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Skidmore

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37. The party itself is too dumb for that but the big money manipulating

Mon May 12, 2014, 09:46 PM

May 2014

these bunch of clowns likely have included these scenarios in their risk assessments and projections for profit taking. In my opinion, climate change is the battleground on which much should be fought.

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Where are all the people displaced by rising seas to go? [View all] Skidmore May 2014 OP

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #1

You signed up just to post that? HooptieWagon May 2014 #7

Spammers get Nuked instantly. MineralMan May 2014 #63

Thankfully. Skidmore May 2014 #68

A tent camp in Bundyland? HooptieWagon May 2014 #2

Up hill? FarCenter May 2014 #3

Do you consider the implications of the worst case scenario? Skidmore May 2014 #5

The Bahamas will be history malaise May 2014 #21

I thought about some of those places as well. SummerSnow May 2014 #29

Hopefully more people will pay attention to this than malaise May 2014 #30

most of florida eventually nt arely staircase May 2014 #54

Yes malaise May 2014 #58

And the Florida Keys. HooptieWagon May 2014 #64

All the Florida people should be demanding that Rubio resign malaise May 2014 #65

That's what I figured. nt oldhippie May 2014 #6

I don't assume it will, which is what prompted my question. Skidmore May 2014 #8

Americans Will Burn Less Oil 25 Years From Now FarCenter May 2014 #9

And we'll be 100 years too late to stop it. Scuba May 2014 #13

The Grand Canyon JJChambers May 2014 #4

is that a progressive thought? CreekDog May 2014 #51

the general idea is if they are poor they should just die. Warren Stupidity May 2014 #10

let's ask marco rubio spanone May 2014 #11

it won't happen overnight arely staircase May 2014 #12

Is this your own pet theory? No refugee crisis? Scuba May 2014 #14

like I said "over the course of a few decades" arely staircase May 2014 #16

Unlike in 1492, all of the inhabitable world is occupied by well-armed populations. FarCenter May 2014 #28

Much of the world already have refugee camps with people who have been dislocated for one reason jwirr May 2014 #44

Except when major flooding events (mainly storms) JCMach1 May 2014 #15

Yes. This. Plus areas of increased drought and the reduction of Skidmore May 2014 #17

Not to mention increased acidification of the oceans which will greatly reduce food harvests Uncle Joe May 2014 #53

I keep waiting for a study that looks at acidification and jelly fish increase JCMach1 May 2014 #69

Farming will primarily move towards the poles. jeff47 May 2014 #55

That is a much more immediate concern I think. It is already happening. nt arely staircase May 2014 #18

The only thing the scientific community get wrong about this is under estimating the rate. Nobel_Twaddle_III May 2014 #39

that is just nonsense. Warren Stupidity May 2014 #31

The impact on hurricane frequency and severity is debatable FarCenter May 2014 #34

sounds kind of made up CreekDog May 2014 #52

Nowhere. They will die in the hundreds of millions NickB79 May 2014 #19

No. We will have drought here. Skidmore May 2014 #20

Exactly. And we've squandered the aquifers for a century NickB79 May 2014 #22

no, we won't survive NJCher May 2014 #49

North and east become a little wetter; south and west a little drier FarCenter May 2014 #26

Losing Ground FarCenter May 2014 #24

I'm aware of that report. Skidmore May 2014 #35

The Nebraska Sandhills are desert dunes FarCenter May 2014 #60

I think the plan is: Perdition. WinkyDink May 2014 #23

I have no solution, other than to cynically SheilaT May 2014 #25

I believe that would be North Carolina. nclib May 2014 #57

INLAND, quite obviously!!! MADem May 2014 #27

Not just rising seas Spider Jerusalem May 2014 #32

Going to be a lot of wars n2doc May 2014 #33

Mass famine/mass extinction. And 30000 armed Drones to keep an eye on you and keep you in your place blkmusclmachine May 2014 #42

I believe the Republican plan is for them to die. EEO May 2014 #36

The party itself is too dumb for that but the big money manipulating Skidmore May 2014 #37

K&R DeSwiss May 2014 #38

Say "Goodbye" to HI, LA, FL, Cuba, PR, NYC, Houston, all island nations, Netherlands, current coast- blkmusclmachine May 2014 #40

As I said, there will be a whole lot of folks needing dry land and new homes. Skidmore May 2014 #41

If you look at the maps, south Ark. is gone too due to MS & AR rivers backing up and causing Hestia May 2014 #47

Most Hawaiians live more than 2,000 feet above sea leval. Tourists lose, not natives. Shrike47 May 2014 #48

Really? I think you're mistaking "most of Hawaii is above 2,000 feet" with muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #59

Houseboats. moondust May 2014 #43

Why, to their vacation homes in the mountains. Aspen, Jackson Hole, etc. tclambert May 2014 #45

That is exactly what I thought when watching An Inconvenient Truth at the theater I started sobbing Hestia May 2014 #46

Kennebunkport Not a Fan May 2014 #50

Ah don't worry so much. It won't happen for years. Kablooie May 2014 #56

They aren't supposed to go anywhere, that's the point... cbdo2007 May 2014 #61

Doesn't mean the won't try because people are Skidmore May 2014 #67

Fuck themselves. Orsino May 2014 #62

They could go to Limbaugh's house ... if it wasn't on the Florida coast. lpbk2713 May 2014 #66