Safeco Field & global warming [Archive]

Seattle1

10-31-2006, 08:57 AM

If global warming continues and the polar icecaps melt, raising sea level 20 feet (I think that's approximately the estimated rise), both Safeco Field and Qwest Field will be underwater! :( Both sit at approximately 10 to 15 feet above sea level. (Not the stands, obviously, but the playing surfaces would be submerged.)

That is really sad to think about, those are great stadiums. :(

(Not to mention all the other damage in Seattle and around the world of course, but I started this thread about Safeco and Qwest.)

Ubiquitous

10-31-2006, 09:26 AM

Well let's see, scientist estimate that the sea level will rise 2 to 7 feet in the next 100 years (if they actually believe it will rise at all). So to get to 20 feet I guess we are looking at somewhere around 200 to 300 years from now Safeco field will be in danger. I'm thinking Safeco field will be gone through other means by then.

Seattle1

10-31-2006, 10:44 AM

Well let's see, scientist estimate that the sea level will rise 2 to 7 feet in the next 100 years (if they actually believe it will rise at all). So to get to 20 feet I guess we are looking at somewhere around 200 to 300 years from now Safeco field will be in danger. I'm thinking Safeco field will be gone through other means by then.

If the warming starts causing more and more unforseen compounding effects, it could accelerate faster than expected or could be predicted (as opposed to a predictable constant rate of increase). That's the x factor that worries me a little bit when you stop to think about it. If most of the cap on Antarctia goes, I think you get to 20 feet real easy.:eek:

Anyway, not to be a gloomy Gus, but it was just something I was mulling over this morning. Everybody stop polluting - right now! - so we can play ball at the Safe for generations to come! ;)

Elvis

10-31-2006, 10:57 AM

If the sea level rises by 20 feet in our lifetimes, the last thing we'll be worrying about will be baseball.

Padday

10-31-2006, 05:41 PM

We got bigger things to worry about over here than rising sea levels. If we keep going the way we are it shouldn't be too long before Ireland is frozen because of the North Atlantic Drift turning off. I hate the cold.

Anyway I don't think Safeco is in any danger from the sea (except for maybe some kind of tsunami). Soon in terms of scientific time is still longer than the average lifespan of a ballpark. Still, recycle and drive Priuses and modify your televisions to run on vegetable oil and use old couches to make stew( theres probably still some meat on that couch) and that sort of stuff.

Williamsburg2599

10-31-2006, 05:53 PM

If global warming continues and the polar icecaps melt, raising sea level 20 feet (I think that's approximately the estimated rise), both Safeco Field and Qwest Field will be underwater! :( Both sit at approximately 10 to 15 feet above sea level. (Not the stands, obviously, but the playing surfaces would be submerged.)

That is really sad to think about, those are great stadiums. :(

(Not to mention all the other damage in Seattle and around the world of course, but I started this thread about Safeco and Qwest.)
What a Inconivent Truth...:laugh

Padday

10-31-2006, 05:59 PM

Well, it's not like it will happen The Day After Tomorrow. :laugh

Williamsburg2599

10-31-2006, 06:03 PM

Well, it's not like it will happen The Day After Tomorrow. :laugh
Well.... Umm..... ok, there's only been two movies on global warming.:o :laugh

64Cards

10-31-2006, 07:38 PM

If Washington state is under water, the population will head east. Perhaps Missoula Montana is destined to have a MLB franchise.

Adapt.:rolleyes:

Disgruntaledmarinerfan

10-31-2006, 07:58 PM

If the sea level rises by 20 feet in our lifetimes, the last thing we'll be worrying about will be baseball.
Although this should be true, for me baseball takes precedence...:D
Btw, I am serious when i say this.

redlegsfan21

10-31-2006, 08:09 PM

It's always fun to watch disaster programs. I watched the History Channel's Mega Disasters. I can't remember if Seattle was destroyed by Tsunami or Volcano. I liked the Day After Tomorrow too because it completly destroyed (not really) New York and the evil teams that reside there. Also, Cincinnati was below the destruction line so Reds' baseball lives.

Disgruntaledmarinerfan

10-31-2006, 08:17 PM

On the History channel they showed two deferent disasters that destoyed Seattle, one was a "mega" tsunami, and the other was by a lahar.

Padday

10-31-2006, 08:18 PM

Really the thing to worry about in Seattle is volcanoes and earthquakes. By the end of it all Safeco would be submerged in mud instead of water.

Would make play a little difficult I feel.

JordanDL3891

11-01-2006, 04:33 AM

If the sea level rises by 20 feet in our lifetimes, the last thing we'll be worrying about will be baseball.

I agree with this too

efin98

11-01-2006, 09:23 PM

Be more worried about that volcano nearby more than the chance that the sea levels rise high enough to destroy the stadium

Seattle1

11-02-2006, 08:59 AM

Be more worried about that volcano nearby more than the chance that the sea levels rise high enough to destroy the stadium

Mt. Rainier

efin98

11-02-2006, 06:39 PM

Mt. Rainier

The one that has been belching the last few years, Mt. St. Helens.

Padday

11-02-2006, 06:44 PM

The one that has been belching the last few years, Mt. St. Helens.
In all fairness thats a bit too far away to do much damage and plus the eruption thats been happening there is a wimpy little bit of steem. I know, I was just 7m away from it. Was pretty cool though. Plus experts say that it won't do anything good for a long time.

leecemark

11-02-2006, 07:13 PM

--When St Helens had its last big eruption the effects didn't reach as far as Seattle. Even Mt Ranier, which is much closer to Seattle, is not close enough to be more than a nuisence if it blew.

Seattle1

11-02-2006, 08:18 PM

--When St Helens had its last big eruption the effects didn't reach as far as Seattle. Even Mt Ranier, which is much closer to Seattle, is not close enough to be more than a nuisence if it blew.

Yeah, Mt. St. Helens is not really a threat to Seattle.

If a minor eruption occured at Mt. Rainier it probably wouldn't affect Seattle too much, but if a totally major eruption occured I think it could cause some problems (though it still wouldn't send a lahar through downtown or anything like that).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/43/Mount-rainier-lahar-lavaflow-pyroclasticflow-hazardmap.jpg

riverfrontier

11-03-2006, 08:36 AM

It's to bad about Safeco field and if it goes underwater and the poler icecaps melting. Ichiro might go back to Japan to, and he might be underwater because my friend said Japan has a metric sea-level, so their sea level is actually a little lower. I hope it doesn't happen. That would be sad.

efin98

11-03-2006, 07:17 PM

--When St Helens had its last big eruption the effects didn't reach as far as Seattle. Even Mt Ranier, which is much closer to Seattle, is not close enough to be more than a nuisence if it blew.

What I've heard and read it's a time bomb waiting to go off, what happened in it's last eruption is nothing like what will happen in the next one. When it blows the pyroplastic flow(the real killer in eruptions) will reach the city and bury it.

leecemark

11-03-2006, 07:21 PM

--St Helens is over 100 miles from Seattle and presents no danger.

efin98

11-03-2006, 09:37 PM

--St Helens is over 100 miles from Seattle and presents no danger.

I never go against the experts but according to them it's highly unlike it will happen but worst case scenario it could....

leecemark

11-03-2006, 09:41 PM

--I suppose its possible a meteor could strike me down in the yard tomorrow too. My house is less than half as far from StHelens as Safeco. When it blew back in 83 (and that was a major eruption) only a light scaterring of ash made it this far.

redlegsfan21

11-04-2006, 09:22 AM

I remembering watching a movie on the Discovery Channel called "Vocano" I believe a volcano erupted that caused almost the entire United States and Southern Canada to be covered in ash.

Padday

11-05-2006, 11:28 AM

It's to bad about Safeco field and if it goes underwater and the poler icecaps melting. Ichiro might go back to Japan to, and he might be underwater because my friend said Japan has a metric sea-level, so their sea level is actually a little lower. I hope it doesn't happen. That would be sad.
What exactly do you mean when you say metric sea level because the way you measure the sea level doesn't effect the actual sea level.

Eg. Lets say Tokyo is 30 feet above sea level therefore it's 9.14 meters above sea level. It's still the same height above sea level though.

W_Marone

11-07-2006, 09:55 PM

Safeco I dont really care about, but Qwest NOOOOO!!!!! That's where my Seahawks play. Time to call in AL GORE..... Nice.

Yankeebiscuitfan

11-10-2006, 11:26 AM

If global warming continues and the polar icecaps melt, raising sea level 20 feet (I think that's approximately the estimated rise), both Safeco Field and Qwest Field will be underwater! :( Both sit at approximately 10 to 15 feet above sea level. (Not the stands, obviously, but the playing surfaces would be submerged.)

That is really sad to think about, those are great stadiums. :(

(Not to mention all the other damage in Seattle and around the world of course, but I started this thread about Safeco and Qwest.)

I think that we can swim within 10 years, where I live... :mad: :evil