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What's Another Foot, More or Less
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Sunday, September 23, 2007
2:17:00 PM EDT
Hearing Time -- Pink Floyd
How much would the Eastern Seaboard change if the sea level raised by just one meter? As you can see from the red parts of this map, quite a bit:
Rising waters will lap at the foundations of old money Wall Street and the new money towers of Silicon Valley. They will swamp the locations of big city airports and major interstate highways.
Storm surges worsened by sea level rise will flood the waterfront getaways of rich politicians - the Bushes' Kennebunkport and John Edwards' place on the Outer Banks. And gone will be many of the beaches in Texas and Florida favored by budget-conscious students on Spring Break.
That's the troubling outlook projected by coastal maps reviewed by The Associated Press. The maps, created by scientists at the University of Arizona, are based on data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
The question really is not if but when. It could happen in 50 years, or 150. All I know is that my home in Ohio should be safe. Should be.
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2:17:00 PM EDT
Hearing Time -- Pink Floyd
What's Another Foot, More or Less
How much would the Eastern Seaboard change if the sea level raised by just one meter? As you can see from the red parts of this map, quite a bit:
Rising waters will lap at the foundations of old money Wall Street and the new money towers of Silicon Valley. They will swamp the locations of big city airports and major interstate highways.
Storm surges worsened by sea level rise will flood the waterfront getaways of rich politicians - the Bushes' Kennebunkport and John Edwards' place on the Outer Banks. And gone will be many of the beaches in Texas and Florida favored by budget-conscious students on Spring Break.
That's the troubling outlook projected by coastal maps reviewed by The Associated Press. The maps, created by scientists at the University of Arizona, are based on data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
The question really is not if but when. It could happen in 50 years, or 150. All I know is that my home in Ohio should be safe. Should be.
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Interesting stuff... so many scenarios...
be well,
Dawn
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Speaking of the Outer Banks, AOL News is featuring a story today about research on the whole Roanoke/"Croatoan" mystery, and using Google Eatch to try to fnd out where the colonists went. Since you've used that historical mystery as a plot point, you may want to check it out. - Karen
9/23/07 11:59 PM