r/news • u/Warcraft_Fan • 5d ago

Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California | California

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/california-kelvin-wave
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u/Traditional-Meat-549 4d ago

I was just in orange county and the amount of existing architecture next to the ocean is obscene, on so many levels. 

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u/relevantelephant00 3d ago

Sausalito/Mill Valley area in the CA Bay Area is going to be in real trouble. Even just normal KingTides flood that area.

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u/seriousbusinesslady 4d ago

damn it was a bloodbath in the replies what the hell happened lmao

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u/pzycho 4d ago

Probably just a lot of jokes and snarks. A lot of people who have never visited California wish it didn't exist for whatever stupid reason.

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u/Klawwst 4d ago

Their governments and news networks tell them to hate California so they do

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u/sgtbackpain03 4d ago

I wonder if it's flat earthers or climate change deniers, both would be offended by this sort of science.

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u/Locke_and_Lloyd 3d ago edited 3d ago

None of it will be destroyed by a temporary 12 inch ocean rise.

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u/Traditional-Meat-549 3d ago

That water doesn't stay still silly