Can D.C. survive 'unstoppable' ice melt;ask Netherlands!

[healthmyths]

WASHINGTON -- What will become of the nation's capital?

The huge West Antarctic ice sheet is slowly collapsing, and two groups of scientists say the melting is now an unstoppable event.
Melting ice will cause sea levels to rise higher than initially projected, which is cause for concern for D.C.-area scientists and local urban planners.
Can D.C. survive 'unstoppable' ice melt? - WTOP.com

Just a common response... How come the Netherlands has NOT been under water by now???
Flood control is an important issue for the Netherlands, as about two thirds of its area is vulnerable to flooding, while the country is among the most densely populated on Earth. Natural sand dunes and human-made dikes, dams and floodgates provide defense against storm surges from the sea.
Flood control in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2/3rds of Netherlands should be underwater now! Why wouldn't what was good for them not be good for the USA???
Netherland land area is : 21,060 sq miles. 2/3rds or 14,210 miles should be under water if it weren't for their dikes and water control systems.
So what is wrong with the USA doing the same?...

 

[Avatar4321]

DC will survive that. Now if the ice in the hearts of the politicians and bureaucrats melted, we may have a problem

 

[nodoginnafight]

So we go from "climate change isn't happening" to "build dykes."

 

[TheOldSchool]

So we go from "climate change isn't happening" to "build dykes."

 

[Pete7469]

WASHINGTON -- What will become of the nation's capital?

The huge West Antarctic ice sheet is slowly collapsing, and two groups of scientists say the melting is now an unstoppable event.
Melting ice will cause sea levels to rise higher than initially projected, which is cause for concern for D.C.-area scientists and local urban planners.
Can D.C. survive 'unstoppable' ice melt? - WTOP.com

Just a common response... How come the Netherlands has NOT been under water by now???
Flood control is an important issue for the Netherlands, as about two thirds of its area is vulnerable to flooding, while the country is among the most densely populated on Earth. Natural sand dunes and human-made dikes, dams and floodgates provide defense against storm surges from the sea.
Flood control in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2/3rds of Netherlands should be underwater now! Why wouldn't what was good for them not be good for the USA???
Netherland land area is : 21,060 sq miles. 2/3rds or 14,210 miles should be under water if it weren't for their dikes and water control systems.
So what is wrong with the USA doing the same?...

Wait...

What if it's true that DC will end up under water?

Can we speed up this process?

 

[healthmyths]

So we go from "climate change isn't happening" to "build dykes."

careful with your terms... did you mean "dikes" or have more girls become lesbians using these dykes to stop the rising tide???

 

[Avatar4321]

The main reason they will survive is because global warming isn't happening.

 

[nodoginnafight]

So we go from "climate change isn't happening" to "build dykes."

careful with your terms... did you mean "dikes" or have more girls become lesbians using these dykes to stop the rising tide???

"Dyke or dike may refer to:

A natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels, called levee in American English"

Easy to see where your mind is at

 

[healthmyths]

So we go from "climate change isn't happening" to "build dykes."

careful with your terms... did you mean "dikes" or have more girls become lesbians using these dykes to stop the rising tide???

"Dyke or dike may refer to:

A natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels, called levee in American English"

Easy to see where your mind is at

Boy are you right about the word! See I'm so use to the "slang" term that didn't check it out!
I'm sorry you were right!
The one thing I take pride in is admitting when I'm wrong which is not to frequent... at least I've only had to apologize on this
forum for being wrong less then 4 times out of 8,398 posts!

And one other point... I've yet to have any Obamatron EVER apologize for the frequent totally errant hyperbolic statements they make!

 

[nodoginnafight]

careful with your terms... did you mean "dikes" or have more girls become lesbians using these dykes to stop the rising tide???

"Dyke or dike may refer to:

A natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels, called levee in American English"

Easy to see where your mind is at

Boy are you right about the word! See I'm so use to the "slang" term that didn't check it out!
I'm sorry you were right!
The one thing I take pride in is admitting when I'm wrong which is not to frequent... at least I've only had to apologize on this
forum for being wrong less then 4 times out of 8,398 posts!

And one other point... I've yet to have any Obamatron EVER apologize for the frequent totally errant hyperbolic statements they make!

Well done. And since I have apologized and admitted I was wrong a lot more times than you, I appreciate being left out of that group.

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

WASHINGTON -- What will become of the nation's capital?

The huge West Antarctic ice sheet is slowly collapsing, and two groups of scientists say the melting is now an unstoppable event.
Melting ice will cause sea levels to rise higher than initially projected, which is cause for concern for D.C.-area scientists and local urban planners.
Can D.C. survive 'unstoppable' ice melt? - WTOP.com

Just a common response... How come the Netherlands has NOT been under water by now???
Flood control is an important issue for the Netherlands, as about two thirds of its area is vulnerable to flooding, while the country is among the most densely populated on Earth. Natural sand dunes and human-made dikes, dams and floodgates provide defense against storm surges from the sea.
Flood control in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2/3rds of Netherlands should be underwater now! Why wouldn't what was good for them not be good for the USA???
Netherland land area is : 21,060 sq miles. 2/3rds or 14,210 miles should be under water if it weren't for their dikes and water control systems.
So what is wrong with the USA doing the same?...

Just when I start to think you can't post anything more idiotic than your last thread, you go and amaze me again.

List of countries by length of coastline:

9 United States of America 19,924.0 0.00217 2012 est.
10 Antarctica 17,968.0 0.00128 2012 est.
11 New Zealand 15,134.0 0.05653 2012 est.
12 China 14,500.0 0.00152 2012 est.
13 Greece 13,676.0 0.10468 2012 est.
14 Great Britain & Northern Ireland 12,429.0 0.05137 2012 est.
15 Mexico 9,330.0 0.00480 2012 est.
16 Italy 7,600.0 0.02584 2012 est.
17 Brazil 7,491.0 0.00089 2012 est.
18 Denmark 7,314.0 0.17236 2012 est.
19 Turkey 7,200.0 0.00936 2012 est.
20 India 7,000.0 0.00235 2012 est.
21 Chile 6,435.0 0.00865 2012 est.
22 Micronesia, Federated States of 6,112.0 8.70655 2012 est.
23 Croatia 5,835.0 0.10424 2012 est.
24 Solomon Islands 5,313.0 0.18984 2012 est.
25 Papua New Guinea 5,152.0 0.01138 2012 est.
26 Argentina 4,989.0 0.00182 2012 est.
27 Iceland 4,970.0 0.04958 2012 est.
28 Spain 4,964.0 0.00995 2012 est.
29 Madagascar 4,828.0 0.00830 2012 est.
30 Malaysia 4,675.0 0.01422 2012 est.
31 Estonia 3,794.0 0.08951 2012 est.
32 Cuba 3,735.0 0.03401 2012 est.
33 Svalbard 3,587.0 0.05781 2012 est.
34 Bahamas 3,542.0 0.35385 2012 est.
35 Vietnam 3,444.0 0.01111 2012 est.
36 France 3,427.0 0.00623 2012 est.
37 Thailand 3,219.0 0.00630 2012 est.
38 Sweden 3,218.0 0.00784 2012 est.
39 Colombia 3,208.0 0.00309 2012 est.
40 Coral Sea Islands 3,095.0 1,031.66667 2012 est.
41 Somalia 3,025.0 0.00482 2012 est.
42 French Southern & Antarctic Lands 2,948.0 0.38445 2012 est.
43 Venezuela 2,800.0 0.00317 2012 est.
44 South Africa 2,798.0 0.00230 2012 est.
45 Ukraine 2,782.0 0.00480 2012 est.
46 Saudi Arabia 2,640.0 0.00123 2012 est.
47 Vanuatu 2,528.0 0.20740 2012 est.
48 French Polynesia 2,525.0 0.65979 2012 est.
49 Korea (North) 2,495.0 0.02072 2012 est.
50 Panama 2,490.0 0.03349 2012 est.
51 Mozambique 2,470.0 0.00314 2012 est.
52 Egypt 2,450.0 0.00246 2012 est.
53 Iran 2,440.0 0.00159 2012 est.
54 Peru 2,414.0 0.00189 2012 est.
55 Korea (South) 2,413.0 0.02490 2012 est.
56 Germany 2,389.0 0.00685 2012 est.
57 New Caledonia 2,254.0 0.12334 2012 est.
58 Ecuador 2,237.0 0.00808 2012 est.
59 Eritrea 2,234.0 0.02212 2012 est.
60 Oman 2,092.0 0.00676 2012 est.
61 Myanmar 1,930.0 0.00295 2012 est.
62 Yemen 1,906.0 0.00361 2012 est.
63 Morocco 1,835.0 0.00411 2012 est.
64 Portugal 1,793.0 0.01960 2012 est.
65 Haiti 1,771.0 0.06426 2012 est.
66 Libya 1,770.0 0.00101 2012 est.
67 Angola 1,600.0 0.00128 2012 est.
68 Namibia 1,572.0 0.00191 2012 est.
69 Taiwan (Rep. of China) 1,566.3 0.04855 2012 est.
70 Palau 1,519.0 3.30937 2012 est.
71 Northern Mariana Is. 1,482.0 3.19397 2012 est.
72 Ireland 1,448.0 0.02102 2012 est.
73 Tanzania 1,424.0 0.00161 2012 est.
74 Sri Lanka 1,340.0 0.02073 2012 est.
75 United Arab Emirates 1,318.0 0.01577 2012 est.
76 Costa Rica 1,290.0 0.02526 2012 est.
77 Dominican Republic 1,288.0 0.02666 2012 est.
77 Falkland Islands 1,288.0 0.10581 2012 est.
79 Finland 1,250.0 0.00411 2012 est.
80 Tunisia 1,148.0 0.00739 2012 est.
81 Kiribati 1,143.0 1.40937 2012 est.
82 Fiji Islands 1,129.0 0.06178 2012 est.
83 Faroe Islands 1,117.0 0.80187 2012 est.
84 Western Sahara 1,110.0 0.00417 2012 est.
85 Pakistan 1,046.0 0.00136 2012 est.
86 Jamaica 1,022.0 0.09436 2012 est.
87 Algeria 998.0 0.00042 2012 est.
88 Cape Verde 965.0 0.23928 2012 est.
89 Spratly Islands 926.0 185.20000 2012 est.
90 Nicaragua 910.0 0.00758 2012 est.
91 Gabon 885.0 0.00343 2012 est.
92 Nigeria 853.0 0.00094 2012 est.
92 Sudan 853.0 0.00046 2012 est.
94 Honduras 832.0 0.00744 2012 est.
95 Mauritania 754.0 0.00073 2012 est.
96 Hong Kong 733.0 0.69545 2012 est.
97 East Timor 706.0 0.04747 2012 est.
98 British Indian Ocean Territory 698.0 11.63333 2012 est.
99 Uruguay 660.0 0.00377 2012 est.
100 Cyprus 648.0 0.07012 2012 est.
101 Maldives 644.0 2.16107 2012 est.
102 Bangladesh 580.0 0.00446 2012 est.
103 Liberia 579.0 0.00601 2012 est.
104 Qatar 563.0 0.04859 2012 est.
105 Ghana 539.0 0.00237 2012 est.
106 Kenya 536.0 0.00094 2012 est.
107 Senegal 531.0 0.00276 2012 est.
108 Paracel Islands 518.0 ... 2012 est.
109 Cote d'Ivoire 515.0 0.00162 2012 est.
110 Puerto Rico 501.0 0.05648 2012 est.
111 Kuwait 499.0 0.02801 2012 est.
112 Latvia 498.0 0.00800 2012 est.
113 Seychelles 491.0 1.07912 2012 est.
114 Guyana 459.0 0.00233 2012 est.
115 Netherlands 451.0 (KMs, you stupid idiot) 0.01331 2012 est.

So I'm going to give you a pass and assume you are just kidding.

 

[g5000]

WASHINGTON -- What will become of the nation's capital?

The huge West Antarctic ice sheet is slowly collapsing, and two groups of scientists say the melting is now an unstoppable event.
Melting ice will cause sea levels to rise higher than initially projected, which is cause for concern for D.C.-area scientists and local urban planners.
Can D.C. survive 'unstoppable' ice melt? - WTOP.com

Just a common response... How come the Netherlands has NOT been under water by now???
Flood control is an important issue for the Netherlands, as about two thirds of its area is vulnerable to flooding, while the country is among the most densely populated on Earth. Natural sand dunes and human-made dikes, dams and floodgates provide defense against storm surges from the sea.
Flood control in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2/3rds of Netherlands should be underwater now! Why wouldn't what was good for them not be good for the USA???
Netherland land area is : 21,060 sq miles. 2/3rds or 14,210 miles should be under water if it weren't for their dikes and water control systems.
So what is wrong with the USA doing the same?...

So you are okay with us spending trillions of dollars building dikes and water control systems all along our coasts?

Awesome!

Hey. The US is 3.79 million square miles, with over 12 thousand miles of general coastline and over 88 thousand miles of tidal shoreline.

 

[nodoginnafight]

WASHINGTON -- What will become of the nation's capital?

The huge West Antarctic ice sheet is slowly collapsing, and two groups of scientists say the melting is now an unstoppable event.
Melting ice will cause sea levels to rise higher than initially projected, which is cause for concern for D.C.-area scientists and local urban planners.
Can D.C. survive 'unstoppable' ice melt? - WTOP.com

Just a common response... How come the Netherlands has NOT been under water by now???
Flood control is an important issue for the Netherlands, as about two thirds of its area is vulnerable to flooding, while the country is among the most densely populated on Earth. Natural sand dunes and human-made dikes, dams and floodgates provide defense against storm surges from the sea.
Flood control in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2/3rds of Netherlands should be underwater now! Why wouldn't what was good for them not be good for the USA???
Netherland land area is : 21,060 sq miles. 2/3rds or 14,210 miles should be under water if it weren't for their dikes and water control systems.
So what is wrong with the USA doing the same?...

So you are okay with us spending trillions of dollars building dikes and water control systems all along our coasts?

Awesome!

Hey. The US is 3.79 million square miles, with over 12 thousand miles of general coastline and over 88 thousand miles of tidal shoreline.

We can't even get a fence built across a fraction of that length

 

[healthmyths]

WASHINGTON -- What will become of the nation's capital?

The huge West Antarctic ice sheet is slowly collapsing, and two groups of scientists say the melting is now an unstoppable event.
Melting ice will cause sea levels to rise higher than initially projected, which is cause for concern for D.C.-area scientists and local urban planners.
Can D.C. survive 'unstoppable' ice melt? - WTOP.com

Just a common response... How come the Netherlands has NOT been under water by now???
Flood control is an important issue for the Netherlands, as about two thirds of its area is vulnerable to flooding, while the country is among the most densely populated on Earth. Natural sand dunes and human-made dikes, dams and floodgates provide defense against storm surges from the sea.
Flood control in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2/3rds of Netherlands should be underwater now! Why wouldn't what was good for them not be good for the USA???
Netherland land area is : 21,060 sq miles. 2/3rds or 14,210 miles should be under water if it weren't for their dikes and water control systems.
So what is wrong with the USA doing the same?...

So you are okay with us spending trillions of dollars building dikes and water control systems all along our coasts?

Awesome!

Hey. The US is 3.79 million square miles, with over 12 thousand miles of general coastline and over 88 thousand miles of tidal shoreline.

So what is YOUR solution since THIS IS DONE science as you global warmingistas claim....
Melting Of Antarctic Ice Sheet Might Be Unstoppable
That means that in the coming centuries, global sea levels will rise by anywhere from 4 to 12 feet. As NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports, that's a larger increase than the United Nations expert panel noted last year. But it would occur over a longer time frame — centuries instead of decades.

Melting Of Antarctic Ice Sheet Might Be Unstoppable : The Two-Way : NPR

 

[nodoginnafight]

Adapt or die

 

[BlindBoo]

"The rise of the sea is likely to continue to be relatively slow for the rest of the 21st century, the scientists added, but in the more distant future it may accelerate markedly"

"A United Nations scientific committee, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has warned that the global sea level could rise as much as three feet by the end of this century if stronger efforts are not made to control greenhouse gases."

Not much alarm-ism to me.

 

[Kosh]

I am starting see that far leftism is disease that must be cured in order for the world to survive.

 

[healthmyths]

And I thought that when Obama said this:
"This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal."
Speech in St. Paul, Minnesota (3 June 2008).

Oh wait.. this is the same Prez that said..
This candidate solemnly pledged on June 5, 2008:
“In an Obama administration, we’ll lower premiums by up to $2,500 for a typical family per year…..
We’ll do it by the end of my first term as President of the United States.”

Obamacare Will Increase Health Spending By $7,450 For A Typical Family of Four - Forbes

After the MSM has declared:
I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God."
Evan Thomas on Hardball, Newsweek?s Evan Thomas: Obama Is ?Sort of God? | NewsBusters

So where is the Messiah that was to slow the rise of oceans???

 

[healthmyths]

This morning, about 5:30AM, I sent a short but succinct letter to the Editor of the Los Angeles Times (reproduced below) regarding the statements made yesterday by California Governor Jerry Brown saying that the LAX and SFO airports would “have to be moved” due to effects from posited sea level rise caused by melting of portions of the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet, some 200-800 years in the future.
The claim by Governor Brown, was patently ridiculous and I wrote about it here: Governor ‘Moonbeam’ beclowns himself over sea level rise at LAX airport.

REALITY!! FACTS!!

An aide to Jerry Brown confirmed Wednesday that the governor was wrong when he said global warming would eventually cause rising seawater to inundate Los Angeles International Airport.

…

But various sources say that the nation’s third-busiest airport — bordered by the Pacific Ocean — has elevations ranging from 108 feet to 126 feet and is protected by higher coastal bluffs on the west side.

“The governor misspoke about LAX,” said Evan Westrup, a spokesman for the Brown administration.

Environmental officials for Los Angeles World Airports, the operator of LAX, said the airport has an elevation of more than 120 feet.
“A 4-foot rise in sea level,” they said, “should have minimal impact on airport operations.”
Finally, some backpedaling on crazy talk about Antarctica, Glacier Ice Sheet Melt, Sea Level Rise, and LAX | Watts Up With That?

 

[healthmyths]

Question folks..
Global warming has caused ice sheets to melt. Right?
If the globe is warming wouldn't that mean MORE water evaporating?
Every year the earth loses 402,100,000,000 acres of water at 1 foot deep per acre through evaporation.
Re: How much water is evaporated from the earth each day?

Has that figure been calculated in the Antarctica Glacier Melt scare???

I mean if more water comes from the locked up Glaciers, evaporates into the atmosphere at some place.. geez areas that need water..RAIN!