links from Richard Gillmann. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's serious, and sometimes it's just there.

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Global Warming and Me

The EPA has a paper on the impact of global warming on Washington State. We live on Lake Sammamish, about 40 feet above sea level. Puget Sound is expected to rise 1 to 3 feet by 2100, so we still have 37 feet left. Rainfall is expected to increase 10 percent and temperatures up 4 or 5 degrees. We already get a lot of rain and 10 percent more would make Lake Sammamish itself more likely to flood. The warmer temperatures would be more welcome.