The future of a number of coastal cities are in jeopardy, "When Rising Seas Hit Home" (Rush Limbaugh, regular)

[CCbaxter]

Originally Posted by marino760

Any chance Los Angeles, Seattle and San Fran will be among the first to go under water?

Florida would be the first to go. So...yea...Global warming is a hoax! Roll Coal!!!

[TheEmissary]

Originally Posted by CCbaxter

Florida would be the first to go. So...yea...Global warming is a hoax! Roll Coal!!!

Yeah! Drown those old Florida Medicare and Medicaid recipients and save the Government a bundle! Go Mitch McConnell! Less health care - more tax cuts! A Republican's dream scenario!

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by Timmyy

I am just hoping to have both the coast and the mountains here in my backyard.

I'm at 100 feet. A good sea rising will give me beach front.

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

I'm at 100 feet. A good sea rising will give me beach front.

I am over 6,000 feet so it is going to take a lot of rising to get my wish.

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by marino760

Any chance Los Angeles, Seattle and San Fran will be among the first to go under water?

sorry, New Orleans first followed soon after by Miami...after that they'll get down to fixing this pesky issue

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by Ghengis

sorry, New Orleans first followed soon after by Miami...after that they'll get down to fixing this pesky issue

New Orleans shouldn't even be a city where it is now. Katrina made that point in 2005.

[Dbones]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

I'm at 100 feet. A good sea rising will give me beach front.

me too. at 100 myself.

[Dbones]

Originally Posted by Timmyy

New Orleans shouldn't even be a city where it is now. Katrina made that point in 2005.

Absolute truth right here.

[BaptistFundie]

Originally Posted by Enean

I came across this interactive article on a news site this morning, and after reading this, looking at the maps, etc., it will be hard for anyone to deny this will greatly impact certain coastal cities. This article is a study by scientists, who know more than any of us know, so arguing will ensue, but a valid argument refuting this, will be hard to make. Note: Not sure why I spelled "jeopardy" incorrectly....I very rarely spell incorrectly. Oh well.

https://ucsusa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/...ddaf65f6b33332

When Rising Seas Hit Home: Hard Choices Ahead for Hundreds of US Coastal Communities (2017) | Union of Concerned Scientists

Cool. I'd like to be closer to the ocean.

Seriously though, Al Gore said Florida would be underwater by now. It isn't remotely close. We've all seen this Chicken Little act and it doesn't impress.

[gallowsCalibrator]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

I'm at 100 feet. A good sea rising will give me beach front.

My city is something like 10-15 feet above sea level with the neighboring city at something like 7-10 feet. And while there are numerous factors involved, our metro is experiencing more and more issues with flooding.

Heck, if it rains just a little too hard, there are places I can't drive my car because of flooding. And it's also starting to become a thing where we'll see flooding without a single drop of rain.

This is what we see when we don't even get hit with a full hurricane. By the by, that's an underpass... that has enough clearance for tractor trailers to get through.