Dozens of Cities-Incl London & NY Could Be Flooded By End Of Century

[kpete]

The Times March 24, 2006

London 'under water by 2100' as Antarctica crumbles into the sea
By Mark Henderson, Science Correspondent

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DOZENS of the world’s cities, including London and New York, could be flooded by the end of the century, according to research which suggests that global warming will increase sea levels more rapidly than was previously thought.

The first study to combine computer models of rising temperatures with records of the ancient climate has indicated that sea levels could rise by up to 20ft (6m) by 2100, placing millions of people at risk.

more at:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2100776,00.html

[MADem]

1. Time to get with the Dutch, and learn how to build a good levee!!!

They know how it's done....

[Media_Lies_Daily]

5. They'll have problems of their own....

...they'll have to add another 20 feet to their existing levee system.

[raccoon]

9. seems like to me building levees to deal with this would be

like trying to empty a bucket of water with a slotted spoon.

[htuttle]

2. "The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in"

"Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drowning, and I live by the river"
-- The Clash


Once people's feet start getting wet when they step out of bed in the morning, I wonder if it will finally seem like this is an important enough issue to give up a little illusionary economic growth? (considering the likely course if we don't do anything at all will be global economic collapse when all the coastal cities flood).

Of course it will be too late at that point....

[HereSince1628]

3. This is a job for... HALLIBURTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only HALLIBURTON has the superpower capacity to handle dozens of no-bid contracts to SAVE YOUR COMMUNITY FROM THE GLOBAL TERROR of rising salt water.

Salt water will kill your begonias, ruin your dog's coat and drown your cat. Act now while time runs out...Call our man JEB who has a direct line to God AND Dick Cheney. Arrange YOUR DELIVERENCE from the EVIL of rising waters today!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

4. "Dozens of cities"?? How about EVERY coastal/port city in the world.

[leveymg]

6. The "near-future" of AI is already upon us. I think it was Heinlein who

described SF as the unbearable truths about the immediate past set in a fictionalized future.

[theHandpuppet]

7. Whuch is why I have to ask a very unpopular question....

Just how much of an investment should be made to rebuild the infrastructure in NOLA? A good portion of this city already lies below sea level and that situation is only going to get worse. No flames, please -- I ask this respectfully from folks who I'm sure are more versed to answer this question than am I.

[Junkdrawer]

8. ...which is why we need a missile defense system and ANWAR drilling...

In non sequiturs there is strength.