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When Bernie Sanders said in a 2016 debate that climate change was a threat to national security ... (Original Post) Donkees Mar 2019 OP
Rising Seas Are Flooding Norfolk Naval Base, and There's No Plan to Fix It PADemD Mar 2019 #1
Yup, Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #2

PADemD

(4,482 posts)
1. Rising Seas Are Flooding Norfolk Naval Base, and There's No Plan to Fix It
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 11:00 AM
Mar 2019

Naval Station Norfolk, home to the Atlantic Fleet, floods not just in heavy rains or during hurricanes. It floods when the sun is shining, too, if the tide is high or the winds are right. It floods all the time.

"It is an impediment to the base accomplishing its mission," Bouchard said.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/insideclimatenews.org/news/10252017/military-norfolk-naval-base-flooding-climate-change-sea-level-global-warming-virginia%3famp

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
2. Yup,
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 11:06 AM
Mar 2019

It is a threat to national security. The Pentagon knows it and is planning for it, perhaps imperfectly, but planning nevertheless.

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