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Collapse of Florida-sized glacier may happen soon, raising sea levels and threatening coastal cities - LINK ONLY
USA Today ^ | Jan 27, 2022 | Jordan Mendoza

Posted on 01/28/2022 3:55:50 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

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The headline reminds me of a scene in the movie

The Outpost

ANA guy all ways telling command

The talibon is coming !!!!!

Soldier says

” when I see him hiding then I’ll beleive him”

When I see the aristocracy fleeing and selling their multi million beach homes,, then I ‘ might’ listen.


41 posted on 01/28/2022 6:50:46 AM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

It is over folks. My neighbor’s biggest regret is that she may not get her new Omicron shot.


42 posted on 01/28/2022 6:51:16 AM PST by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: ryderann
It says right in the Wikipedia article on it that the entire Thwaite ice sheet is a floating ice sheet. That means it has already displaced all the water it is going to. The glacier they refer to is also well out over it's "grounding line" meaning it too is supported by water, not cantilevered...

They breathlessly report all that ice flowing down the glacier and into the sea raises sea levels. Ahem, where does it come from, the ice fairy? No, from snow and ice deposits up slope. At the source it is pulling water out of the atmosphere, out of the water cycle. The glacier isn't generating any ice.

43 posted on 01/28/2022 6:55:47 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Vaccine mandates: they are not about health, they are about obedience.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Women, children, minorities, LGBQT hardest hit.


44 posted on 01/28/2022 7:05:39 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Ivermectin should be available for sale over the counter in the United States of America)
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To: rbg81

That’s a good thing, because any idiots that believe that Florida is about to get flooded will stay away, and sane people will be welcomed. The idiots can move somewhere else, like Maryland, (which has several coastlines).


45 posted on 01/28/2022 7:09:31 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable.STILL )
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To: Recompennation

Fun facts……Excellent!


46 posted on 01/28/2022 7:10:37 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable.STILL )
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To: Blueflag

Yes, it would overflow and probably flood the entire neighborhood.


47 posted on 01/28/2022 7:14:34 AM PST by pas
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To: BlueMondaySkipper

But what about Evaporation? /s. , for a friend

Yes, level in a glass COULD drop, but it’s not a closed system . Moisture goes into the air in the room. If enough moisture in the air, it rains, somewhere…….this is going too far off nowbyeeee


48 posted on 01/28/2022 7:16:07 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable.STILL )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I hear they’re bringing in a china-sized glacier from titan.


49 posted on 01/28/2022 7:28:41 AM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: drSteve78

“ But what about Evaporation? /s. , for a friend

Yes, level in a glass COULD drop, but it’s not a closed system . Moisture goes into the air in the room. If enough moisture in the air, it rains, somewhere…….this is going too far off nowbyeeee”

Of course there will be outside factors that can affect the water levels, but in context of the ice displacing water the level won’t change. The water level would also go down if I chipped off some of the ice to make my cocktail. Is it too early in the day to perform that experiment?


50 posted on 01/28/2022 7:31:32 AM PST by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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To: Recompennation

Yep. The only glaciers that cause sea level rise are those that break off on land and slide into the ocean.

And I’m oversimplifying this but I’ve also heard that there are places in Antarctica that are so cold that they get very little precipitation. And if global warming cause it to warm up enough, it would get a lot of precipitation in the form of snow. This, over time, would create glaciers. And all of that moisture would come out of the existing system causing sea levels to drop.

Ultimately all I’m saying is that the whole thing is a lot more complicated than most people realize. It’s a little bit like trying to control the system by controlling when a butterfly flaps its wings. And they’re trying to control it by wiping out our economies. It ain’t going to happen voluntarily with a lot of us.


51 posted on 01/28/2022 7:33:47 AM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: drSteve78

Unfortunately, it seems like EVERYONE wants to move to Florida recently. I swear that every week at least 2-3 people tell me that. And, sadly, I can’t vouch for the sanity of these people.

I am sane, but like it where I am (e.g., a place with all four seasons).


52 posted on 01/28/2022 7:49:08 AM PST by rbg81
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To: _longranger81

Agreed. I want water front property for a little cost.


53 posted on 01/28/2022 7:55:49 AM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: ridesthemiles

Our ice maker went out a couple of years ago and for a short period of f time I used trays to make ice, that was one of my chores as a kid


54 posted on 01/28/2022 8:04:29 AM PST by srmanuel (`)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Every year, the same old story... the lame-stream media is surprised that ice melts in the summer. Funny how the increase in ice 6 months later is not covered in the news.


55 posted on 01/28/2022 8:44:51 AM PST by jimmygrace
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To: Blueflag

Most of the ice in Greenland and Antarctica is on land mass, not floating.


56 posted on 01/28/2022 9:12:31 AM PST by GingisK
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To: stars & stripes forever

God created a self-healing ecosystem. It does change dramatically, and has changed dramatically.


57 posted on 01/28/2022 9:15:23 AM PST by GingisK
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To: BlueMondaySkipper
The water level would also go down if I chipped off some of the ice to make my cocktail. Is it too early in the day to perform that experiment?

It's five o'clock somewhere!

58 posted on 01/28/2022 9:48:24 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Crystal ball reading is NOT news.

"Millions Could Die if Unicorns Eat All Crops"


59 posted on 01/28/2022 10:03:20 AM PST by GOPJ (Democrats want to 'protect' Ukraine's borders, but NOT OURS because they're evil lowlife thugs.)
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To: caww

…it could possibly capsize their islands!


60 posted on 01/28/2022 10:51:22 AM PST by OldCountryBoy (You can't make this stuff up!)
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