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Originally Posted by Jim727 (Post 6627734)

What does this map show - Part Deux. Lots of clues left in, names removed using my very limited graphics editing skills:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1331926135.jpg

This one has to do with a Corsican and his trip to Moscow and back!

made famous by Tufte as one of the best graphic ways to present quantitative information ever...

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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile (Post 6626809)

Longshoremen?

They have no contract on the Mississippi.

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Originally Posted by slakjaw (Post 6627665)

Number of d'bags who need 2 parking spaces.

lol that's funny right thereIdon'tcarewhoyouare.

alcohol consumption?

The distribution of those who really don't give a rat's ass about what the stupid "map" means?

It's either the eutrophic and hypoxic coastal areas or people who have dentures.

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Originally Posted by RWebb (Post 6626551)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1331870386.jpg

Source?
I know, who am i kidding.

Just to put things BACK into perspective, I noticed there's a large spike near the bay area.
Interesting, it sure looks SEVERE according to that map. Looks really BAD!

As much as I'd love to see Sodom and Gomorrah underwater, I questioned the visual image.

So I checked just to see HOW bad it really was.
According to NOAA,
Sea Level Trends

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San Francisco, California

The mean sea level trend is 2.01 mm/year with a 95% confidence interval of +/- 0.21 mm/year based on monthly mean sea level data from 1897 to 2006 which is equivalent to a change of 0.66 feet in 100 year

s.

So, the sea level has gone up an average of 2.01 mm per year over the past 120 years or so, but they stopped at 2006. Gee, i wonder why?

That's what, about .078" per year?
Heck, if that were the gap on my piston rings I'd be REALLY NERVOUS! :)

BTW, here's another important tid-bit that wasn't mentioned previously:
That whole predicted rise in seal levels basically leveled off and stopped about 25 years ago. Sea levels are NOT rising.

Nope, they don't like telling you that, it takes away that fear factor that is necessary for the brainwashing uh I mean manipulating uh I mean re-education, oh call it what ever you want.

Again from NOAA:
Interannual variation since 1980
Take a good look. In fact, over the past 12 to 14 years average sea levels have DROPPED in the San Francisco area. Oh no Sammy, stop it. Make the voices stop, they hate real facts and data!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1331998639.jpg

note: the following post is not meant to take either side in the climate change argument

How do they measure sea level rise? California is a very seismically active area. If the ground rises, does that show up as sea level drop?

With crustal distortion the sea levels will rise and fall dramatically in different parts of the world- like Japan. What is the mean sea level trend when you average around the world or correct for land uplift/sinking?

good question, but I dunno - you might contact USGS on that

you are right, sammy seems to try and foul every thread on here that might possibly cut into the profits of his oil co. employer -- one of the worst operations in the state, BTW

Here is what will be left of Louisiana in a while...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1332192971.jpg