Fighting to stay above water

[rodeodance]

Source: seattle times




Neal Peirce / Syndicated columnist
Fighting to stay above water


A chilling set of three-dimensional images of climate-triggered sea rise flooding into coastal U.S. cities is due to be released this week by the environmental nonprofit group Architecture 2030.

A sea level rise as little as 1 meter could have catastrophic impact along the country's 12,000 miles of coastline, where 53 percent of Americans live, according to the group's pathbreaking scientific analysis.

Such cities as Miami Beach and Hollywood, Fla., New Orleans, Hampton, Va., and Point Pleasant, N.J., would have major areas underwater with a sea rise of 1 meter or less. By a 1.5-meter rise, Miami and other Florida communities, along with East Boston, Mass., Galveston, Texas, and Atlantic City, N.J., are in deep trouble. By 3 meters, San Francisco, New York, Boston, San Diego and Savannah, Ga., fall victim to severe damage.

The new study, based on satellite imagery, tidal patterns and on-location measurements of likely coastal city "breach points," analyzes the sea-level shifts that global warming could trigger at much smaller increments than earlier reports. Images of the potential city-by-city flood-impact findings, integrated into Google Earth city images, will be available starting Monday at www.architecture2030.org........

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[Journeyman]

1. k&r. . .

thanks for posting this. . . a very valuable tool. . .

[defendandprotect]

2. Is it becoming clear how thoroughly the public has been deceived . . . by ExxonMobil, etal --

We have a right-wing media which has worked to block information about Global Warming --
And, ExxonMobil which has spent tens of millions over decades to create lies and distortions about Global Warming ---


Until now it may be too late --

Nationalize our natural resources and take them out of the hands of the few privates families which control them and profit from them -- $36 BILLION for Exxon Mobil!!!!

Put electric cars on our roads -- replace gas-guzzlers 20% of them every year --
all electric cars in five years


See: "Who Killed The Electric Car?"

[sce56]

3. I like the Nationalize bit is that not why the Bush Junta has tried to oust Chavez?

Run AL Run we need you!

[intaglio]

4. It is more frightening that this is just the raw data

Consider that in many places the erosion of the soil will increase at a far higher rate with sea level rise - look at shores where houses and businesses are built on sand or soft aluvium; officially they are "above" the limits of sea level rise, actually they will be gone as well.