Re: New Zealnders now laughing at global warming

In article <d1b92$4653dc7a$cef8887a$14946@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Consider a city like New Orleans. Raise ocean level by half a metre and
the next hurricane to hit will definitely push a surge of water that
will go over the levies every year.


And yet, after loosing everything and really having nothing to go back
there for people are flocking back and being strongly encouraged to do
so by the local government knowing full well that they are very likely
to get wiped out yet again. Go figure!! People here do realize that
the US is so big there is plenty of land available to relocate all those
people permanently at a tremendous saving over the cost of continuously
rebuilding New Orleans.

And someone in an earlier post mentioned how much time JFK would spend
underwater if the oceans rose even a little bit. Can you say Schipol?
I knew you could!!

bill

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