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- "The best guess is rising sea levels could cost the major cities on the coast at least $300 billion by 2050"
Look, if 12 inches in increased sea level is going to cause that much of an issue ( "$300 billion" ) then perhaps there's a problem with the way we are building our cities. Look, it IS alarming that the sea levels are increasing but 12 inches is going to cost us $300 billion?????
Either the estimates of the damages are WILDLY inflated or we're putting buildings WAY WAY WAY too close to sea level. It doesn't take much of a storm to raise local high tides by a foot without the assistance of global warming.
Personally, I call bull&^* on the $300 billion estimate. I can't imagine that we'd have $300 billion in assets within 1 foot of high tide. This sounds like eco-alarmists pulling numbers out of thin air. - Reply to this comment
- bmallen3: "sea levels do not rise in one spot"
If it wasn't for all of us being on the same sinking ship, I'd say I really don't care what you anti-science republican deniers believe or do, but your incessant need to rearrange the deck chairs in order to sneak out on the bill for dinner, absolutely amazes me!
Please try to educate yourself, instead of posting ludicrous comments!
The Secret of Sea Level Rise: It Will Vary Greatly by Region
As the world warms, sea levels could easily rise three to six feet this century. But increases will vary widely by region, with prevailing winds, powerful ocean currents, and even the gravitational pull of the polar ice sheets determining whether some coastal areas will be inundated while others stay dry.
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/the_secret_of_sea_level_rise_it_will_vary_greatly_by_region/2255/ - Reply to this comment
- The Washington area on Friday broke a record high temperature set almost 80 years ago.
The National Weather Service said that just before 3 p.m., it was 104 degrees at Washington Reagan National Airport. That beats the record of 101 set in 1934.
I'm so glad that the anti-science deniers still think that climate change is a hoax, and that sea level is not rising! LOL! - Reply to this comment
- I mean...it's Jersey. Who cares?
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- Same old denier claptrap on this post. WE are the primary cause of climate change at this time in geologic history. Deny away deniers but you are more like Nero fiddling as Rome burned. Go ahead and give me your in-yo-face comeback. You have been so fooled and manipulated by the right-wing messaging machine...... and probably worse you are are just denying because because that is it Republican Party line and not science. Oh - you give supposed scientific 'proofs' that have all been disproved by thousands of peer-reviewed studies. But go ahead.....as we will all suffer the consequences of doing nothing.
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- These GW Scientists act more like political scientists. They never seem to acknowledge the fact that our sun is approaching the peak of it's solar flare activity. We have been looking at the hottest solar flares on record and the peak of the solar flare activity won't pass until after 2013. These quasi scientists are so predisposed to blaming humanity for global warming. We may need to build some ***** however. The problem is there is no money. If we expect the American taxpayer to shoulder the burden of building ***** from Miami to Boston then we need to vote Obama out of office and get this federal budget balanced first. It would be more affordable to have people move to higher ground. I know San Francisco has it's earthquakes. I don't intend to hang around here for much longer. Common sense.
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- It isn't just rising sea levels nor is it just the mid Atlantic coast. Land is subsiding from about Boston clear down to the tip of Florida. It's not sinking fast but we would see some of what we are seeing if sea levels didn't rise at all.
The Gulf of Mexico is experiencing the same thing. Warm water expanding, added to by melting glaciers and combined with a subsidence rate faster than anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere is conspiring to kill off several hundred square miles of coastal Louisiana by 2100. Sea levels may be as much as 18 inches higher than now in that time. If this isn't something city planners in New Orleans are considering for the future, they should be. - Reply to this comment
- " a 600-mile stretch of the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Boston that's now seeing sea levels rise much faster than the rest of the world." REALLY?? Water seeks a level except for tides. Anyone thought the landmass may be subsiding?
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- Nahhhh
Ignore it, pay no attention to it, it's just fear mongering.
It'll go away if you want it to.
But I'd still buy flood insurance...just in case. - Reply to this comment
- It's not just Norfolk but a 600-mile stretch of the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Boston that's now seeing sea levels rise much faster than the rest of the world. Philadelphia's up 3.7 inches, New York 2.8 inches.
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repubs will blame faulty tape measures and deny it's even happening. - Reply to this comment
