Ark Storm-they´re what you get when you mix science, drones, 21st century rain-making, hatred for infidels, a long dreaded California super storm and some imagination.....from award winning journalist Linda Davies
Back in 2010 best selling author Linda Davies, read the astonishing news reports about 52 storms over a four month period normally visited by just two rainfalls-or less-that had hit the United Arab Emirates out of seemingly nowhere, Great downpours, gales, thunder and even hail storms in the desert hardened lands of the United Arab Emirates were nearly unheard of especially in only 16 weeks.
But water is not just a blessing-it can be calamitous as it was in a two month period in California when rains kept falling from December of 1861 to January of 1862 bankrupting the Golden State and creating a huge inland sea in the Sacra-mento Valley. What´s more, these mega storms return every 200 years or so.
California´s 1862 Ark Storm devastated the state |
21st century novels can pose painful questions:
What if a trillion dollar flood were unleashed on California by jihadist terrorists to destroy America`s most populous state? Suppose a Katrina style disaster were provoked but only worse-like 40 Mississippis coming down-feet of rain and not mere inches? How would we interdict such a threat? What if we failed and the unthinkable occurred unleashed by Islamic hatred and new technologies?
Ark Storm poses these questions and entertains skillfully with its lead character Meteorologist Dr. Gwen Boudain; high tech rainmaker Gabriel Messenger; and hand-some fomer US Navy Seal turned reporter Dan Jacobsen. Built off of science, common sense and keen socio-political instincts, Ark Storm deals with real threats and not mere fantasy. Kirkus has termed it: “A plausible and stormy eco-thriller that might presage future events…. an exciting and enjoyable book.”
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ARk Storms take their name from “Atmospheric Rivers.” Most people looking up on a clear day would never think that just a few miles above their heads a huge ribbon of moist air hundreds of kilometers wide and over two thousand long could be coursing through the atmosphere at speeds in excess of 12.5 meters a second.
Small atmospheric river storms hit around the world every year. But every so often, a monster emerges. In California they are preparing for the next one. A team of 117 scientists, engineers, public policy and insurance experts under the umbrella of the Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project worked for two years to create the hypothetical scenario of what such a storm could be and what damage it would wreak across the state of California. In an ARk Storm 1000 scenario, this river, described by the head of the ARk Storm Unit as “like Forty Mississippis,” races from the tropics toward the west coast of the US, then hits, and keeps on hitting. The Storm Door opens and fails to close. Rain falls in feet instead of inches. There would be major landslides across the state, 1.5 million people would need to be evacuated out, 9 million homes would be flooded and damage would be up to $1 trillion. This is a storm so intense it has been described as “like Hurricane Katrina pushed through a keyhole.”
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