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Antarctic Meltdown Would Flood Washington, D.C.
LiveScience via Yahoo! News ^ | February 5, 2009 | Andrea Thompson

Posted on 02/05/2009 3:45:30 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Washington, D.C., and other coastal U.S. cities could find themselves under several more feet of water than previously predicted if warming temperatures destroy the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a new study based on a model predicts.

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) towers about 6,000 feet (1,800 meters) above sea level over a large section of Antarctica. It holds about 500,000 cubic miles (2.2 million cubic kilometers) of ice, about the same amount of ice contained in the Greenland Ice Sheet.

This vast swath of ice is the anchor for numerous glaciers that drain into the polar sea and is bounded by the Ross and Ronne Ice Shelves. Whether or when this ice sheet might melt is still very uncertain, but even a partial melt would have a bigger impact on some coastal areas than others.

The new research found that sea level rise would not be uniform around the globe, owing to odd gravitational effects and predicted shifts in the planet's rotation.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalwarming
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If Antarctica melts we’ll all drown. If the moon breaks up and falls in giant pieces to earth we’ll all be wiped out. If a large planetoid mass enters the solar system and goes careening about it will upset all of our orbits and we’ll likely get pushed into deep space where we’ll all freeze, the ones who don’t burrow deep underground into large man-made caverns where we’ll design and build an enormous fusion drive that will power the earth to another star system. Sure, it will take a long time to get there, but at least we’ll get a clean start.


21 posted on 02/05/2009 3:53:07 PM PST by marron
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Cool. Then I’d have ocean front property.


22 posted on 02/05/2009 3:54:11 PM PST by gate2wire
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Imagine the ecological catastrophe should DC be flooded and all of that filth flow into the sea.


23 posted on 02/05/2009 3:54:39 PM PST by wgflyer (Liberalism is to society what HIV is to the immune system.)
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To: marron

Your fusion drive idea may qualify for “stimulus” funding.


24 posted on 02/05/2009 3:55:11 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is there a downside to this?


25 posted on 02/05/2009 3:55:18 PM PST by Czar ((Still Fed Up to the Teeth with Washington))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Antarctic Meltdown Would Flood Washington, D.C."

We could only hope they would be in session when it happens.

26 posted on 02/05/2009 3:56:18 PM PST by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Washington, DC? That would be a very good thing!


27 posted on 02/05/2009 3:58:56 PM PST by Real Cynic No More (The only thing standing between us and complete victory over the evildoers is POLITICS!)
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To: Danae

Naw, they’ll drown in bullslop long before then!


28 posted on 02/05/2009 4:00:09 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: Viking2002

Let it flow. It’s the one way to clean out Washington.


29 posted on 02/05/2009 4:02:06 PM PST by curth ( Sarah Palin - America's First Female President -2012)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Only five years to go.

The Polar Ice Cap Will Be Gone in 5 Years

~ Al Gore

Gore-Bull Warming
Al Gore says that the polar ice cap will be completely gone in 5 years!
Click on the image above to see the video where he says it!

30 posted on 02/05/2009 4:02:21 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yet another silver lining to the whole global warming thing.


31 posted on 02/05/2009 4:03:16 PM PST by Argus
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The new research found that sea level rise would not be uniform around the globe,

OK, I got it. Antarctic melts, only DC floods due to ...whatever crap they're talking about.

32 posted on 02/05/2009 4:03:45 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Welcome to Detroit, the Renaissance city......)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Let’s see. I’m sitting at about 700 feet above sea level.
No problem!


33 posted on 02/05/2009 4:04:09 PM PST by caver (Obama's first goals: allow more killing of innocents and allow the killers of innocents to go free.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Antarctic Meltdown Would Flood Washington, D.C.

Not seeing a downside.

34 posted on 02/05/2009 4:04:29 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Faith Manages.)
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To: HIDEK6

You forgot one - feed your cattle curried eggs


35 posted on 02/05/2009 4:07:02 PM PST by jabbermog (Make a Muslim rethink:- with a bacon butty and strong drink !)
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To: HIDEK6

You forgot one - feed your cattle curried eggs


36 posted on 02/05/2009 4:07:36 PM PST by jabbermog (Make a Muslim rethink:- with a bacon butty and strong drink !)
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To: marron
If Antarctica melts we’ll all drown.

Not really.

The sea level would rise quite a bit however there would still be land to live on. And since there would be a lot more rain we would have a much greener planet.

37 posted on 02/05/2009 4:07:40 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Faith Manages.)
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To: Cailleach

If you plan to stay through the flood, send the babies home to Papa and me...


38 posted on 02/05/2009 4:08:31 PM PST by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sounds like a win-win to me.


39 posted on 02/05/2009 4:08:36 PM PST by pabianice
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To: nobama08

Thank you!!!


40 posted on 02/05/2009 4:09:12 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Chevron 7 will not engage!)
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