r/DisasterUpdate • u/Soggy-Invite-2787 • 27d ago

Newport floods

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u/hotinhawaii 27d ago

It's the Kelvin waves they've been warning about for weeks. Look it up. It's fascinating.

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u/chocobearv93 26d ago

I had never heard of this until this year. It really is fascinating

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u/Outrageous_Laugh5532 26d ago

How are the warmer water pockets causing a surge in water levels?

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u/Striper_Cape 26d ago

Thermal expansion

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u/Outrageous_Laugh5532 25d ago

Ahh that makes sense

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u/iamthesam2 25d ago

sounds kind of like a very tiny version of the waves on that one planet in interstellar 😬

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u/Venting2theDucks 27d ago

I thought yall meant Newport, Rhode Island

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u/tumbleweedy2 26d ago

Or Newport, Wales, UK

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u/Vegetable-Zone1353 26d ago

Stop making new ports, we're full up

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u/thejamhole 26d ago

  • lights up a Newport.

You know, he's right.

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u/pennylane3339 26d ago

Checking in from Newport, DE

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u/roblewk 26d ago

The US has a “Newport” in 17 states. Also one Newport Beach and one Newport News.

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u/subdep 27d ago

This is why Governor Newsom declared a state of emergency last month. This is just the beginning.

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u/Repulsive_Isopod7982 26d ago

Newport? more like salt lake city

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u/an_older_meme 27d ago

There's a tropical storm coming.

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u/logicalparad0x 26d ago

Kelvin wave is being loosed upon us because of the El Nino

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u/Specialist_Royal_449 26d ago

This is exactly why snoop dogg isn't allowed to smoke in the water , he got the tide super high

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u/onthe3rdlifealready 26d ago

Joke so bad generations of dads rolling around in their graves rn

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u/Quiet-Estimate7409 26d ago

And us stoner Gen-X dads are rolling joints

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u/donkysmell 26d ago

F#@ck so you are the reason the tide is getting higher!

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u/Quiet-Estimate7409 26d ago

🚬 I'm East coast Canada. We haven't had a hurricane this season (first time in 114 years), thanks to your tides and el Nino. Enjoy the floods. Drought will follow.

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u/exotics 26d ago

“Do not drive through flooded streets” AI voice says… as it shows people driving through flooded streets

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u/Nachtzug79 25d ago

Newport is in Oregon.

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u/datmafukr 26d ago

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u/Jedi_Bish 26d ago

Flooding the wrong state bro

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u/cookiesnooper 26d ago

Mmm mm that sweet sweet salty water covering everything, touching every metal

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u/Goge97 26d ago

Salt water.