Isixeko esikhulu kunazo zonke eMelika siya kuhamba phantsi kwamanzi kunye nezigidi zabemi bayo!
Enye yezona zixeko ezininzi kakhulu kunye neziphambili kwi-United States zihlala zibiza ngokuba yiyona ndawo ihamba phambili kwisixeko esikhulu. Ngokweziqikelelo ezahlukeneyo, abantu abayizigidi eziyi-8.5 ukuya kwezi-10,5 bahlala kuyo-kwaye oku akubandakanyi abantu abayi-1.5-2 yezigidi abafudukayo abangekho mthethweni. Ukususela kwimihlaba yokunyikima nemvula enezityalo ezinokuthi zivele kuyo, i-meteorologists kunye ne-climmatologists bahlala bebeka iliso iziganeko zokuguquka kwesimo sezulu kunye nokuhamba kwamacwecwe e-tectonic. Ngoku nje abameli beeyunivesithi ezigunyazisiweyo ezintathu zase-United States bathatywe: iNew York iya kuba phantsi kwamanzi kwaye oku kuya kwenzeka kwiminyaka eyi-100!
Ingcaciso yokuqala malunga nokufunyaniswa kwenzululwazi ekhohlakeleyo kubonakala kwihlabathi lezenzululwazi eyaziwayo kwiNkcazo yeNational Academy of Sciences. Le nqaku ichaza izifundo ezibangel 'umdla, apho urhulumente akhangele iingcali ezivela kumaziko amathathu ophando lwezesayensi ePrinceton, Ruttersky nase-Oceanographic Institute. Isizathu sokuba ikhomishini yayiyiqhwithi iSandy, eyaba yintlekele yendalo kungekuphela kweNew York ngo-2012.
"I-Sandy" evela eJamaica yayiyimbangela yokuxhalaba kuBarack Obama, ngokukhawuleza ukuba banxuse abahlali besixeko ukuba bazivale emakhaya abo baze balungele ukujamelana nesiphepho esinamandla sezothutho. "USandy" wanyanzelisa i-Stock Exchange, ikomkhulu le-UN, ukuvala phantsi nokurhoxisa zonke iindiza kwiindawo ezintathu. Amanqwelwana angama-7 e-subway ayekhukhula, kwaye isiqithi saseManhattan sinqunyulwa iintsuku ezintathu ngamanzi avela kwilizwe. Umgangatho wamagagasi awamhlamba wafikelela kwiimitha ezi-4 ukuphakama. Ukufa kwabantu abangama-73 kunye nomonakalo weebhiliyoni ezingama-65 - yiyiphi eyashiya "uSandy" emva kwakhe eNew York.
Isifundo sokugqibela kwakukufumanisa ukuba "iSandy" yayingumngcipheko wokuqala weqhwithi - i-harbinger yezinye, izivunguvungu ezinamandla kakhulu. Iingcali zenzululwazi ziqinisekisile ukuba ukuphindaphindiweyo kwezi zintlupheko ziza kunyuka, zifumane amandla ngokupheleleyo ngo-2100-2170. Isizathu salokhu siya kufudumala kwehlabathi: ngenxa yoko, ubushushu beNew York buya kuphakama ngamadridi amabini kwisilinganiso seminyaka esiqhelekileyo, ngenxa yeso sixeko esiya kungcwatywa phantsi kwamagagasi. Ngelishwa, uMongameli wangoku uDonald Trump akakholelwa kwikamva elibi laseNew York kwaye ushiya zonke izivumelwano zendalo zakwaMerika enye ...
Yikuphi ukufa okujoliswe ukutshabalalisa abemi baseNew York? Kakade ngo-2050 ubukhulu beempukane ziya kuphinda kabini, kwaye amaza ngexesha ngalinye aya kufinyelela kwi-2.7-3 yamitha ukuphakama. Kwiminyaka eyi-10, umngcipheko weziphepho ezintsha uza kwandisa amaxesha angama-17, oku kuya kubangela ukufa kwabantu abayiwaka. Uhlobo lwekhompyutheni lncedile ukufumanisa ukuba ngo-2055 nyangazonke eNew York kuya kubakho izikhukula ezi-1-2 kunye nobude bamagagasi ukuya kwiimitha ezine.
Iingcali zenzululwazi azikho izibikezelo ezilungileyo, ngoko ke ingcamango yayiza kuba yinto engabonakaliyo yokuba benza iphutha ekubaleni. Umbuzo wodwa kuphela ukuba izinto ezimbi ziza kuvela njani-imeko enokuthi ayikho, "isazi senzululwazi uBenjamin Horton sichaza ngemiphumo ecatshukisayo yophando. Kodwa ngaba abemi baseNew York baya kukholelwa kwizibane zenzululwazi kwaye ngaba baya kukwazi ukusinda kwizinto ezibuhlungu?