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一 | 1月11日，CNBC报道说，几位旧金山律师代表谷歌母公司的字母表起诉股东的董事会，涉嫌非法掩盖与高管不正当性行为有关的指控。

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By Anthony C. Didlake Jr.

Of all the hazards that hurricanes bring, storm surge is the greatest threat to life and property along the coast. It can sweep homes off their foundations, flood riverside communities miles inland, and break up dunes and levees that normally protect coastal areas against storms.

As a hurricane reaches the coast, it pushes a huge volume of ocean water ashore. This is what we call storm surge.

This surge appears as a gradual rise in the water level as the storm approaches. Depending on the size and track of the hurricane, storm surge flooding can last for several hours. It then recedes after the storm passes.

Water level heights during a hurricane can reach 20 feet or more above normal sea level. With powerful waves on top of it, a hurricane’s storm surge can cause catastrophic damage.

What determines how high storm surge gets?

Storm surge begins over the open ocean. The strong winds of a hurricane push the ocean waters around and cause water to pile up under the storm. The low air pressure of the storm also plays a small role in lifting the water level. The height and extent of this pile of water depend on the strength and size of the hurricane.

As this pile of water moves toward the coast, other factors can change its height and extent.

If a coastal area has a sea floor that gently slopes away from the coastline, it’s more likely to see a higher storm surge than an area with a steeper drop-off. Gentle slopes along the Louisiana and Texas coasts have contributed to some devastating storm surges. Hurricane Katrina’s surge in 2005 broke levees and flooded New Orleans. Hurricane Ike’s 15- to 17-foot storm surge and waves swept hundreds of homes off Texas’ Bolivar Peninsula in 2008. Both were large, powerful storms that hit in vulnerable locations.

The shape of the coastline can also shape the surge. When storm surge enters a bay or river, the geography of the land can act as a funnel, sending the water even higher.

Other factors that shape storm surge

Ocean tides – caused by the gravity of the moon and sun – can also strengthen or weaken the impact of storm surge. So, it’s important to know the timing of the local tides compared to the hurricane landfall.

At high tide, the water is already at an elevated height. If landfall happens at high tide, the storm surge will cause even higher water levels and bring more water further inland. The Carolinas saw those effects when Hurricane Isaias hit at close to high tide on Aug. 3, 2020. Isaias brought a storm surge of about 4 feet at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, but the water level was more than 10 feet above normal.

How storm surge and high tide add up to coastal flooding.(The COMET Program/UCAR and National Weather Service)

Sea level rise is another growing concern that influences storm surge.

As water warms, it expands, and that has slowly raised sea level over the past century as global temperatures have risen. Freshwater from melting of ice sheets and glaciers also adds to sea level rise. Together, they elevate the background ocean height. When a hurricane arrives, the higher ocean means storm surge can bring water further inland, to a more dangerous and widespread effect.

。注：就在几个月前，谷歌安卓（Android）部门的前主管安迪•鲁宾（Andy Rubin）撰写了一份爆炸性的《纽约时报》（New York Times）报告，详细描述了谷歌如何保护高管们，指控他们存在性行为不端，要么让他们继续任职，要么友好地离开他们。例如，据报道，谷歌向鲁宾支付了高达9000万美元的遣散费，尽管谷歌在发现对安卓系统负责人安迪·鲁宾的不当性行为指控可信后要求他辞职。同样，谷歌搜索部门前负责人阿米特•辛格哈尔（AmitSinghal）在被指控性行为不端后被允许悄悄辞职。《纽约时报》的报道引发了大规模抗议，全球数千名谷歌员工走出办公室表达他们的愤怒。作为回应，谷歌结束了对性行为不端指控进行强制性仲裁的长期政策，并表示将开始提高性骚扰调查的透明度。最新的诉讼是在加利福尼亚州的圣马特奥提起的。诉讼内容包括指控字母板违反信托责任、滥用控制权、不当得利和浪费公司资产。律师们表示，这起诉讼是在“对封闭证据进行广泛而原始的调查”之后提起的，并制作了字母表董事会会议记录的内部副本。起诉书写道：“（字母表）董事的不当行为导致了违法行为的激增，而且还在继续。可以说，字母表董事会成员知道并直接导致性骚扰和歧视。“这起诉讼还指控字母表董事会成员采用了相互冲突的标准：”如果你是谷歌的高级男性执行官，负责创造数百万美元的收入，谷歌将沉迷于性骚扰。如果你被抓到，谷歌将保持沉默，让你辞职，并支付数百万美元的遣散费。

三 | 另一方面，如果你是谷歌的低级雇员，被指控性骚扰或歧视，你将被解雇，没有理由获得遣散费。通过这种方式，字母表及其董事会能够表面上遵守其行为准则、内部规则和与性骚扰有关的法律。董事会通过对大量低级别员工采取果断行动，隐瞒谷歌高管公然和广泛的性骚扰，避免了一个更大的丑闻。10月底，谷歌首席执行官孙达•皮海（Sundar Pichai）告诉员工，过去两年，谷歌因性行为不当解雇了48名员工。