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Environment & Energy

hunter

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8. There will probably be little need for seaports.

Reply to happyslug (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 12:46 PM

Feb 2015

World commerce will for the most part cease and the majority of boats arriving anywhere will be crammed full of starving refugees who won't want to do anything so conspicuous as landing at some ad-hoc military run "seaport" where they will not be welcomed.

That's what I see in my crystal ball unless we can create just, gentle, humane, agile and responsive government now.

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Ooops!! Sea Level Rise In Miami Moving Far Faster Than Originally Thought [View all] hatrack Feb 2015 OP

Gives the term of an estate being "underwater" a second layer of meaning. DetlefK Feb 2015 #1

Wow!!! - What An Inconvenient Truth......nt global1 Feb 2015 #2

Just for a little clarity..the highest elevation in Florida is Britton Hill in Walton County. Lochloosa Feb 2015 #3

No the max water height is well known, for we have a good number as to ice at both poles. happyslug Feb 2015 #4

Guess I'll be buying some property...It will be waterfront one day. Lochloosa Feb 2015 #6

Montgomery and Tuscaloosa Alabama will be SEAPORTS is amazing. happyslug Feb 2015 #7

There will probably be little need for seaports. hunter Feb 2015 #8

Yup.... truebrit71 Feb 2015 #10

Actually trade will continue happyslug Feb 2015 #12

Internal refugee migration within the U.S.A. does not have a positive history. hunter Feb 2015 #13

yup... progressoid Feb 2015 #5

assuming that 5-year trend is correct ... 1 foot per decade phantom power Feb 2015 #9

I wonder if they'd pay attention then....in 2025? truebrit71 Feb 2015 #11