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To: PKRBKR who wrote (882865)	8/27/2015 12:33:16 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578505

"This is funny" It might be, depending on who gets flooded by storm surges. "Somehow GW causes magic water bulges that don't find their own level anymore?" That's one way of looking at it. Here's another. Not as exciting as magic. Ocean current variations – Large, regional ocean currents which move large quantities of water from one location to another also affect relative sea level without changing the actual volume of the ocean. For example, el Niño moves water from one side of the Pacific to the other every three or four years. These large-scale variations also affect the relative sea level of certain areas. In normal conditions, trade winds blow across the Pacific toward the west. According to NOAA, the trade winds push warm surface water to the west Pacific, so the sea level is roughly 1/2 meter higher in Indonesia than it is in Ecuador. During el Niño years, this warm water is pushed over to the eastern Pacific. wunderground.com