Manhattan underwaterAugust 21, 2010 Heide Cullen has written a
new book expressing her views about the world’s climate 40 years
from now. You may recall that Cullen is the Weather Channel
climatologist who suggested that other meteorologists and
climatologists who express doubts about anthropogenic global
warming be decertified by the American Meteorological Society.
Her new book, “The Weather of the Future,” features an alarming
computer generated image of Manhattan in a sea-level-risen,
hurricane plagued world of 2050 on the front cover. In the world
of digital graphics you can create any reality you desire. In
this case Cullen presents Manhattan underwater, presumably after
40 years of sea level rise combined with a category 4 hurricane
storm surge. The following picture is a close-up detail of the
buildings. The group of buildings in the foreground is Lower
Manhattan and the group of buildings in the background is
Midtown Manhattan. “The Village” area, Chelsea, the Garment
district, etc., between Lower an