Scare-Mongering on Steroids: NBC Warns Oceans Could Rise 200 Feet!

Newsbusters ^ | November 17, 2008 | Mark Finkelstein

[St. Louis Conservative]

Green Week is upon us again, time for more global warming scare-mongering by the NBC family of networks. Kicking things off during half-time of last night's NBC Sunday Night Football, Meredith Vieira put Al Gore's alarmism to shame. [H/t reader Mick L.]

Gore predicted a measly 20-foot rise in sea levels, enough to drown much of Manhattan. Vieira outdid him by a factor of 10, raising the spectre of a sea-level rise of 200 feet. That exaggerates the increase predicted by scientists by literally hundreds of times.

Vieira, speaking from Sydney, Australia, where she is focusing on water shortages, chatted with Bob Costas.

BOB COSTAS: Where are Matt, Al and Ann this go-around?

MEREDITH VIEIRA: Matt [Lauer] is in Belize, he's off the coast at a place called the Blue Hole. It is the home to some of the most exotic marine life in the world, and all sorts of beautiful coral reefs and they're all being threatened because the water temperatures are rising.

Al [Roker] on the other hand is in Iceland looking at the glaciers which store most of our fresh water. And if they were to melt, the oceans could rise at least 200 feet.

And our intrepid reporter Ann Curry, well she is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro as I speak. She hopes to reach the summit by Friday. The snows of Mount Kilimanjaro are rapidly melting, and that is threatening the people of Tanzania.

[FreedomProtector]

“And they hyped this tripe on Sunday night football, too. It was ridiculous.”

The weird green lettering and green lighting made the set look like Frankenstein broadcasting sports.

[ClearBlueSky]

Look at the bright side. No more $$ need for levees in
New Orleans- no more hurricanes to worry about either- no
more New Orleans!
And I say that as a New Orleanian.
If the liberal Fed government believes the sea level will
rise, does anyone think they’ll approve coastal restoration?

[JustaCowgirl]

Bob Costas’ overly dramatic delivery is so perfect for this junky tripe too. He’s wasted on sports, put him on the Inventing and Hyping Environmental and Legal Disasters (IHELP) team.

[AU72]

The snows of Mount Kilimanjaro are rapidly melting, and that is threatening the people of Tanzania.

LOL! "Avalance wipes out Tanzanian village on the equator"

[avacado]

I wish someone would ask all those numbnuts, Costas, Lauer, & Vieira how much latent heat is released if the temperature rises 5 degrees in 100 years, and is that enough to melt all the ice on the planet, and would that be enough to rise the oceans by 200 feet?

Then watch them drool on themselves.

[Woodman]

I did the math out of curiosity.
All the Oceans on the planet covers 360 million kilometers square.
I converted to English just to keep it in the 200’ perspective.
1 Square Mile = 2.5899.... square Kilometers.
The Water surface area of earth is 138,996,777 sq miles.
A 200’ rise = 5.57568 E9 ft^3/sq mile.
Multiply that times the surface area of the Oceans gives you 7.75 E18 ft^3.
Divide that number by 1.47197952 E11 (ft^3/mile^3) and you get 5.265 E11 mile^3

OR

52,650,000 cubic miles of water!

I would be willing to bet that there is not that much snow and ice on the entire planet.

[RoadTest]

- - -= and little children can’t sleep at night.

[SparkyBass]

Waitaminnit... I thought this was the point in time when the oceans would recede, the planet would cool, the little birdies would fly from their nests and the world would engage in a big ol’ group hug.... what did I miss?

[bmwcyle]

And what did NASA just have to admit?

[Red Badger]

I would be willing to bet that there is not that much snow and ice on the entire planet.

Not unless Hansen gets his calculator out......

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

"Ann Curry...is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro...The snows of Mount Kilimanjaro are rapidly melting...

Conveniently avoiding the issue that seasons south of the equator are reversed. Tanzania is in a "spring" cycle, soon to become summer.

[Red Badger]

Hansenized data...........

[denydenydeny]

The trailer for the upcoming movie 2012 showa the Himalayas (average height 12000 to 15000 feet) being topped by flood waters.

[aWolverine]

"Ann Curry...is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro...The snows of Mount Kilimanjaro are rapidly melting... Conveniently avoiding the issue that seasons south of the equator are reversed.

"Mom! MOM! Cletus is saying science stuff again! MOM!!"

[dfwgator]

the oceans could rise at least 200 feet.

And monkeys could fly out of my butt.

[Woodman]

Yes, but you have to have that special calculator that is accurate to several orders of magnitude.

[RaiderRose]

Gore predicted a measly 20-foot rise in sea levels, enough to drown much of Manhattan

So you're saying all I have to do is pollute, leave all my lights on, and drive 100 miles a day...and we can get rid of Manhattan?

You think NY could go red w/o Manhattan? lol

[Red Badger]

Hansen’s calculator has a “memory” problem.........

[NCC-1701]

I’ve always looked at the Earth as one big glass of water with a lot of ice in it. If one fills a glass with ice, then put water in the glass up to the rim and let it sit, the ice will melt but the water level never changes. How can the greenies make the claim that the coastal cities will be flooded if you look at what happens with the glass of ice water? Several inches I can see. 20 to 200 feet? Come on now.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

And, Kilimanjaro is a volcano.
Think there might be some residual heat from this baby ?