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WillyT

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8. So If I Understand You Correctly...

Mon Jun 25, 2012, 11:20 PM

Jun 2012

If I'm already sitting in the bathtub while it is filling, and I turn off the faucets before it reaches the top of the tub... all is well.

(Icebergs <Me> are already IN the water.)

BUT...

If I fill the tub a couple of inches from the top, and THEN jump my whole wonderfulness into the tub (Greenland Ice Melt)... there will be a serious rise in water levels (in the tub).

Have I got that right?

Thank you for your more scientific explanation... I'm just in a bit of a mood tonight.

Might just go into the bathroom and test my hypothesis.

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Sea Levels Rising Fast on U.S. East Coast - NationalGeographic [View all] WillyT Jun 2012 OP

Seems odd it's higher in one place than another. Colder and denser? More shallower seabed? freshwest Jun 2012 #1

Ma's hitting the worst offenders? RobertEarl Jun 2012 #2

So you think the colder water, which comes off the iceberges melting in Greenland, that are less... freshwest Jun 2012 #3

Fresh water from ice melt RobertEarl Jun 2012 #4

Thanks that is so interesting. Yes, the insurance companies and a lot of people are on it. freshwest Jun 2012 #5

Meanwhile, in North Carolina.... WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2012 #6

OK, several misconceptions here. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #7

So If I Understand You Correctly... WillyT Jun 2012 #8

If you fill the tub to the brim, and climb in, HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #10

Well... I Was Trying To Be Ironic... WillyT Jun 2012 #11

You have to consider the land ice on Greenland and Antarctica... Wounded Bear Jun 2012 #9

Yes, any ice or snow on land is the threat... HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #12

Coastal erosion? cherokeeprogressive Jun 2012 #13

That's Some SERIOUS Coastal Erosion WillyT Jun 2012 #14

Yeah, time has a way of changing things... cherokeeprogressive Jun 2012 #16

Sweet... Glassunion Jun 2012 #15