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What the US would look like if all the Earth's ice melted

#1 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:07 am

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#2 Post by Jeemie » Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:38 am

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#3 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:39 am

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I thought it would look like a bad movie. You know, something with Kevin Kostner in it.

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#4 Post by flockofseagulls104 » Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:54 am

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#5 Post by littlebeast13 » Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:10 am

If it would get rid of the coastal states, I'd be all for it!

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#6 Post by Jeemie » Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:22 am

littlebeast13 wrote:If it would get rid of the coastal states, I'd be all for it!

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PS All these years of watching this movie and just now, upon posting this picture, do I suddenly see the double entendre of "Teschmacher Peaks".

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#7 Post by K.P. » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:54 pm

Let's suppose that the video in the OP is true.

That's what's supposed to happen by 2050, meaning that the rise in sea level is happening gradually, not overnight. If the sea levels rose to dangerous levels, it would seem to me that the cities would have time to relocate, yeah?

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#8 Post by jarnon » Tue Jun 30, 2015 1:03 pm

K.P. wrote:Let's suppose that the video in the OP is true.

That's what's supposed to happen by 2050, meaning that the rise in sea level is happening gradually, not overnight. If the sea levels rose to dangerous levels, it would seem to me that the cities would have time to relocate, yeah?
No, it wouldn't be like Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Sandy x1000. But can you imagine the mess it would be to relocate hundreds of millions of people?
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#9 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Jun 30, 2015 1:12 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:If it would get rid of the coastal states, I'd be all for it!

lb13
No one would miss Florida or New York City.
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#10 Post by earendel » Tue Jun 30, 2015 1:23 pm

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littlebeast13 wrote:If it would get rid of the coastal states, I'd be all for it!

lb13
No one would miss Florida or New York City.
I beg to differ - I know two families who would miss Florida, but only because Disney World is there.
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#11 Post by Bob78164 » Tue Jun 30, 2015 2:05 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:If it would get rid of the coastal states, I'd be all for it!

lb13
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#12 Post by flockofseagulls104 » Tue Jun 30, 2015 3:36 pm

K.P. wrote:Let's suppose that the video in the OP is true.

That's what's supposed to happen by 2050.?
Don't worry. Depending on who's lying to us, either both polar ice caps have grown tremendously over the past few years, or they are already gone (according to Al Gore in 2009).
It should be very easy to find out who is lying. The ice caps are either there or they are not. They are growing, shrinking or staying the same. Why is this still a debate? I have an opinion, but why should it be subject to opinions? Can we get someone who will tell us the truth?

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/1 ... 91632.html
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#13 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Jun 30, 2015 3:44 pm

flockofseagulls104 wrote:
K.P. wrote:Let's suppose that the video in the OP is true.

That's what's supposed to happen by 2050.?
Don't worry. Depending on who's lying to us, either both polar ice caps have grown tremendously over the past few years, or they are already gone (according to Al Gore in 2009).
It should be very easy to find out who is lying. The ice caps are either there or they are not. They are growing, shrinking or staying the same. Why is this still a debate? I have an opinion, but why should it be subject to opinions? Can we get someone who will tell us the truth?

http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/envi ... es-implode

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/1 ... 91632.html
I suggest you check them out in person.
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#14 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Jun 30, 2015 3:44 pm

Bob78164 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:If it would get rid of the coastal states, I'd be all for it!

lb13
Logically impossible. Until the entire country is submerged, there will always be coastal states. --Bob
Yes, like Arizona. :lol:
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#15 Post by flockofseagulls104 » Tue Jun 30, 2015 4:21 pm

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flockofseagulls104 wrote:
K.P. wrote:Let's suppose that the video in the OP is true.

That's what's supposed to happen by 2050.?
Don't worry. Depending on who's lying to us, either both polar ice caps have grown tremendously over the past few years, or they are already gone (according to Al Gore in 2009).
It should be very easy to find out who is lying. The ice caps are either there or they are not. They are growing, shrinking or staying the same. Why is this still a debate? I have an opinion, but why should it be subject to opinions? Can we get someone who will tell us the truth?

http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/envi ... es-implode

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/1 ... 91632.html
I suggest you check them out in person.
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#16 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Tue Jun 30, 2015 5:59 pm

Greenland is a giant heat sink
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#17 Post by Beebs52 » Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:03 pm

What I would look like if fairies brought me a crown of fireflies: queen of the May.
Well, then

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#18 Post by franktangredi » Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:15 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:If it would get rid of the coastal states, I'd be all for it!

lb13
No one would miss Florida or New York City.
Only people who are culturally dead on the inside would not miss New York City.

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#19 Post by Jeemie » Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:58 pm

flockofseagulls104 wrote:I don't know about 'We the People', but I have certainly had enough of you.
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#20 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:08 pm

franktangredi wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:If it would get rid of the coastal states, I'd be all for it!

lb13
No one would miss Florida or New York City.
Only people who are culturally dead on the inside would not miss New York City.
Well Broadway could move to West Babylon.
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#21 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:30 pm

Meanwhile in the physical world NYC saved
http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/ ... n-may.html
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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