Flood Maps
If we don’t get a handle on runaway greenhouse warming, sea levels are predicted to rise by approximately 20 feet, or 7 meters. If you think this won’t affect Quebec, think again.
Using the Google Maps API and NASA climate projection data, a clever person has put together a site to show exactly what will be flooded when sea levels rise.
In Quebec City, most of Lower Town will be underwater, and significant portions of the islands and riverbanks will be lost.
The region around Sorel-Tracy, mostly farms, will be completely flooded.
Montreal and the South Shore will lose a lot of riverfront, and in general, many of the low-elevation islands such as the Iles de Boucherville will lose huge amounts of their surface area.
Municipalities along the Richelieu will also suffer a good deal of flooding, for instance, near Chambly.
And that’s why I voted Green yesterday. :)
March 27, 2007 11:18 AM
Comments
Yes, in fact they got about 150,000 votes, about 4% of the total popular vote; in NDG, Westmount and D’Arcy-McGee, the Greens finished 2nd-place. Overall this was 10x what they got in 2003, so a pretty good showing.
wrote aj on March 29, 2007 3:03 PM
Did the green party receive enough votes to continue receiving government funding?
wrote Michel on March 29, 2007 2:04 PM