>> But N.O. just might be the first U.S. metro casualty in the long term rise in sea level.
Any scientific basis to that statement whatsoever?
Any scientific basis to that statement whatsoever?
Nope. Not a scintilla. But let me bark it in your ear again just for fun:
NEW ORLEANS JUST MIGHT BE THE FIRST U.S. METRO CASUALTY IN THE LONG TERM RISE IN SEA LEVEL.
Try google:
1) Sea level has been rising since the Ice Age and the rate of rise has geometrically increased in the past 30 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise
...since 1992 satellite altimetry from TOPEX/Poseidon indicates a rate of about 3 mm/yr [2]. This change may be the first signs of the effect of global warming on sea level, which is predicted to cause significant rises in sea level over the course of the twenty-first century.
But something tells me you're the kind of person who will argue that sea levels are not rising. Right? It's just Bush-hating hippies who believe such crap.
2) Man-made levee engineering snafus are steadily sinking New Orleans farther below sea level [the levees that protect the city from ocean flooding also cut off silt replacement from the Mississippi].
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BJK/is_15_11/ai_68642805
New research by the U.S. Geological Survey, however, indicates that New Orleans is sinking faster than many realize and could be under water within 50 years.
Lemme guess. You think the U.S. Geological Survey is a left-wing conspiracy.
3) There is no other serious contender in U.S. metro areas for modern day Atlantis.
(New Orleans) -- By the year 2100, the city of New Orleans may be extinct, submerged in water. A future akin to the fabled sunken city of Atlantis? Yes, according to Dr. Chip Groat, Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in Washington, D.C., "With the projected rate of subsidence (the natural sinking of land), wetland loss, and sea level rise," he said, "New Orleans will likely be on the verge of extinction by this time next century."