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Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
35. of course and we won't be able to hold rising waters back
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:35 PM
Oct 2012

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

Mr. President, I would not rule out the chance to preserve a nucleus of human specimens. slackmaster Oct 2012 #1
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Mein Führer... I CAN WALK! slackmaster Oct 2012 #11
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THX 1138 aletier_v Oct 2012 #2
Drug Evasion was one of the highest crimes in THX 1138's dystopian future slackmaster Oct 2012 #3
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funny... nebenaube Oct 2012 #5
The wingnuts aren't worried. CheapShotArtist Oct 2012 #7
Proof!! lobodons Oct 2012 #8
California Has Mountains AndyTiedye Oct 2012 #18
oh, don't give me that global warming crap. olddad56 Oct 2012 #9
We might have done something 50 years ago. nt bemildred Oct 2012 #12
Fossil fuels will be consumed until they are fully consumed. closeupready Oct 2012 #13
No. Fossil fuels will be consumed until they are no longer economically viable compared to some... slackmaster Oct 2012 #15
I do hope you are correct on that, and I am wrong. closeupready Oct 2012 #17
I'm not so sure. Every time we estimate how fast things are happening, a year later we discover it truthisfreedom Oct 2012 #14
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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
Neither of these two countries can keep the current course, either. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #24
I seriously doubt China will still be here in another 2 decades. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #23
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The Elephant in the room. BlackGuero Oct 2012 #27
well put. Duppers Oct 2012 #28
Welcome to DU, BlackGuero. Great point. cbayer Oct 2012 #30
We can use the seas to our advantage in many ways. Sunlei Oct 2012 #31
Yes, a rising tide floods all coastal communities slackmaster Oct 2012 #34
of course and we won't be able to hold rising waters back Sunlei Oct 2012 #35
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