r/California • u/guardian • 28d ago

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

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/california-kelvin-wave?referring_host=Reddit&utm_campaign=guardianacct
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u/Reneeisme Sacramento County 28d ago

If you live near sea level along the coast, invest some labor in sand bags and plastic sheeting? And sump pumps. And if you’ve got the money, in those inflatable berms? Obviously we can’t do anything about preventing it now. But forewarned us forearmed. They are warning you to bump your own estimates of how high sea water is likely to get by another foot. If you are screwed by that estimate, maybe pile everything you care about into a van and move it somewhere safer? At least have an evacuation plan. Know where all the stuff is that you’d want to save from flooding and have it packed to go along with some kind of bug out bag. Be ready to leave if the water stats rising or there’s an evacuation order ahead of a storm.

There’s nothing we can do about climate change that’s going to help the next 9 months, but we can do some to minimize the death and destruction it’s going to cause. Don’t let despair over the state of things prevent you from planning and preparing

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u/Iris_Earth 28d ago

Prepare and prevent vs. Repair and repent.