The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)

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This isn't even really new. (except to numb nuts deniers)
The Navy and other branches are already aware of Rising Sea Levels, and it has already caused problems.
This from the Union of Concerned Scientists, not just a climate group, but dealing in issuing reports on all disciplines of science.

The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
Rising seas will increasingly flood many of our coastal military bases.
The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
....
We must prepare for the growing exposure of our military bases to sea level rise.
Naval Station Norfolk—the largest naval installation in the world—is projected to face 4.5 feet to nearly 7 feet of sea level rise this century.

Military bases at risk
18 military installations are included in this analysis. Each location's changing exposure to flooding is projected through the end of the century:
Key findings
The military is at risk of losing land where vital infrastructure, training and testing grounds, and housing for thousands of its personnel currently exist.
[.....]
  • By 2050, Most of the installations in this analysis will see more than 10 Times the number of floods they experience today.
  • By 2070, Half of the sites could experience 520 or more flood events annually- the equivalent of more than one flood daily.
  • [*]By 2100, eight bases are at risk of losing 25% to 50% or more of their land to rising seas.
  • Four installations—Naval Air Station Key West, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Dam Neck Annex, and Parris Island—are at risk of losing between 75% and 95% of their land by the end of this century.
  • Flooding won’t be confined to the bases. Many surrounding communities will also face growing exposure to rising seas......
 
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abu afak said:
This isn't even really new. (except to numb nuts deniers)
The Navy and other branches are already aware of Rising Sea Levels, and it has already caused problems.
This from the Union of Concerned Scientists, not just a climate group, but dealing in issuing reports on all disciplines of science.

The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
Rising seas will increasingly flood many of our coastal military bases.
The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)

Sea levels are rising as global warming heats up the planet. Many military bases along the US East Coast and Gulf of Mexico are at risk of permanently losing land to the ocean in the decades ahead....
..We must prepare for the growing exposure of our military bases to sea level rise.
Naval Station Norfolk—the largest naval installation in the world—is projected to face 4.5 feet to nearly 7 feet of sea level rise this century.

Military bases at risk
18 military installations are included in this analysis. Each location's changing exposure to flooding is projected through the end of the century:
Key findings
The military is at risk of losing land where vital infrastructure, training and testing grounds, and housing for thousands of its personnel currently exist.
[.....]
  • By 2050, Most of the installations in this analysis will see more than 10 Times the number of floods they experience today.
  • By 2070, Half of the sites could experience 520 or more flood events annually- the equivalent of more than one flood daily.
  • [*]By 2100, eight bases are at risk of losing 25% to 50% or more of their land to rising seas.
  • Four installations—Naval Air Station Key West, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Dam Neck Annex, and Parris Island—are at risk of losing between 75% and 95% of their land by the end of this century.
  • Flooding won’t be confined to the bases. Many surrounding communities will also face growing exposure to rising seas......
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Naval Station Norfolk—the largest naval installation in the world—is projected to face 4.5 feet to nearly 7 feet of sea level rise this century.

Sounds serious!!!!
If we buy $2 trillion worth of windmills, how much will the sea level rise?
 
Toddsterpatriot said:
Naval Station Norfolk—the largest naval installation in the world—is projected to face 4.5 feet to nearly 7 feet of sea level rise this century.
Sounds serious!!!!
If we buy $2 trillion worth of windmills, how much will the sea level rise?
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How many trolling posts with NO INFORMATION, but only nonsense/irrelevent questions have you made?
Be precise to the nearest thousand.
LOL.
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Mar 20, 2017 - When President Donald Trump visited a shipyard at Newport News, Va. this month, he told an audience of sailors and shipbuilders that the United States would defeat any danger and handle any threat. But one of the biggest threats to the military is one that Trump didn't mention: sea level rise.

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Feb 7, 2017 - Norfolk station is headquarters of the Atlantic fleet, and flooding already disrupts military readiness there and at other bases clustered around the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, officials say. Flooding will only worsen as the seas rise and the planet warms. Sea level at Norfolk has risen 14.5 inches in the ...

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Mar 31, 2017 - Reporter Jay Price of member station WUNC visited a spot in Norfolk, Va., where sea level rise is measured. JAY PRICE, BYLINE: We're on a pier at the world's largest Navy base. Navy destroyers behind us, and in front, a white cabinet not much bigger than a refrigerator. DEAN VANDERLEY: It's called the ...
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In 2012, an international insurance executive spoke at a forum on how climate change affects flooding risk, as part of the Old Dominion University Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative. After a tour ofNorfolk, she questioned why local governments are increasing risk by ignoring predictions of higher floodzones, ...

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Apr 18, 2017 - Melting ice and warming water are raising sea levels everywhere. But because the land in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia (which includes Norfolk) is also sinking, relative sea levels there arerising faster than anywhere on the Atlantic coast. Water levels are already as much as 18 inches higher than ...
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30 years of parroting the same bullshit.

Venice is still there.


.
 
How many US military bases are currently underwater due to climate change? How many more are expected to be flooded out this year?

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abu afak said:
Toddsterpatriot said:
Naval Station Norfolk—the largest naval installation in the world—is projected to face 4.5 feet to nearly 7 feet of sea level rise this century.
Sounds serious!!!!
If we buy $2 trillion worth of windmills, how much will the sea level rise?
Click to expand...
How many trolling posts with NO INFORMATION, but only nonsense/irrelevent questions have you made?
Be precise to the nearest thousand.
LOL.
`
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He's asking what you expect us to do about it.
 
They will adjust with time as they have done for centuries. It's not like they are all going to be washed out to sea next week. So silly. Global change alarmists cannot see that their ridiculous "the sky is falling!" antics are as ridiculous, in their own way, as they claim the "denier" camp to be. Calm the fuck down. People can only get so hopped up for so long.
 
Well gee whiz.....guess we all better get to work on our emergency ark's!! Maybe Abu will build a prototype, take it on the test run and report back on how it went.:113:

But who knows? Maybe the level will rise by 10 meters!!

Hey maybe in 50 years everyone will own their own personal submarine. Sure would be good for the economy.... a rebirth in manufacturing in America. Winning!!
 
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Tijn Von Ingersleben said:
They will adjust with time as they have done for centuries. It's not like they are all going to be washed out to sea next week. So silly. Global change alarmists cannot see that their ridiculous "the sky is falling!" antics are as ridiculous, in their own way, as they claim the "denier" camp to be. Calm the fuck down. People can only get so hopped up for so long.
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Yep.... what you find in this forum and others is that some people just tend to the hysterical. You see it all the time out there if you really pay attention. Like the people who hear there's a 6 inch snow storm coming and they can be found in the grocery store loading up three baskets full of food.
 
The money that we will have to spend to move those bases is money that we will not have for new infrastructure. And those same rising seas will create problems of serious military security as people in other places are forced to migrate. I fully realize that 'Conservatives' are incapable of thinking more than 48 hours ahead, but for the rest of us, and the men and women of our military, we see a problem that will seriously impact our national security.
 
Old Rocks said:
The money that we will have to spend to move those bases is money that we will not have for new infrastructure. And those same rising seas will create problems of serious military security as people in other places are forced to migrate. I fully realize that 'Conservatives' are incapable of thinking more than 48 hours ahead, but for the rest of us, and the men and women of our military, we see a problem that will seriously impact our national security.
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Seems like you are implying something here. Not sure what it is. You are not presenting any solutions. The implication I am seeing is that if there was no conservatives, the situation could be solved.

Care to elaborate on that?
 
abu afak said:
This isn't even really new. (except to numb nuts deniers)
The Navy and other branches are already aware of Rising Sea Levels, and it has already caused problems.
This from the Union of Concerned Scientists, not just a climate group, but dealing in issuing reports on all disciplines of science.

The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
Rising seas will increasingly flood many of our coastal military bases.
The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
....
We must prepare for the growing exposure of our military bases to sea level rise.
Naval Station Norfolk—the largest naval installation in the world—is projected to face 4.5 feet to nearly 7 feet of sea level rise this century.

Military bases at risk
18 military installations are included in this analysis. Each location's changing exposure to flooding is projected through the end of the century:
Key findings
The military is at risk of losing land where vital infrastructure, training and testing grounds, and housing for thousands of its personnel currently exist.
[.....]
  • By 2050, Most of the installations in this analysis will see more than 10 Times the number of floods they experience today.
  • By 2070, Half of the sites could experience 520 or more flood events annually- the equivalent of more than one flood daily.
  • [*]By 2100, eight bases are at risk of losing 25% to 50% or more of their land to rising seas.
  • Four installations—Naval Air Station Key West, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Dam Neck Annex, and Parris Island—are at risk of losing between 75% and 95% of their land by the end of this century.
  • Flooding won’t be confined to the bases. Many surrounding communities will also face growing exposure to rising seas......
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and?? what should we do??? go running/screaming/crying ''IT"S THE END OF THE WORLD''..??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
harmonica said:
abu afak said:
This isn't even really new. (except to numb nuts deniers)
The Navy and other branches are already aware of Rising Sea Levels, and it has already caused problems.
This from the Union of Concerned Scientists, not just a climate group, but dealing in issuing reports on all disciplines of science.

The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
Rising seas will increasingly flood many of our coastal military bases.
The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
....
We must prepare for the growing exposure of our military bases to sea level rise.
Naval Station Norfolk—the largest naval installation in the world—is projected to face 4.5 feet to nearly 7 feet of sea level rise this century.

Military bases at risk
18 military installations are included in this analysis. Each location's changing exposure to flooding is projected through the end of the century:
Key findings
The military is at risk of losing land where vital infrastructure, training and testing grounds, and housing for thousands of its personnel currently exist.
[.....]
  • By 2050, Most of the installations in this analysis will see more than 10 Times the number of floods they experience today.
  • By 2070, Half of the sites could experience 520 or more flood events annually- the equivalent of more than one flood daily.
  • [*]By 2100, eight bases are at risk of losing 25% to 50% or more of their land to rising seas.
  • Four installations—Naval Air Station Key West, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Dam Neck Annex, and Parris Island—are at risk of losing between 75% and 95% of their land by the end of this century.
  • Flooding won’t be confined to the bases. Many surrounding communities will also face growing exposure to rising seas......
Click to expand...
and?? what should we do??? go running/screaming/crying ''IT"S THE END OF THE WORLD''..??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Click to expand...

You should vote for candidates who believe mainstream science when it says that anthropogenic global warming is a real threat to our future and that of our descendants and that we need to act decisively to reduce global CO2 emissions.
 
Crick said:
harmonica said:
abu afak said:
This isn't even really new. (except to numb nuts deniers)
The Navy and other branches are already aware of Rising Sea Levels, and it has already caused problems.
This from the Union of Concerned Scientists, not just a climate group, but dealing in issuing reports on all disciplines of science.

The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
Rising seas will increasingly flood many of our coastal military bases.
The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
....
We must prepare for the growing exposure of our military bases to sea level rise.
Naval Station Norfolk—the largest naval installation in the world—is projected to face 4.5 feet to nearly 7 feet of sea level rise this century.

Military bases at risk
18 military installations are included in this analysis. Each location's changing exposure to flooding is projected through the end of the century:
Key findings
The military is at risk of losing land where vital infrastructure, training and testing grounds, and housing for thousands of its personnel currently exist.
[.....]
  • By 2050, Most of the installations in this analysis will see more than 10 Times the number of floods they experience today.
  • By 2070, Half of the sites could experience 520 or more flood events annually- the equivalent of more than one flood daily.
  • [*]By 2100, eight bases are at risk of losing 25% to 50% or more of their land to rising seas.
  • Four installations—Naval Air Station Key West, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Dam Neck Annex, and Parris Island—are at risk of losing between 75% and 95% of their land by the end of this century.
  • Flooding won’t be confined to the bases. Many surrounding communities will also face growing exposure to rising seas......
Click to expand...
and?? what should we do??? go running/screaming/crying ''IT"S THE END OF THE WORLD''..??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Click to expand...

You should vote for candidates who believe mainstream science when it says that anthropogenic global warming is a real threat to our future and that of our descendants and that we need to act decisively to reduce global CO2 emissions.
Click to expand...
what threat?
 
Crick said:
harmonica said:
abu afak said:
This isn't even really new. (except to numb nuts deniers)
The Navy and other branches are already aware of Rising Sea Levels, and it has already caused problems.
This from the Union of Concerned Scientists, not just a climate group, but dealing in issuing reports on all disciplines of science.

The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
Rising seas will increasingly flood many of our coastal military bases.
The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
....
We must prepare for the growing exposure of our military bases to sea level rise.
Naval Station Norfolk—the largest naval installation in the world—is projected to face 4.5 feet to nearly 7 feet of sea level rise this century.

Military bases at risk
18 military installations are included in this analysis. Each location's changing exposure to flooding is projected through the end of the century:
Key findings
The military is at risk of losing land where vital infrastructure, training and testing grounds, and housing for thousands of its personnel currently exist.
[.....]
  • By 2050, Most of the installations in this analysis will see more than 10 Times the number of floods they experience today.
  • By 2070, Half of the sites could experience 520 or more flood events annually- the equivalent of more than one flood daily.
  • [*]By 2100, eight bases are at risk of losing 25% to 50% or more of their land to rising seas.
  • Four installations—Naval Air Station Key West, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Dam Neck Annex, and Parris Island—are at risk of losing between 75% and 95% of their land by the end of this century.
  • Flooding won’t be confined to the bases. Many surrounding communities will also face growing exposure to rising seas......
Click to expand...
and?? what should we do??? go running/screaming/crying ''IT"S THE END OF THE WORLD''..??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Click to expand...

You should vote for candidates who believe mainstream science when it says that anthropogenic global warming is a real threat to our future and that of our descendants and that we need to act decisively to reduce global CO2 emissions.
Click to expand...

A wasted vote. But don't take my word for it. Check the returns from the 2016 midterms. Despite 85 million contributed by Tom Steyer, green candidates almost invariably got their clocks cleaned. Almost a clean sweep. Once again proving that nobody is caring about the science.

In the bigger picture let's face it, people have way too much to worry about besides the climate. Which is why in every poll of voter concerns climate changes waaaaaay down the bottom of the list. Gallup, Pew Rasmussen..... climate change is right there on the bottom with gun control and race relations in terms of concerns.
 
abu afak said:
This isn't even really new. (except to numb nuts deniers)
The Navy and other branches are already aware of Rising Sea Levels, and it has already caused problems.
This from the Union of Concerned Scientists, not just a climate group, but dealing in issuing reports on all disciplines of science.

The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
Rising seas will increasingly flood many of our coastal military bases.
The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
....
We must prepare for the growing exposure of our military bases to sea level rise.
Naval Station Norfolk—the largest naval installation in the world—is projected to face 4.5 feet to nearly 7 feet of sea level rise this century.

Military bases at risk
18 military installations are included in this analysis. Each location's changing exposure to flooding is projected through the end of the century:
Key findings
The military is at risk of losing land where vital infrastructure, training and testing grounds, and housing for thousands of its personnel currently exist.
[.....]
  • By 2050, Most of the installations in this analysis will see more than 10 Times the number of floods they experience today.
  • By 2070, Half of the sites could experience 520 or more flood events annually- the equivalent of more than one flood daily.
  • [*]By 2100, eight bases are at risk of losing 25% to 50% or more of their land to rising seas.
  • Four installations—Naval Air Station Key West, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Dam Neck Annex, and Parris Island—are at risk of losing between 75% and 95% of their land by the end of this century.
  • Flooding won’t be confined to the bases. Many surrounding communities will also face growing exposure to rising seas......
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Walking the Plank

The Navy wants to get Democratic votes for more funding, which they will spend on defense, not fantasy.
 
Crick said:
harmonica said:
abu afak said:
This isn't even really new. (except to numb nuts deniers)
The Navy and other branches are already aware of Rising Sea Levels, and it has already caused problems.
This from the Union of Concerned Scientists, not just a climate group, but dealing in issuing reports on all disciplines of science.

The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
Rising seas will increasingly flood many of our coastal military bases.
The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
....
We must prepare for the growing exposure of our military bases to sea level rise.
Naval Station Norfolk—the largest naval installation in the world—is projected to face 4.5 feet to nearly 7 feet of sea level rise this century.

Military bases at risk
18 military installations are included in this analysis. Each location's changing exposure to flooding is projected through the end of the century:
Key findings
The military is at risk of losing land where vital infrastructure, training and testing grounds, and housing for thousands of its personnel currently exist.
[.....]
  • By 2050, Most of the installations in this analysis will see more than 10 Times the number of floods they experience today.
  • By 2070, Half of the sites could experience 520 or more flood events annually- the equivalent of more than one flood daily.
  • [*]By 2100, eight bases are at risk of losing 25% to 50% or more of their land to rising seas.
  • Four installations—Naval Air Station Key West, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Dam Neck Annex, and Parris Island—are at risk of losing between 75% and 95% of their land by the end of this century.
  • Flooding won’t be confined to the bases. Many surrounding communities will also face growing exposure to rising seas......
Click to expand...
and?? what should we do??? go running/screaming/crying ''IT"S THE END OF THE WORLD''..??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Click to expand...

You should vote for candidates who believe mainstream science when it says that anthropogenic global warming is a real threat to our future and that of our descendants and that we need to act decisively to reduce global CO2 emissions.
Click to expand...

Nahhhhh...

It’s more fun to run around screaming.
 
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