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News and Observer, Raleigh NC ^
| 6/3/2007
| Wade Rawlins, Staff Writer
Posted on 06/03/2007 12:53:30 PM PDT by Pipeline
Rising sea level redefines N.C. coast If climate predictions hold, the transformation of islands and rivers will speed up
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; globalwarmingbackup; gw; outerbanks; sealevels
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posted on
06/03/2007 12:53:34 PM PDT
by
Pipeline
To: Pipeline
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posted on
06/03/2007 12:55:44 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: Pipeline
The seas are not rising. Its just the earth in shrinking. These days know-it-alls are coming out of the woodwork
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posted on
06/03/2007 12:57:15 PM PDT
by
oyez
To: Pipeline
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posted on
06/03/2007 12:57:17 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
( "cmsgop" a Mark Goodson / Bill Todman Production)
To: BenLurkin; Squantos
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posted on
06/03/2007 12:58:35 PM PDT
by
sit-rep
( http://trulineint.com/latestposts.asp)
To: BenLurkin
Somebody needs to build a doomed stadium.
To: Pipeline
Changes are already occurring. The world's oceans rose about 6 inches to 8 inches during the 20th century. In North Carolina, the ocean has grown higher by about 8 inches in the past century, because much of the coast is also slowly sinking as the land settles. A panel of international scientists projects the seas will rise 7 to 30 inches in the next century unless there is a substantial reduction in the emission of man-made greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Those gases spew from our cars, power plants and appliances, accumulating in the atmosphere and trapping heat.
The sea level has risen some 400 feet in the last 12,000+ years. That's about 40 inches a century average over that entire period. Actually most of that occurred before 5,000 years ago, but sea level rise has been occurring worldwide since the last ice age ended.
And they are trying to scare us with 6-8 inches in the last century and some wild guess for the next century?
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posted on
06/03/2007 1:00:00 PM PDT
by
Coyoteman
(Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
To: Pipeline
If climate predictions hold, the transformation of islands and rivers will speed up And if they don't hold, well, we'll find something else to worry about.
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posted on
06/03/2007 1:00:26 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Duncan Hunter 2008 (or Fred Thompson if he ever makes up his mind))
To: sit-rep
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posted on
06/03/2007 1:00:48 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Duncan Hunter 2008 (or Fred Thompson if he ever makes up his mind))
To: Pipeline
I gotta laugh at these articles that point to a place like North Carolina or Venice and try to make the case that the sea levels are rising . . . as if the ocean levels only rise in a couple of different places around the world.
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posted on
06/03/2007 1:01:07 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: Pipeline
We have a nice little lot on the mainland side down by Holden Beach. Come on global warming - we can be beach front yet.
:-)
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posted on
06/03/2007 1:01:22 PM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
To: Pipeline
The UN did a study on how much the ocean could rise and buried it when they found out the oceans could rise 17”. They had to look elsewhere to squeeze money out of countries.
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posted on
06/03/2007 1:01:45 PM PDT
by
mountainlyons
(Hard core conservative)
To: Coyoteman
6-8 inches? HA! I laugh at 6-8 inches!
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posted on
06/03/2007 1:01:55 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(I would rather vote for Lindsay Lohan than Lindsey Graham.)
To: Coyoteman
And they are trying to scare us with 6-8 inches in the last century and some wild guess for the next century? You kidding? In a million years, Everest will be under water.
Maybe a billion.
If current models hold up.
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posted on
06/03/2007 1:02:23 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Duncan Hunter 2008 (or Fred Thompson if he ever makes up his mind))
To: Pipeline
This is great news if true, it means I will have less of a drive to get to the beach.
Also, all the condos now there will be under water so they will be reefs for the little fishes.
New condos will need to be built, so there will be a building boom.
The old condos will help the little fishes become lots of big fishes.
So seafood prices will drop, helping the poor to eat more seafood.
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posted on
06/03/2007 1:02:43 PM PDT
by
stockpirate
(All American taxpayers should claim to be illigal aliens and get forgiven for not paying taxes.)
To: Pipeline
Don't you just love the way they throw in the weasal phrase to avoid having to rationally debate the issue.
If climate predictions hold, Well gee if normal life expectancy patterns hold you will all be dead long before any of this happens, so it is irrelevent.
So which "predictions" are they quoting; one made by rabid environmental pressure groups with a neo Marxist political agenda?
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posted on
06/03/2007 1:02:50 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(If you will try being smarter, I will try being nicer.)
To: Coyoteman
And they are trying to scare us with 6-8 inches in the last century and some wild guess for the next century?Well...yeah...
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posted on
06/03/2007 1:02:51 PM PDT
by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
To: Coyoteman
In other news,
THE SKY IS FALLING
Carry on
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posted on
06/03/2007 1:04:12 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
( I deleted my tagline by accident =()
To: ovrtaxt
6-8 inches? HA! I laugh at 6-8 inches Oh the things I could say to this but I will refrain since this is a family website.
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posted on
06/03/2007 1:04:12 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(If you will try being smarter, I will try being nicer.)
To: MNJohnnie
You know what they say about us guys with enormous carbon footprints...
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posted on
06/03/2007 1:05:01 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(I would rather vote for Lindsay Lohan than Lindsey Graham.)
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