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Old 04-19-2022, 09:20 PM
 
Location: The Emerald City
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Old 04-19-2022, 11:30 PM
 
Location: Was Midvalley Oregon; Now Eastside Seattle area
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Sooner.
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Old 04-20-2022, 08:49 AM
 
Location: King County, WA
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That will be a significant loss, if only from a scenic beauty perspective.
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Old 04-20-2022, 08:54 AM
 
Location: State of Transition
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That will be a significant loss, if only from a scenic beauty perspective.
So, the future of the water supply over there doesn't concern you?
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Old 04-20-2022, 10:24 AM
 
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They said that they would be gone by 2020 originally.
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Old 04-20-2022, 10:48 AM
 
Location: Seattle
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Quibbling over the exact date seems a bit asinine. Glaciers provide an important human need as well as an ecological one. We definitely need to be preparing now for a future with less certainty around our water supply. Setting aside additional funds every year is a prudent measure.
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Old 04-20-2022, 11:33 AM
 
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These predictions have time and time been wrong. Too many variables, way too many. They might cherry pick past years where the change is significant and draw linear line from that.

Glacier National Park is replacing signs that predicted its glaciers would be gone by 2020


https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/08/us/gl...rnd/index.html
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Old 04-20-2022, 12:21 PM
 
Location: Rochester, WA
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Well, the good news about predicting things so far out, most of us will be gone before they are proven wrong.
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Old 04-20-2022, 02:59 PM
 
Location: King County, WA
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So, the future of the water supply over there doesn't concern you?
Well aren't you just a snarky anon. I was addressing the posted article, which does not mention the water supply. Do we a problem?
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Old 04-20-2022, 05:10 PM
 
Location: West coast
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We do have glacier fed creeks and rivers.
If they went dry it would be a large domino effect.
Salmon, orca, Seahawks and other thing could not survive or at least not be thriving.
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