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From playing with that earlier, I remember that it is not that good outside of coastal ocean areas. I think it simply adds higher water to ocean level, so if you have a river it is upstreams often already higher then the ocean is (thus explaining the water running downstreams). So it is not a realistic simulation of rivers increasing.

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by A swedish kind of death on Sat Aug 27th, 2011 at 06:07:12 AM EST
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Yes indeed, it's a simple mashup that adds a constant to Google's terrain altitudes.

A full hydrological simulation would be a whole other thing. You'd need a full set of USGS data and some fancy modelling tools.

But Irene is currently weakening, and seems unlikely to pick up power again. So it's looking like the damage may not be as bad as everyone ~~hoped for~~ expected.

I have no idea if this means NYC dodged a nuclear bullet. So I'll just mention again that whatever happens is going to be clear proof that windmills are a DFH conspiracy to raise your taxes.

That's all.

Oh - and if Irene doesn't push the water over the walls, it's almost certain some other event will by the end of the century.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Aug 27th, 2011 at 07:51:51 AM EST
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Irene and the Indian Point Twins | 20 comments (20 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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