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Sea level rises Norfolk Delaware and Louisiana and China (Original Post) lovuian Feb 2013 OP
Great articles that are hard to argue with. thanks. flying_wahini Feb 2013 #1
I am from Norfolk..and flooding recently has been the worse! angstlessk Feb 2013 #2
The Louisiana coast has been receding for decades KamaAina Feb 2013 #3
what is amazing is the general public is so asleep lovuian Feb 2013 #4

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
2. I am from Norfolk..and flooding recently has been the worse!
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 07:56 PM
Feb 2013

Underpasses are impassable...the streets have water up over wheel wells in an auto...so SUV's will be needed just to drive to work on flooding days...

Now in Detroit..too many murders..saving to move to Florida...

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
3. The Louisiana coast has been receding for decades
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 08:21 PM
Feb 2013

besides global warming, the chief culprits are (surprise!) the oil industry, which dug hundreds if not thousands of miles of canals that became superhighways for saltwater intrusion, and the very levees that protect (most of the time) New Orleans and other cities along the Mississippi -- but at the cost of funneling all the silt that would normally replenish the wetlands out into the Gulf.

lovuian

(19,362 posts)
4. what is amazing is the general public is so asleep
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 08:24 PM
Feb 2013

the delaware meetings had very few people show up
Al Gore was right

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