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Climate change poses threat to future Super Bowls in Miami
The Associated "Press" ^ | January 31, 2020 | By STEVEN WINE

Posted on 01/31/2020 11:38:05 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

MIAMI - The forecast for the Super Bowl in Miami is grim.

Clear skies and temperature in the 60s are expected when the game kicks off, so weather won’t be a problem.

But climate change likely will be, sooner or later. The sea and temperature are rising, posing a threat to South Floridians’ way of life, including their customary spot in the NFL’s Super Bowl rotation.

The game will be played Sunday in Miami for the 11th time, the most of any city. Given the changing climate, how much longer will the region be a place where the NFL wants to bring its big party?

“In 10 years maybe we’ll still be functioning normally,” said Harold Wanless, a leading expert on sea level rise in South Florida. “Twenty years? I think that could be a problem.”

The Miami Dolphins’ stadium, the site of the Super Bowl this year for the sixth time, stands 10 feet above sea level. That will change, although projections vary widely.

Miami first hosted a Super Bowl 52 years ago. What will Miami be doing 52 years from now?

“We just don’t know how fast the water is going to rise,” said South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard, who has long been sounding the alarm about climate change.

The Miami Super Bowl Host Committee, however, has yet to address the challenges a changing climate will present when the group tries to bring future games to South Florida.

“We’ve had no discussion of that,” committee chairman Rodney Barreto said. “It has not been on our radar at this point.”

But for the Super Bowl in Miami, the clock is running, and no one knows how much time is left.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; hoax; propaganda; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Then have it in Winnipeg.


21 posted on 01/31/2020 11:49:21 AM PST by Bandmeeting
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There is absolutely no way in Hell, even according to the most extreme, dire forecasts made by any serious scientist, that sea levels will rise 20 feet in the next 20 years.

And Miami plays at an altitude 20 feet higher than the NYC location proposed by Global Warming Alarmist Jeff Bezos for his Amazon headquarters.


22 posted on 01/31/2020 11:49:49 AM PST by dangus
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To: olesigh

I agree, but uphill is going to be tough in South Florida. I believe the highest spot is Hobe Mountain, which is all of 86’ above sea level.


23 posted on 01/31/2020 11:50:35 AM PST by Wayne07
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To: MNJohnnie

I live in Spain, 600 meters walking and 90 meters above sea level from the Mediterranean. We have been waiting patiently for our house to become seafront property but it doesn’t look one inch closer after 4 years.


24 posted on 01/31/2020 11:51:17 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Wayne07

As a former resident of Lakeland, I vouch that there is land outside of Florida.


25 posted on 01/31/2020 11:52:43 AM PST by olesigh
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To: Bandmeeting
Or don't have it at all.

If our world is on its last legs, a football game is probably the least of our concerns.

26 posted on 01/31/2020 11:53:11 AM PST by IronJack
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To: mosaicwolf
the last super bowl will be played in Miami on 31 Jan 3013.

and the Dolphins will still stink.


27 posted on 01/31/2020 11:53:22 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dear Mr. Wine....This sounds like something an eighth grader would write. Geeeez


28 posted on 01/31/2020 11:53:25 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Buckeye McFrog

And the Lions still will have no Super Bowl titles.


29 posted on 01/31/2020 11:54:02 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Okay DOOMERS! America's own Venice. It ain't like the rise would be hundreds of feet. 🐡🐠🐙🐬🗽🏊🏉
30 posted on 01/31/2020 11:54:26 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They’ll say, and do, ANYTHING for those trillions of dollars in fees, taxes, regulations, etc. etc. The communists can never get enough.


31 posted on 01/31/2020 11:54:29 AM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be a liberal when one is dumber than a box of rocks...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hahahahhahaha. The Asspress is becoming The Onion.


32 posted on 01/31/2020 11:54:32 AM PST by Luke21
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hahahahhahaha. The Asspress is becoming The Onion.


33 posted on 01/31/2020 11:54:34 AM PST by Luke21
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So when can I expect to be able to buy Miami beach front property for 10 cents on the dollar?


34 posted on 01/31/2020 11:55:39 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: PGR88

self respecting people don’t write such drivel- most people don’t like looking stupid in print- but climate alarmists are a special breed- they enjoy looking stupid


35 posted on 01/31/2020 11:56:04 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Steely Tom

And banks should be denying mortgages to home purchases if the threat of rising water is real.


36 posted on 01/31/2020 11:56:39 AM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

oh nooooooo1 - you mean no more kneeling anti-Aemricans showing the world what morons they are? And no more prancing mentally ill men dressed as women during half time

Golly gee willickers- whatever will we do?


37 posted on 01/31/2020 11:57:45 AM PST by Bob434
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To: UCANSEE2

How many millions of dollars did they do on the stadium to renovate it in order to get Superbowl?


38 posted on 01/31/2020 11:58:10 AM PST by HapaxLegamenon
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
https://realclimatescience.com/2018/08/terrifying-sea-level-rise-in-sydney-harbor/

https://saltbushclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sea-levels-sydney.pdf





Ain't no such thing
39 posted on 01/31/2020 12:00:10 PM PST by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
It's true!

If the Climate FRAUD continues, NFL teams won't be able to travel.....

40 posted on 01/31/2020 12:01:23 PM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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