On 1/20/07, Bill Hamilton <williamehamiltonjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- David Opderbeck <dopderbeck@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > *Re: "dramatic"
> > How about instead of "dramatic", I said "exceedingly anomalous compared to
> > natural variability"?*
> >
> > That sounds fair.
> >
> > *Of course this is a worst case scenario - but suppose sea level only rose a
> > small fraction of that - would a 10' rise in sea level have devastating
> > effects*?
> >
> There are some low lying island nations in the Pacific that would consider a 10
> ft rise devastating.
Or to put it more home. New York area:
1. Governor's Island underwater
2. Newark Airport underwater
Washington DC
1. Base of Washington Monument underwater
2. Base of Jefferson Monument underwater
3. National Botanic Gardens underwater
New Orleans
1. Louis Armstrong Airport underwater
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Received on Sat Jan 20 14:25:56 2007
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