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68. Thankfully.

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Tue May 13, 2014, 02:20 PM

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

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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