New Orleans, Much of Southern Florida, Expected to Be Permanently Submerged (Global Warming)

Science Daily ^ | 12-18-2009

[dfwgator]

“New Orleans is sinking man, and I don’t wanna swim.”

[a fool in paradise]

IF this is true then we should not have bothered to rebuild New Orleans.

Let the liberals defend THAT one.

[SE Mom]

OMG, OMG!!! Head for the hills!!

Does Mt. Dora count? ;)

[afraidfortherepublic]

Move to the mid-west.

[Lorianne]

At time in the history of the earth Florida was twice the size it is now (dry land). At other times, Florida was completely submerged.

Which is the “correct” condition for Florida?

Ditto New Orleans.

These people, many of who worship Charles Darwin, ignore his greatest lesson. Adapt or Die.

[A message]

Time for the Netherlands to unveil Operation Surrender Monkey and conquer Belgium and France.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Ft. Lauderdale and the Keys, we’ll miss.

New Orleans, not so much.

[My Favorite Headache]

Great golf!

[envisio]

....then resurface, then submerge, then resurface, a thousand more times for the next billion years just like it has done a thousand times in the past.

[cripplecreek]

I just tune these idiots out now.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

The earth is a dynamic entity, not static. The only certainty is change. Instead of vainly trying to control the earth’s climate the intelligent people should spend their efforts on adapting to the changes.

[HIDEK6]

It seems to me that I remeber from grade school science that if you melt ice, the volume decreases by about 10%.

So if polar ice melts, wouldn’t the volume of the water be less?

In that case, melting the polar ice caps would possibly lower the sea level, wouldn’t it?

[dumpthelibs]

My view from 7500’ above sea level in the Rockies looks great right now and it sucks to be them. I always thought we should bulldose New Orleans anyway. Humid sinkhole. Jury’s still out on Florida for me, but only because it is now winter. In summer it blows too

[Republic of Texas]

I've been to South Louisiana, and I'm here to tell you, it is already largely submerged. They're called swamps, and the people there seem to be managing just fine.

[BenLurkin]

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/bull.wav

[hsalaw]

New Orleans has always been below sea level. So what’s the point?

[DocRock]

When I was a kid, I had a science teacher that explained the ice above a fluid’s level was the amount of expansion from the process of freezing. When it melts, it doesn’t increase the fluid level. How does polar ice melting create higher fluid (sea) levels?

[DocRock]

GMTA

[chuck_the_tv_out]

“New Orleans has always been below sea level. So what’s the point?”

plus it’s the French contribution to American cities. What better opportunity to erase that blot?