Posted on 08/01/2015 12:48:19 PM PDT by VinL
All the political gridlock in Congress and name-calling during election season may not matter as much when Washington, D.C. sinks into the ocean.
According to new research conducted by geologists at the University of Vermont and the U.S. Geological Survey, the land in the Chesapeake Bay region, including the nations capital, is sinking rapidly. The sea level in the Chesapeake is rising at twice the global average and faster than anywhere else on the East Coast, the researchers say, which means D.C. will sink 6 or more inches in the next 100 years.
The sinking is caused by melting ice sheets which caused underlying rock to bulge upward. As the ice melts, the rock bulge drops. Scientists say this will cause more flooding in the region, which is already getting worse from global warming.
Right now is the time to start making preparations, said Ben DeJong, lead author of the study, in a University of Vermont press release. Six extra inches of water really matters in this part of the world.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
I didn`t find it on the table of elements, but bull&hit is pretty heavy stuff.
“The sinking is caused by melting ice sheets which caused underlying rock to bulge upward. As the ice melts, the rock bulge drops.”
Wrong.
President Hillary can solve the problem. I hear she’s well versed on dykes.
Washington DC sinking into the ocean.
Wonderful news.
I hope the rats do not know how to swim.
You can only pile BS so high before it becomes to heavy. Sounds like DC reached that point.
it was build on a swamp to begin with. sounds like the earth is seeking equilibrium.
Time to send them more weight to help them sink quicker.
Wrong
Absolutely!
It's a meaningless collection of words designed to give idiots a talking point to impress other idiots.
Appropriate start. Go AGW! Go!
America needs to be rising up against this kind of horse pucky.
6 inches per century? That’s not nearly fast enough.
Not that the govt is shutdown both today and tomorrow.
Note that the govt is shutdown both today and tomorrow.
Smiling huge. Best post I’ve seen in a long time. Omg.
Yes, but it creates a whole 'nother set of problems:
People don’t know anything anymore.
Science is not taught.
Critical thinking is not taught.
Seriously, I have people read the sign at my job stating clearly who we are, and they still repeatedly ask if we are Home Depot, and argue it out ad infinitum without batting an eye.
And they seriously “logically” believe that they will magically find what they are looking for inside my jobsite if they can just get past the gate, and then “They’ll show me”.
I only half jokingly say “Proof of human devolution” when seeing it happen.
What do you call 537 elected officials, 9 lifetime appointees and several hundred thousand bureaucrats at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean?
this just in: minorities to be affected the most.
It sank into muck and more decades ago. How could it possibly sink farther?
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