Posted on 10/25/2016 6:03:57 AM PDT by rktman
"Norfolk is at risk over the next few decades if we don't do something to slow down sea level rise," Navy Secretary Ray Mabus told a gathering in Washington, D.C., on Monday.
Naval Station Norfolk, the largest naval complex [1] in the world, is located in southeastern Virginia.
"All our bases are in some way or other at risk," Mabus said.
And that's not the only risk posed by climate change, Mabus said. The warming planet also expands the Navy's mission:
"We're the first responders. We're the ones -- the Navy and Marine Corps are the ones sent. We get a request for humanitarian assistance or disaster relief an average of once every two weeks. And as these storms get bigger, as sea levels rise, as instability follows, a lot of times, our responsibilities increase.
"As the Arctic begins to be ice-free, Russia's already said the waters to its north are an internal waterway. They're not. "Part of our responsibilities is keeping the sea lanes open, making sure that international law is followed, making sure that peaceful trade at sea can go where international law says it can.
"And so climate change and things like that are -- it's a risk in the future for things like Norfolk and our bases, but it's here today in terms of increasing our responsibility in terms of what we've got to respond to, in terms of how we have to position ourselves and how we have to think about our roles."
Mabus was speaking at the Center for a New American Security along with the secretaries of the Air Force and the Army.
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What a tool.
IIRC, they regularly pull back the deposits from the wave action....and have done so for years and years.
Oh, PULLEEEZE!
Mr. Manus might want to go a few miles and check the moat at Ft. Monroe. It has been there 150 years and the tide marks are ETCHED IN STONE. Of course, he ain’t even curious because he knows it is a load of crap.
The sea is rising? Where’s the proof of this?
Does any right-thinking person take Mabus seriously?
If the seas rise, will our ships be underwater? Will islands tip over?
So Herr Mabus, where are the actual data? Show it and verify its validity or STFU, Democrat.
What an ignorant idiot. What in his background of Mississippi politics masks him an expert here. Any moron can see this is false.
We have a navy secretary who is afraid of the water....great...
[”Norfolk is at risk over the next few decades if we don’t do something to slow down sea level rise,” ]
THE SEAS ARE NOT RISING.
PROVERBS 8:28
28When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became fixed,
29When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
Where’s the proof that the arctic is ice free and sea levels are rising. Only a democrat or a total moron is believing this stuff.
The sea level is predicted to rise about an inch over the next several decades. The piers are NOT an inch from being under water.
Don’t worry, the Navy has a presence at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City flying surveillance aircraft almost all over the world. All they need to do is build a port on the North Canadian river and everything will be fine.
idiot
Prove it Mabus, you liar!
The rest of the fleet is not safe; Guam is in danger too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7XXVLKWd3Q
Lighten up Ray Ray. You’re acting like a jerk. Rising oceans my ass.
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