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New York lays out $20 billion plan to combat effects of climate change (NOT Bloomberg's loot)
Reuters ^ | 6/12/13 | Hilary Russ

Posted on 06/11/2013 4:34:48 PM PDT by Libloather

(Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday announced a $20 billion plan to prepare for rising sea levels and hotter summers expected as a result of climate change in the coming decades.

The plan, which follows widespread destruction wreaked by Superstorm Sandy last year, included about 250 recommendations ranging from new floodwalls and storm barriers to upgrades of power and telecommunications infrastructures.

It coincided with a report updating projections of the impact of climate change, saying that over the next 40 years the number of sweltering summer days could double or even triple and that the sea level surrounding New York City could rise by 2 feet (0.6 meter).

The aim of Bloomberg's plan was to ensure that the subway, transit, sewer and water, energy and food distribution systems would continue to function for the city's 8 million people.

(Excerpt) Read more at in.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloomberg; bloominidiotberg; bullystate; climatechange; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; hoax; ny
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When you put things under water, they'll probably get wet during a flood. (I wonder how much cash NYC will give me for that little tidbit of information?)
1 posted on 06/11/2013 4:34:48 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

So now we have a cooling problem, and that’s proof that we have to do something about global warming?


2 posted on 06/11/2013 4:36:18 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Libloather

Given what Sandy did, this is a prudent course of action but NOTHING to do with global warming.


3 posted on 06/11/2013 4:41:42 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Unindicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
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To: Libloather

when you build on an island or along a coast, you take your chances with mother nature and you pay through the nose for insurance because of it. Blaming the atmosphere won’t change that.


4 posted on 06/11/2013 4:42:48 PM PDT by RC one
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To: Libloather
Can Bloomy scrape up a few billion to send NYC kiddies on snipe hunts, too?
5 posted on 06/11/2013 4:45:25 PM PDT by JPG (Stay strong.)
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To: RC one
When you build on fill, you're likely to have long term issues.

Not unlike building on an ever moving coastal sand barrier island.

6 posted on 06/11/2013 4:46:49 PM PDT by Paladin2 (;-))
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To: NonValueAdded

Typical LEFTIST DEMOCRAT. Supports funding of a problem that does not exist. That about sums up the whole SOCIALIST DEMOCRATIC AGENDA


7 posted on 06/11/2013 4:47:54 PM PDT by spawn44 (MOO)
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To: Paladin2

For a cool million, I could be an instultant. I mean consultant.


8 posted on 06/11/2013 4:49:17 PM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

Got briefcase?


9 posted on 06/11/2013 4:56:29 PM PDT by Paladin2 (;-))
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To: Libloather

I was listening to this report on the radio here today. The group made a statement that temps will be 4 to 6 degrees higher on average by 2050. I call BS.


10 posted on 06/11/2013 5:16:49 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: Libloather; SpinnerWebb
Super Storm Sandy

I'm so tired of that name ... 80 mph winds and a 9' storm surge. Katrina was 125mph with a 25' surge and Ike was 110mph with a 22' surge. Sandy was a bitch of a storm because of population density .. It was completely over hyped because it distrupted the lives of people in the MSM .. and God knows they are more important than people in flyover country.

11 posted on 06/11/2013 5:18:15 PM PDT by tx_eggman (Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
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To: Libloather

Use resources to prepare for the inevitable climate change. Throughout Earth’s history the only constant in climate is CHANGE. Where ever you are living right now has at one time been part of the ocean floor AND covered in hundreds of feet of ice at some other time in history. Long before man as we know him walked the Earth, the climate changed on this Planet hundreds of times.


12 posted on 06/11/2013 5:52:18 PM PDT by jyro (French-like Democrats wave the white flag of surrender while we are winning)
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To: Libloather

Maybe they could tap Al Gore, he’s got lots of money.


13 posted on 06/11/2013 6:51:05 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (An ignorant electorate kept Slow Joe from his true calling as a circus clown or union thug.)
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To: Libloather
When you put things under water, they'll probably get wet during a flood.

Tropical storms and hurricanes have been hitting the eastern coast of North America for ages. More than a few have hit NYC since I was born.

There are no real alternatives to the tunnels for the trains and motor vehicles under the East and Hudson Rivers, IMHO.

14 posted on 06/11/2013 6:57:26 PM PDT by neverdem (Register pressure cookers! /s)
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To: Libloather

Pissing on yer head, and telling you it’s snow-melt.
You can fool most of the people some of the time.


15 posted on 06/11/2013 8:58:00 PM PDT by dasboot
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To: Paladin2

To paraphrase Palladin: Have briefcase, will travel.


16 posted on 06/11/2013 9:22:43 PM PDT by rktman
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To: neverdem
"There are no real alternatives to the tunnels for the trains and motor vehicles under the East and Hudson Rivers, IMHO. "

The El and bridges?

17 posted on 06/11/2013 9:30:36 PM PDT by Paladin2 (;-))
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To: rktman

I hear that Booze-Allen has openings.....


18 posted on 06/11/2013 9:31:47 PM PDT by Paladin2 (;-))
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To: Paladin2

clapper? Oh clapper. Are you there?


19 posted on 06/11/2013 9:34:12 PM PDT by rktman
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To: Libloather
Bloomberg joins a long list of politicians, actors, activists, reporters, bloggers and other non-credentialed “experts” who believe global warming caused Hurricane Sandy. The list of notables who say Sandy was not caused by global warming mostly have PhD behind their names.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/10/30/reality-check-who-believes-hurricane-sandy-isis-not-caused-by-global-warming/

20 posted on 06/11/2013 10:57:07 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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