Pirate's Cove

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a climate cult article by Excitable Seth Borenstein, but, I’m utterly not surprised that he found a way to connect the scam dots

Olympics bet against climate change with Seine swimming. For days, it looked like they would lose

With plans for athletes to swim the Seine River through the heart of Paris, Olympic organizers essentially bet against climate change’s extreme weather. For several days it appeared they would lose — by ditching the swimming portion of triathlon races.

It wasn’t until early Wednesday, after the men’s race had been postponed a day and test events called off, that organizers announced the most recent tests showed the water met standards to allow swimming.

Some scientists and engineers said organizers were taking a huge gamble at a time when heavy rains have increased with human-caused climate change, especially in Europe. The rains run off from the urban environment and contribute to higher bacteria levels in the city’s famed river.

“They just gambled, flipped the coin and hope for a dry season and it turned out to be the rainiest in the last 30 years,” said Metin Duran, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Villanova University who has researched stormwater management.

Literally, Paris and those upstream have treated the Seine as a dumping ground for centuries. Swimming has been banned for a long time. People have been peeing in it for a long time. The sewers in Paris were never set up for heavy rains, which they have always gotten. Back in 1910 when CO2 was below the safe level of 350ppm the Seine rose 26 feet above normal and the city was flooded. They ever call it the Great Flood Of Paris. Floods are recorded all the way to 358. What kinds of fossil fueled vehicles did they drive back then?

Organizers “had worked through most of the scenarios related to computer hacking and physical threats without fully assessing the implications of extreme events associated with climate,” said University of Arizona climate scientist Kathy Jacobs, who directs the Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions. “It’s definitely time to take climate threats seriously.”

Sharks would have been more fun. The move Under Paris is not a great movie, really a B horror, but, it is fun. Lots of chomping going on. Reminds me of those old ones from the 70s and 80s, just better filming.