#USGS Floods

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[usgs-unofficial]

Field work in the northern are of the US was cancelled due to the blizzard. Might want to watch out for any flooding because we won’t be able to see if the water is getting too high!

[duoatomica]

‼️‼️STOP SCROLLING AND READ THIS PLEASE‼️‼️

In brazil, there's been having a lot of floods in the southern region of the country, more specifically in the state of Rio Grande do Sul

Every day people are dying , cities are submerged, a single city was erased from the map for being totally underwater.

"Sadly the city of Eldorado RS, doesn't exist anymore - The city was totally covered by water"

Everyday, people have to witness everything they've built get lost admist the water, people have to live with floating bodies of adults, children, toddlers, newborns, animals, dogs, cats, elders, every possible life in these cities are being taken away by the floods.

People spend day and night on rooftops, waiting for boats to save them, but not everyone comes out alive.

Hear this audio:

The man says: "Hey Gabriela, deal with what I'll tell you now, there was three children at the boat with me, one of them asked me to pick up a doll that was floating, and I went to grab the doll. It wasn't a doll, it was a baby, a dead baby."

It's the reality of what's happening in Brazil right now when you're reading this.

Sadly, I can't share more than one video here on Tumblr, but theres an audio of a woman thanking her parents for everything, saying she loved them and asking them to take care of her dog Maicon, in the audio, she said she didn't feel her legs, that she felt like she was hallucinating, that the water was almost at her chin, that she was about to die, that her other dog died. After the woman spoke, the sound of the roof breaking and falling was heard in the background, sounds of water splashing, and after the audio was sent, she died, submerged in the ruins of her own underwater house.

We can't do much, but if whoever is seeing this post could donate for help, it would be a step closer to salvation of more and more people.

Here's the link if you want to donate for Rio Grande do Sul: Vakinhahttps://www.vakinha.com.br › a-ma...A Maior Campanha Solidária do RS

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.vakinha.com.br/vaquinha/a-maior-campanha-solidaria-do-rs%3F&sa=U&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwjAgrybp_yFAxUiHbkGHRWMDbIQFnoECDAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2z2py3rN07FmWV4NePVuOS

Thanks for reading this post, even if only a few people.

[pinyonrice]

Extremely cool website where you can download historical georeferenced USGS topographic maps and use in GIS software- and you don't need an Esri account download it! The extent of the maps don't go very far outside of the U.S. though

link -> https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/topomapexplorer

Here's a close-up of the grand canyon stitched with four different topo maps made in 1886.

I've been looking at reservoirs and comparing them to see how drastically rivers have changed, along with other natural features that have changed

Detroit, OR 1929 (prior to the construction of the Detroit dam) vs 1956 (a few years after the dam's completion). Had no idea that there used to be a railway there, and some buildings were swallowed up when the river was flooded (i.e. the ranger station in the east portion of the lake)

anyhoo, I'm having a blast looking at old maps- going to explore the appalacians to find historic evidence of mountain top removal next, and then examples of eminent domain being used in less affluent and white areas (looking at YOU interstate-10 Bexar county)

[meteorologistaustenlonek]

@USGS - "Communities affected by Hurricane #Milton can monitor flooding and weather conditions, often in real-time, using several USGS tools. For links to these resources and more, visit:"

[allthegeopolitics]

“Heavy rains and torrents of cold lava and mud flowing down a volcano's slopes on Indonesia’s Sumatra island triggered flash floods that killed at least 37 people and more than a dozen others were missing, officials said Sunday” That’s a terrible tragedy.

How do cold lavas work?

Here's an explanation by the USGS:

https://www.usgs.gov/programs/VHP/lahars-move-rapidly-down-valleys-rivers-concrete/

[zuko-kitty]

Heyyo fellow users! Do you want real time, constantly updating maps of flooding, black outs, road closures, land slides, and other important things? Use ArcGIS! NASA, NOAA, USGS, and so many more organizations have free, constantly updating maps through GIS.

These maps also rely on users to report in what satellites and (extremely overwhelmed) ground teams can't evaluate. Rescue teams, hospitals, and other emergency responders use this data to identify safe routes and places of highest need, so if you can provide extra info, please do!

https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/hurricane-helene

Friday Sept 27:

Millions are without power this morning and underwater.

Do not go into floodwaters. It is not safe. There is debris, animals, pathogens, and god knows what else in the water.

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Flash Floods Swamp North Carolina

After hitting Florida, Hurricane Helene delivered torrential rains to communities in western North Carolina on September 27, 2024. The deluge followed two days of heavy rains that had already saturated soils and pushed the region’s rivers to unusual heights. The combined rainfall from these two events, amplified by the area’s rugged terrain, produced deadly and destructive flash floods.

Swollen rivers submerged entire communities, swamped farmland, unmoored buildings from their foundations, and swept away power and water infrastructure. While clouds have blocked most optical imagery of the flooding collected by NASA satellites so far, sensors on the NASA-USGS Landsat 8 and 9 and the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellites captured occasional glimpses of communities affected by the flooding in the days after Helene passed.

The MSI (MultiSpectral Instrument) on Sentinel-2 captured images of flooding on the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers near Asheville and Black Mountain (top), and near Swannanoa (below) on October 2, 2024. The other image (second image from top), captured by the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8, shows the same area on August 30, 2024, when rivers were at more normal levels. The pair of images below is a detailed view of the town of Swannanoa before and after flooding.

Saturated soils contributed to widespread runoff. This led to erosion and an accumulation of suspended sediment in floodwaters that turned waterways brown. In many areas, floodwaters appear to have receded when the satellite captured the image, but brown slicks of mud and debris remained visible.

Many of the towns in these images suffered extensive damage. Water submerged large parts of Asheville, including the Rivers Arts District and Biltmore Village, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times. A day before this image was acquired, ABC9 reported that Black Mountain lacked power, water, sewer, and passable roads. In a story about Swannanoa, The Washington Post described mangled homes, mud-choked roads, and cars in tree limbs.

In conditions that some meteorologists have called a 1,000-year flood, the combination of Helene and the predecessor rain event pushed three-day rain totals to extraordinary levels. One weather station in Yancey County recorded as much as 31 inches (78 centimeters) of rain between September 25-27, according to data collected by the National Weather Service’s Cooperative Observer Program. Other stations in the county saw more than 24 inches, and parts of Henderson and Allegheny County received more than 17 inches. The weather station at Asheville Regional Airport had already recorded nearly 14 inches when it stopped working on the morning of September 27.

With the region’s mountains already saturated, large volumes of runoff poured into waterways and helped push several rivers to record heights. On September 27, the gauge on the French Broad River in Asheville measured water levels at 24.7 feet, which is more than a foot higher than the previous record. The nearby Swannanoa River at Biltmore rose to 26.1 feet, breaking the previous record by more than 6 feet. The false-color image of flooding in farmland near Asheville Regional Airport, shown above, was acquired by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. In this image, river water appears dark blue.

A week after Helene hit, the region remained in a state of emergency. On October 4, more than 220,000 customers in North Carolina were without power, according to PowerOutage.us. That included 50 percent of customers in Buncombe County, 58 percent in Henderson County, 79 percent in Mitchell County, and 52 percent in Yancey County.

Access to clean water was a problem in several communities. In Asheville, the storm severely damaged key water mains and transmission lines to the North Fork Water Treatment Plant, as well as the roads required to service them. There were also reports of high turbidity at Burnett Reservoir, which supplies water to the North Fork Water Treatment Plant. In an update on October 4, Asheville authorities said it was not possible to estimate a precise timeline for restoring service to the city’s entire water system but said it could potentially take weeks.

NASA’s Disasters Response Coordination System has been activated to support agencies responding to the storm, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The team will be posting maps and data products on its open-access mapping portal as new information becomes available about flooding, power outages, precipitation totals, and other topics.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison and Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2024) processed by the European Space Agency. Story by Adam Voiland.

[andrewtheprophet]

Another earthquake before the Sixth Seal: Revelation 6

Another Earthquake Rattles New Jersey: USGS A small earthquake shook New Jersey again on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. Posted Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 2:07 pm ET Dozens of quakes have rattled the state since the 4.8 quake in April. (USGS) Another earthquake has struck New Jersey. (USGS) NORTH JERSEY, NJ — As Tropical Storm Debby targets the Garden State with possible flooding,…

[usgs-unofficial]

Did you know that a rifle is technically considered part of the DOI field kit?

Did you also know that very secluded rivers are excellent places to hide bodies?

[livingmeatloaf]

[image ID: a colorful infographic titled "Why is the..." with three branching paths - Water, Sky, Earth - and "so... :" Small relevant hand-drawn illustrations accompany each question. Links go to United States based resources addressing each weather concern.

Why is the sky so:

Hazy? AirNow.gov

Dark'n stormy? Weather.gov

Weird? NASA.gov

Why is the water so:

smelly/gross/weird? Mywaterway.epa.gov

Not where it's meant to be? See below.

Are you at the beach? (this branches off into many answers, all following water questions go from this one)

If yes, and Too little water where there should be? Tsunami.gov * if water at the beach dramatically recedes, run inland immediately

If no, and Too little water where there should be? Drought.gov

If yes, and Too much water where there shouldn't be? NOAA.gov; Digital coast*, Storm Prediction Center, National Hurricane Center. *Sea level rise viewer and coastal flood exposure mapper

If no, and Too much water where there shouldn't be? Ready.gov/floods, Weather.gov

Why is the earth so:

Shaky? USGS, earthquakes.usgs.gov

Shaky and the sky is weird? USGS, Volcano Hazard Program, usgs.gov/programs/VHP

Moving downhill? Usgs, Landslide Hazard Program, US Landslide Inventory, usgs.gov/programs/landslide-hazards; National Avalanche Center, avalanche.org

In a separate box at the bottom: For a wide range of disasters and emergencies, including many not mentioned here, visit Ready.gov for information on how to get prepared before they happen. The FEMA app also allows you to receive real-time weather and emergency alerts, send a notifications to loved ones, locate emergency shelters in your area, get prepared this strategies and more.

Quakeandqiver.com is credited in purple text along one side. End ID.]

Noticed something a little funky in the world around you and want to figure out what's up? Especially if there might be something you ought to be doing about it? Not sure what information sources to trust these days? If you're in the US, federal agencies like NOAA, USGS, EPA and more collect massive amounts of scientific data every day, much of which is publicly available online - if you know where to look.

A PDF version with clickable links is available for free on my itchio page (quakeandquiver); I'll add a direct link in a reblog.

[truck-fump]

<b>Trump's</b> DJT stock continues NASDAQ tumble. What's behind the plummeting price?

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Watching Episode Y.

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Significance Of Coral Reefs In Tropical Marine Ecosystem

Credit: Georgette Douwma via Getty

Welcome to the last entry of the blog series about coral reefs. This blog talks about the significance of coral reefs in tropical marine ecosystems. For instance:

Habitat

Food source

Coastal protection

Habitat

Coral reefs are direct habitats for many taxa. They are also the refuge of some species (e.g., small fishes) against predators (Friedlander & Parrish 1998; Kerry & Bellwood 2012). The variation in morphology and shape of each colony contributes to the structural complexity of coral reef habitats (Richardson Graham & Hoey 2017), which are suitable for diverse marine species to thrive in and reproduce. In the world, coral reefs occupy less than 0.1% of the ocean floor, but they provide habitat for more than 25% of discovered marine creatures (Fisher et al. 2015). One-third of global marine fish biodiversity is harboured in coral reefs (Spalding & Grenfell 1997). The video shows diverse marine creatures living in coral reefs.

Credit: California Academy of Sciences

Food source

Coral reefs are the food source of some species (Hoegh-Guldberg 2011), such as the coral-feeding fish and flamingo tongue snail. Based on the feeding preference, the coral-feeding species feed on the coral polyps, coral mucous, live and dead coral skeletons (Cole, Pratchett & Jones 2008). Some species almost feed exclusively on corals, with more than 80% of the diet being corals (Cole, Pratchett & Jones 2008). These species, called obligate corallivores, are, therefore, highly dependent on corals as food for survival (Pratchett et al. 2008). Regarding fish species, most obligate coral-feeding fishes come from the family Chaetodontidae, which was mentioned in the 4th entry of the coral reef blog series (Cole, Pratchett & Jones 2008). In contrast, facultative corallivores also feed on corals, but corals only occupy a part of their diet. The video shows some fish eating the corals.

Credit: World Economic Forum

Coastal protection 

Coral reefs can protect coastal property and life against floods and waves due to rising sea levels by acting as natural wave barriers (Monismith et al. 2015; Hearn 1999). The complex structure of living coral reefs dissipates the wave energy. The dissipation results from the high friction on the high hydraulic roughness of reef structures and wave breaking on the reef rim (Monismith et al. 2015; Hearn 1999; Rogers et al. 2016; Lowe et al. 2005). The structurally complex coral reefs are significant in preventing the formation of larger waves because these waves can cause coastal erosion at the near-shore zones of beaches and tropical reef islands (Quataert et al. 2015; Baldock et al. 2014). The video talks about the role of coral reefs in protecting coastlines and the consequences if they degrade.

Credit: USGS

That's all about the significance of coral reefs in tropical marine ecosystems. Of course, besides the three mentioned significance, coral reefs also have other importance. Now, we have reached the end of the blog as well as the end of the coral reef blog series. You have completed the journey of exploring coral reefs. I hope you learn something nice from this blog series. Thank you.

References

Baldock, TE, Golshani, A, Callaghan, DP, Saunders, MI & Mumby, PJ 2014, ‘Impact of sea-level rise and coral mortality on the wave dynamics and wave forces on barrier reefs’, Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 155-164.

Cole, AJ, Pratchett, MS & Jones, GP 2008, ‘Diversity and functional importance of coral‐feeding fishes on tropical coral reefs’, Fish and Fisheries, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 286-307.

Fisher, R, O’Leary, RA, Low-Choy, S, Mengersen, K, Knowlton, N, Brainard, RE & Caley, MJ 2015, ‘Species richness on coral reefs and the pursuit of convergent global estimates’, Current Biology, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 500-505.

Friedlander, AM & Parrish, JD 1998, ‘Habitat characteristics affecting fish assemblages on a Hawaiian coral reef’, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 224, no. 1, pp. 1-30.

Hearn, CJ 1999, ‘Wave‐breaking hydrodynamics within coral reef systems and the effect of changing relative sea level’, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, vol. 104, no. C12, pp. 30007-30019.

Hoegh-Guldberg, O 2011, ‘Coral reef ecosystems and anthropogenic climate change’, Regional Environmental Change, vol. 11, pp. 215-227.

Kerry, JT & Bellwood, DR 2012, The effect of coral morphology on shelter selection by coral reef fishes’, Coral Reefs, vol. 31, pp. 415-424.

Lowe, RJ, Falter, JL, Bandet, MD, Pawlak, G, Atkinson, MJ, Monismith, SG & Koseff, JR 2005, ‘Spectral wave dissipation over a barrier reef’, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, vol. 110, no. C4.

Monismith, SG, Rogers, JS, Koweek, D & Dunbar, RB 2015, ‘Frictional wave dissipation on a remarkably rough reef’, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 42, no. 10, pp. 4063-4071.

Pratchett, MS, Munday, P, Wilson, SK, Graham, NA, Cinner, JE, Bellwood, DR, Jones, GP, Polunin, NV & McClanahan, TR 2008, ‘Effects of climate-induced coral bleaching on coral-reef fishes’, Ecological and Economic Consequences. Oceanography and Marine Biology: Annual Review, vol. 46, pp. 251-296.

Quataert, E, Storlazzi, C, Van Rooijen, A, Cheriton, O & Van Dongeren, A 2015, ‘The influence of coral reefs and climate change on wave‐driven flooding of tropical coastlines’, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 42, no. 15, pp. 6407-6415.

Richardson, LE, Graham, NA & Hoey, AS 2017, ‘Cross-scale habitat structure driven by coral species composition on tropical reefs’, Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 7557.

Rogers, JS, Monismith, SG, Koweek, DA & Dunbar, RB 2016, ‘Wave dynamics of a Pacific Atoll with high frictional effects’, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, vol. 121, no. 1, pp. 350-367.

Spalding, MD & Grenfell, AM 1997, ‘New estimates of global and regional coral reef areas’, Coral Reefs, vol. 16, pp. 225-230.

Images or videos from external sources:

California Academy of Sciences - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thbXWo_64V4

Georgette Douwma via Getty - https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/why-your-next-outdoor-adventure-should-be-to-a-coral-reef/  

USGS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut9EW6au85M

World Economic Forum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OD1hHE5TsM

[sugarsui]

2023/10/9

　彼女とまた一悶着、一悶着におさめることは出来ない事態だけど、そんなことがあった。誰かに向けて書くということをしないので、あまり外に向けて書いていないが、私たちのことはどう見えているのだろうか。今日は、throwcurveのイベントを見て、ちょっと体調が悪いところ、彼女が会ってくれた。嬉しかった。

　で、throwcurveのイベント。サブスク解禁記念イベントで、「スロウカーヴは語れない(that made me nasty)」と題し、ナカムラリョウ、USGから田淵、a flood of circleから佐々木といったメンバーだった。throwcurveに関係することから、ゲストに関係する話、あとは2000年初期の下北沢のバンド話とか、楽しかった。

　最後にライブパートがあり、throwcuveの連れてってから、USGのスロウカーヴは打てない、表現は自由というなかなかなメドレーがあり、三番線のリフをルーパーで流しながら、コーラスを観客とかに唄わせている間にメンバーの登場、そしてアルファと大満足だった。この曲途中にメンバーが登場する演出には既視感があり、セツナブルースターの復活ライブのようなもので、心臓のアウトロでメンバーが出てきたときのそれに重なった。

　throwcurveをどこで知ったのかはよく思い出せないものの、おそらく高校生のときだったろうが、当時、高校から帰るときだかに立川北でモノレールで待ちながら、ホームでRetro Electric Motherを聞いて、「なんだこれは」と衝撃を受けたのをよく覚えている。それと同時に、あんまり良さもわからなかったが、どうにかこれを良いと思えるようになりたい、と思っていたことも覚えている。

　こうやってthrowcurveの曲を貼れるようになったのは本当に嬉しいことで、私の好きな曲は電波スリープ。

[thxnews]

Nova Kakhovka Dam Destruction: UK Reaction at the UN

  Thank you, President. And I am grateful to USG Griffiths for his briefing. The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam is truly an abhorrent act. The UK stands in solidarity with Ukraine and the thousands of Ukrainians who are tonight evacuating from their homes or facing terrible damage to their livelihoods or water supply. We stand ready to support Ukraine and all those affected by this catastrophe. And we are already working with humanitarian partners on the ground to supply aid. The UK has helped support them to pre-position supplies in case of an emergency like this. As we have heard, this act has put thousands of civilians in danger and is causing severe environmental damage to the surrounding area. Flooding threatens to contaminate water supplies and vital natural habitats. Vast swathes of agricultural land and electricity supplies are also at risk. And this in turn threatens food production and the international food trade. President, this is the latest of many tragic consequences of President Putin’s war, which will bring further terrible suffering to the people of Ukraine. We have seen Russia indiscriminately attack civilians and critical civilian infrastructure time and time again in this war. If Russia proves to be responsible, it would be a new low in its conduct of this brutal war. We will continue to carefully assess the evidence in the coming days. But let me repeat what we have said throughout: now is the time for President Putin to withdraw all his forces from Ukraine’s sovereign territory and bring his war of aggression to an end.   Sources: THX News, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office & James Kariuki. Read the full article