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In reply to the discussion: Irreversible Warming Will Cause Sea Levels to Rise for Thousands of Years to Come, New Research Show [View all]Sunlei
(22,651 posts)35. of course and we won't be able to hold rising waters back
What I mean is we must build up all coastal areas above the flood zones. People have to build for hurricanes and floods. We can't just wall off part of a seawall as it moves the flooding to the sides of a seawall.
Places like the panhandle of Florida and the mississippi river should be wide open water transportation routes. The panhandle between the Gulf and the Atlantic ocean, Mississippi from the Gulf to the NW passage.
The panhandle is going to totally flood over anyway with a major hurricane. The Mississippi is going dry and wants to reverse anyway. Opening these water routes would midagate a lot of coastal storm surge, gives water a place to move.
I would LOVE to take a waterjet from Texas to Canada
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Irreversible Warming Will Cause Sea Levels to Rise for Thousands of Years to Come, New Research Show [View all]
Hissyspit
Oct 2012
OP
Mr. President, I would not rule out the chance to preserve a nucleus of human specimens.
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#1
No. Fossil fuels will be consumed until they are no longer economically viable compared to some...
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#15
I'm not so sure. Every time we estimate how fast things are happening, a year later we discover it
truthisfreedom
Oct 2012
#14
I'm predicting something on the order of anywhere from 25-50 feet by 2100.
AverageJoe90
Oct 2012
#25
It is only going to get worse, China won't reverse its course and neither will corporations. In
JRLeft
Oct 2012
#20
China and India are going to do nothing but increase fossil fuel production for decades
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#21