Posts
Re.
reports that the seed vault is OK, the answer is:
“Not
without power and cooling. There's no permafrost around the vault
anymore”
The headline may be provocative but justified given how Mann has used a falsehood to justify another falsehood - gradual climate change.
“Only
after outside, foreign pressure, did the Norwegian TV news mention
this flooding. For ten seconds. Clearly having planned to just
silence it completely, before The Guardian broke the news”
Comments are from Torstein Viddal from Norway.
Torstein
Viddal, via Facebook
Please
note that Michael Mann in his attack on his interviewer
Wallace–Wells, cites as true a statement that the Global Seed Vault
on Svalbard didn't flood.
As you will see very clearly below, this is a big fat lie.
The Longyearbyen Fire Department is permanent head of security for the Seed Vault, and during their rescue operation in October, they also had to use axes to hack the ice that had formed from the flooding, now blocking access to the seed chambers themselves. Electric cooling keeps the chambers in the former coal mine at –18C.
The Svalbard Post is the world's northernmost newspaper. It's in Norwegian, but due to the delicacy of this flooding event, it took a full 7 months before hitting TV news in May 2017.
As you will see very clearly below, this is a big fat lie.
The Longyearbyen Fire Department is permanent head of security for the Seed Vault, and during their rescue operation in October, they also had to use axes to hack the ice that had formed from the flooding, now blocking access to the seed chambers themselves. Electric cooling keeps the chambers in the former coal mine at –18C.
The Svalbard Post is the world's northernmost newspaper. It's in Norwegian, but due to the delicacy of this flooding event, it took a full 7 months before hitting TV news in May 2017.
[ svalbardposten.no/nyheter/vann-tok-strommen/19.7711
Via eectronic translation
The
fire department had to respond and help when water penetrated into
the seed vault during extreme rain at the weekend.
NEW
SEEDS
On
Tuesday, it was taken into new seeds in the seed vault. This time
came the seeds from Burundi, Colombia, India, Singapore, the nordic
countries, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Japan, Peru and Nigeria. A total
of 29 boxes with 9.866 different frøsorter was added to the seed
bank after they were scanned at the airport. The next time it is
loading the seeds are first at the end of February.
– Yes,
it is true that there has been a water ingress in the weekend. We
have now secured the area where the water has come in, " says
Hege Njaa Aschim, director of communications in Statsbygg has been
given the task to take care of all enquiries about the leak.
The
fuses and the power went due to water ingress. Transformers to
stabilise which was damaged by the water is now repaired.
– All
the seeds are well protected and secured, where we take no chances,
make sure Aschim.
She
says that they have a contingency plan and is on the alerten
throughout the day in periods that are forecast a lot of rain.
– We
will make sure to have the staffing and the people who come and check
regularly, " she says.
As
a safety feature
Statsbygg
started in the summer preparations to build physical barriers to
prevent that meltwater from the Platåberget can gather around the
adkomsttunnelen.
The
seed vault is safe, but adkomstpartiet has given some of the
challenges in this weather. We are extra protective in comparison to
the actual vault. It is important for us to think both holistically
and long-term planning, " says Aschim.
Transformers
to stabilise to be moved out to get away unnecessary heat, and also
to ensure easier access when there is a need for attention or
repairs. Inside the plan is also an extension of the car park.
Test
drills
Statsbygg
has also sought to implement the 27 fjellkontrollboringer behind the
seed vault in order to map the subsurface with respect to water,
permafrost, and other related challenges. The site is registered as
cultural heritage site, but the directorate for cultural heritage has
granted permission for such drilling that all the holes filled
properly again after completing the mapping.
– We
are currently conducting measures to ensure operation in an eternal
perspective, says the communications director.
Safe
– The
vault is safe, it is the entrance area which now has given a
challenge, " assures she.
It
is the first time that there have been problems with the so the humid
weather and this type of water ingress.
– We
are in a værsituasjon now where there is much rain, and resolve
masses. Therefore, we must take all precautions. This handle the
extreme weather has made that we have put in additional measures. It
has not been in the cards that it must be taken such into account, "
says Aschim.
It
has previously been water ingress in the utmost in the tunnel, which
is 35 meters long
Here is the latest pushback against the truth
Here is the latest pushback against the truth
the above video is so dishonest. It misquotes the content and intent of Wallace-Well's article entirely. He did not use scare tactics, he posed a worst case scenario under specific assumptions. And he did not, "over-state the science."
ReplyDeleteMann said that based on two errors he found, which W-W thanked him for pointing out. I am pretty sure both Mann and whoever made this video know they are misquoting and distorting. And if they don't, they should simply re-read the Wallace-WElls piece, maybe with a yellow highlighter or something to help with reading comprehension.