Thursday, February 11, 2016

Description of 150 to 300 year arkstorms that happen in California regularly down through time

 The last one to hit was 1862. The next one could literally come any year now since we are at 154 years now since the last one. Historically the next one should come between now and 150 years from now if this historical weather pattern continues.

Here's a quote that might be useful to you:

Business interruption costs reach $325 billion in addition to the $400 billion required for property repair costs, meaning that an ArkStorm could cost a total of $725 billion, nearly 3 times the amount of damage predicted by the California ShakeOut authors for a severe Southern California earthquake, an event with roughly the same annual occurrence probability.[1]

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ARkStorm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Note: the above quote is repeated near the bottom of the page. I just thought it was an important one.

 


Description


A map of the flood areas of the hypothetical ARkStorm, based on the areas flooded during the 1861–1862 ARkStorm event.
The hypothetical ARkStorm, if it occurred, would have the following effects:
  • The Central Valley experiences hypothetical flooding 300 miles long and 20 or more miles wide.
  • Serious flooding also occurs in Orange County, Los Angeles County, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay area, and other coastal communities.
  • Windspeeds in some places reach 125 miles per hour, hurricane-force winds.
  • Across wider areas of the state, winds reach 60 miles per hour.
  • Hundreds of landslides damage roads, highways, and homes.
  • Property damage exceeds $300 billion, most from flooding.
  • Demand surge (an increase in labor rates and other repair costs after major natural disasters) could increase property losses by 20 percent.
  • Agricultural losses and other costs to repair lifelines, dewater (drain) flooded islands, and repair damage from landslides, brings the total direct property loss to nearly $400 billion, of which $20 to $30 billion would be recoverable through public and commercial insurance.
  • Power, water, sewer, and other lifelines experience damage that takes weeks or months to restore.
  • Flooding evacuation could involve 1.5 million residents in the inland region and delta counties.
  • Business interruption costs reach $325 billion in addition to the $400 billion required for property repair costs, meaning that an ARkStorm could cost a total of $725 billion, nearly 3 times the amount of damage predicted by the California ShakeOut authors for a severe Southern California earthquake, an event with roughly the same annual occurrence probability.[1]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARkStorm#Description

  1. ARkStorm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARkStorm
    The name "ARkStorm" means "Atmospheric River (AR) 1000 (k)." ... Description. A map of the flood areas of the hypothetical ARkStorm, based on the ...

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