When Bernie Sanders said in a 2016 debate that climate change was a threat to national security ...

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When Bernie Sanders said in a 2016 debate that climate change was a threat to national security ... (Original post)	Donkees	Mar 2019	OP
Rising Seas Are Flooding Norfolk Naval Base, and There's No Plan to Fix It	PADemD	Mar 2019	#1
Yup,	Sherman A1	Mar 2019	#2

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 10:00 AM

PADemD (4,482 posts)

Naval Station Norfolk, home to the Atlantic Fleet, floods not just in heavy rains or during hurricanes. It floods when the sun is shining, too, if the tide is high or the winds are right. It floods all the time.

"It is an impediment to the base accomplishing its mission," Bouchard said.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/insideclimatenews.org/news/10252017/military-norfolk-naval-base-flooding-climate-change-sea-level-global-warming-virginia%3famp

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 10:06 AM

Sherman A1 (36,533 posts)

It is a threat to national security. The Pentagon knows it and is planning for it, perhaps imperfectly, but planning nevertheless.