Posted on 08/20/2013 12:58:22 PM PDT by mbarker12474
In the US, coastal submersion is a bad thing?
Funny...I recall Nat Geo a few years ago putting in their magazine an alarming article about the receding shoreline along the Great Lakes.
No matter what you cannot win.
They should have watched Al’s movie before building in low lying coastal areas.
I live 500’ above sea level on coast of Lake Erie. I feel just fine.
It reminds me of Paul Ehrlich who kept predicting a population bomb that never happened. Now, he says he didn't actually make any predictions, but he nevertheless predicts it will happen, just not in his lifetime.
The deal is always claim disaster is a decade or two away, that way nobody will remeber whwn you are wrong. Its like doing a study no one can disprove.
If this was true, I couldn’t drive around town. The Tampa Bay area is very low-lying.
Sinking islands or continents. Is Germany affected? No? Okay, no panic.
Maybe in terms of sheer square miles of extent - but that also spread the power out. Sandy wasn't even close to the most devastating storm on record.
Heat flow from Earth's mantle contributes to Greenland ice melting [Oh NOES!]
I was taking my morning stroll along Anna Maria Island beach this morning and a wave came in further up the beach and I got my flip-flops wet. Decided to take them off and just wade. Then some stray waves came up to my ankles. Felt even better. Before you know it, I had strayed into the Gulf Of Mexico all the way up to my knees. At that point you have to be real carefull cause the wave action eats out a trough and before you know it you can wind up in waist deep water. I survived and intend to revisit the beach tomorrow. I am thinking about applying for a grant.
Virginia Beach view, 1950s: dVVO-g~~0_12.JPG)
Recent view of the Cavalier Hotel, Virginia Beach, ca 2013: 
The Great New England Hurricane of 1938
It's obvious that such major storms have long impacted the middle and north Atlantic coasts - it's our short attention spans that make each re-occurrence so unique. Explanations that in the past were attributed to "acts of God" have been replaced by man-made global warming and or man-caused climate change. Both explanations are nothing more than a repeat of natural earth forces that have shaped our planet long before man appeared on the scene.
The change in sea levels, climate and geography has been going on since well before the invention of the SUV. We will need to be able to adapt to the changes if we want to survive. Hopefully, we won't have the EPA and government regulations preventing us from adapting.
Stupid? Or just plain evil? You be the judge.
“I live 500’ above sea level on coast of Lake Erie. I feel just fine.”
And my house is at 7,883 feet above sea level - per my GPS anyway. I’ll grab my popcorn and watch the flooding on TV. :P
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