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Florida to drown, women and minorities most affected.
I remember them talking about this back then.
FuzzyGeff and
I debated it extensively, usually sparked by discussing the grain blight of
the Car Wars universe.
I remember that they were saying that, if nothing was done immediately, then in 50 years Tallahassee would be ocean-front property and the entire Florida peninsula would be submerged.
Well, they didn't do anything immediately, and have hardly done anything since...
To get the effect they were talking about 42 years ago, we'd need some dramatic heating in the next couple of years and even the poles would be uninhabitable.
But that's not going to happen. I think that serious scientists are aware of it too.
But it's not a question of science. It's a matter of politics and rational thought has no place with politicians as long as irrational panic can get them votes and power.
PS: Notice it's Dan Rather? I rather think his credibility is shot these days.
PPS: Maybe Dan hadn't gotten the word from his predecessor, Uncle Walt:
I also have not noticed any flooding of Cape Canaveral or the barrier islands in Brevard, where Banana River Naval Air Station/Patrick Air Force Base/Patrick Space Force Base and my mother's house have been around for a while. BRNAS/PAFB/PSFB since 1938 (the seaplane ramp is the boat ramp in the MWR area) and my mom's house since the mid 60's.
ReplyDeleteNor have I seen the powers-that-be have to raise up the levels of the non-bridge sections of all the causeways that connect said barrier islands to the mainland.
Hmmm...
And now the doom-and-gloomers are crying about the death of the Gulf Stream and the coming Ice Age. Do sea levels rise during ice ages?
The trouble is, there are a lot of people who are very influential and so hypnotized by the "green" fanatics that they feel any lie, any exaggeration, is OK if it might reduce evil "pollution."
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