Can D.C. survive 'unstoppable' ice melt?

WTOP ^ | May 16. 2014 | Neal Augenstein

[MeshugeMikey]

WASHINGTON -- What will become of the nation's capital?

The huge West Antarctic ice sheet is slowly collapsing, and two groups of scientists say the melting is now an unstoppable event.

Melting ice will cause sea levels to rise higher than initially projected, which is cause for concern for D.C.-area scientists and local urban planners.

The rising seas will affect local treasures, including the Chesapeake Bay and the country's iconic monuments along the National Mall.

[pfflier]

Looking for the sarcasm tag...

[Gamecock]

LOL!

Look! A squirrel!

[Organic Panic]

Your thought crimes and offenses to gaia have been reported to the holy Goreacle.

[hattend]

Antarctica is a landmass covered in ice...not free floating ice. However if all the ice melted the land should rise up due to the weight being removed. should offset and rise associated with meltoff.

[hattend]

How many coke bottles were used to create those lenses?

[eldoradude]

I would say it's about 20 posts in support of drowning DC, and none against.

Motion carries.

Encore, encore!

[MeshugeMikey]

Bada Bing Bada Boom!!

[MeshugeMikey]

Not to mention creating beach front property in New Hampshire Oklahoma and other points of interest...

[Luke21]

We all have some ideas.

[MeshugeMikey]

just two....

[Go_Raiders]

I didn’t go into this in depth, but I gather that the flow is accelerating faster than new ice accumulates. But like I wrote, it’s happening very slowly so any number of things can change along the way.