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

[abu afak]

You didn't try very hard. But of course, AFTER the Orders were barked, they cleverly hid a lot of that funding in "public-private" ventures like the. The Center for Climate & Security which totally works off funding "laundered" thru various govt agencies.
Obama orders climate change be considered in military planning

White House special assistant to the president, Alice Hill, told reporters that the presidential memo will "prioritize climate threats" to identify the most significant risks to the nation's security and drive full consideration of climate change effects into national security plans and policies.

The policy change comes one week after the president said that climate change discussions have moved from the Oval Office to the "Situation Room," where he convenes with national security experts and the military to address active threats to the United States.

Presidential Memorandum -- Climate Change and National Security


All HANDS ON DECK.. DEFCON3 --- Situation Room has control...

"AYE AYE SIR"...

That's right CLOWN
It's only Obama who directed the Military to be afraid of Warming.

Another outrageous Ball of **** from Flacaltenn.

military acknowledgement warming - Google Search

U.S. Military Forges Ahead with Plans to Combat Climate Change ...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/.../us-military-forges-ahead-with-plans-to-combat-...
Apr 2, 2012 - Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
...
Trump's Defense Secretary Cites Climate Change as… — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/.../trumps-defense-secretary-cites-climate-change-national...
Mar 14, 2017 - Mattis has long espoused the position that the armed forces, for a host of reasons, need to cut dependence on fossil fuels and explore renewable energy where it ... Mattis' statements could hearten world leaders who have urged the Trump administration to remain engaged on addressing global warming.

US military plans for climate change - Motherboard
US military plans for climate change
Oct 14, 2014 - The military is preparing to adapt to a warming planet.

What the U.S. Military is Doing About Climate Change
blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2017/09/.../what-the-u-s-military-is-doing-about-climate-chang...
Sep 20, 2017 -
While the White House denies that climate change is happening, the Military has been Aware of the risks of climate change since 1990, and has been actively working for a number of years already to avoid and adapt to the worst effects of climate change, including flooding, extreme heat, extreme weather, ...

Trump's new defense bill includes a Dire Warning on climate change ...
The defense bill Trump just signed includes a dire military warning on climate change...
Dec 13, 2017 - In the bill, current and former top US military brass attest to the national security threat of a rapidly changing climate.
By signing the bill, Trump also ordered a report on “vulnerabilities to military installations” that climate change could cause in the next 20 years. The bill's acknowledgement and anticipation of ...
You visited this page on 5/6/18.
...
Climate change is a 'direct threat to national security,' the defense bill ...
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/climate-change-is-a-direct-threat-to-national-se...Nov 22, 2017 - The 2400-page National Defense Authorization Act that Congress sent to President Trump last week is packed with new military policies and weapons ... There was widespread acknowledgement of climate change under the Barack Obama administration following skepticism from the George W. Bush ...
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****!, there's even a Military Consensus on Warming.... to join the Scientific one!
Ah, Reality.

PS: Finished off all comers again.
Bye for now.
Thanks for all your help in unwittingly assisting me in showing the truth.
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[flacaltenn]

You didn't try very hard. But of course, AFTER the Orders were barked, they cleverly hid a lot of that funding in "public-private" ventures like the. The Center for Climate & Security which totally works off funding "laundered" thru various govt agencies.
Obama orders climate change be considered in military planning

White House special assistant to the president, Alice Hill, told reporters that the presidential memo will "prioritize climate threats" to identify the most significant risks to the nation's security and drive full consideration of climate change effects into national security plans and policies.

The policy change comes one week after the president said that climate change discussions have moved from the Oval Office to the "Situation Room," where he convenes with national security experts and the military to address active threats to the United States.

Presidential Memorandum -- Climate Change and National Security


All HANDS ON DECK.. DEFCON3 --- Situation Room has control...

"AYE AYE SIR"...

That's right CLOWN
It's only Obama who directed the Militray to be afraid of Warming.
Another outrageous Ball of **** from Flacaltenn.

military acknowledgement warming - Google Search

U.S. Military Forges Ahead with Plans to Combat Climate Change ...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/.../us-military-forges-ahead-with-plans-to-combat-...
Apr 2, 2012 - Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
...
Trump's Defense Secretary Cites Climate Change as… — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/.../trumps-defense-secretary-cites-climate-change-national...
Mar 14, 2017 - Mattis has long espoused the position that the armed forces, for a host of reasons, need to cut dependence on fossil fuels and explore renewable energy where it ... Mattis' statements could hearten world leaders who have urged the Trump administration to remain engaged on addressing global warming.

US military plans for climate change - Motherboard
US military plans for climate change
Oct 14, 2014 - The military is preparing to adapt to a warming planet.

What the U.S. Military is Doing About Climate Change
blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2017/09/.../what-the-u-s-military-is-doing-about-climate-chang...
Sep 20, 2017 - While the White House denies that climate change is happening, the military has been aware of the risks of climate change since 1990, and has been actively working for a number of years already to avoid and adapt to the worst effects of climate change, including flooding, extreme heat, extreme weather, ...
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I'm SO GLAD Obama sikked the military on GodZilla. Should have that monster neutered in a couple decades.

They LOVE THE MONEY too much. Can't FIRE people... It's permanent. Even into the next Ice Age.

 

[abu afak]

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JUNE 2, 2017
Trump's climate doubts ignore U.S. Military Consensus on risks
Yeganeh Torbati - Reuters
Trump's climate doubts ignore U.S. military consensus on risks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump relies far more than his recent predecessors on advisers with a military background, but his apparent Disregard for Climate Ccience is at Odds with the U.S. Military’s CONENSUS on the risks of climate change to security.
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[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

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:

• Maine: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
• New Jersey: US Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook
• Maryland: US Naval Academy
• Washington, DC: Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling and Washington Navy Yard
• Virginia: Joint Base Langley-Eustis | Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex | Naval Station Norfolk
• North Carolina: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
• South Carolina: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
• Georgia: Hunter Army Airfield | Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay
• Florida: Naval Air Station Key West | Naval Station Mayport | Eglin Air Force Base

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.
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• 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......

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?

4.5 feet to nearly 7 feet.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas

last time i checked boats float

Submarines don't!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

When given an ORDER to hype Global Warming, all the US military can do is salute and respond "Yes Sir". And then go fishing for some computer modeling bound to fail by the end of 2020...

That is not what I've seen. Do you have some evidence to support that charge? Like, a reference to that "order"?

Do you have a copy of the order that Roosevelt gave to Eisenhower to invade the European continent?

How about the order from Trump to strike Syria?

 

[skookerasbil]

The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas

last time i checked boats float

Submarines don't!

Hey man, think of how cool it will be when in a couple of decades everyone will own their own personal submarine. Who'da thunk it even 25 years ago. Going to be a whole new manufacturing market and you got to figure the Trump family will be right in the middle of it!! Winning as always!!

How about you s0n, have you built your emergency ark yet? For those of you who are all angst about climate change and supposed sea level rise, I'd suggest getting to work on a prototype ark..... once that water is up to your knees it's probably too late.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas

last time i checked boats float

Submarines don't!

Hopefully they do......periodically.

 

[jon_berzerk]

The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas

last time i checked boats float

Submarines don't!

indeed they do --LOL -but they dont need too

A submarine has the ability to float and sink. The ability to control buoyancy comes from the submarine's trim or ballast tanks which can be filled with either water or air, depending on whether the submarine needs to float or sink.

http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-11_u-90.../sailing-sinking-soaring/moving-through-water

 

[Old Rocks]

The load of shit on this board from the deniers would fertilize the Sahara. Yes, currents do affect the sea level. So an area that is already seeing a much warmer ocean, which leads to a rise in itself, on top of the rise from Alpine and Continental Glaciers, will see even more if the currents push more water that way. And, of course, the currents are affected by the distribution of heat. Worldwide, there is a rise in the sea level, and one that is accelerating. As measured both by tidal gauges and satellites. And all the denials by you room temperature IQ's cannot change those measurements. You can only lie about them, which is your modus operandi in any case.

 

[skookerasbil]

Treating speculation as if it were fact is an exercise for k00ks.

Appears a little exercise lesson in common sense is necessary in this thread.....

Very few people are worried about sea level rise and it will always be that way. Sorry but that's just the way it is. Those who tend to the hysterical are pulling their hair out but most people realize there is no certainty to the future climate whatsoever. Accordingly they have their minds wrapped up in things that are far more pressing to them.... the scratching and clawing to just make it in life. That's most people.... but then you have the minority of people who either have no real responsibilities in life or are just coasting in life. Those are the people who have too much time to think. Those are people who worry about st00pid shit like a 3mm rise in the sea level.

What changes this dynamic? Well if one morning we wake up and turn on the news and see seawater at the second story of the Empire State Building in New York City, then people will care but not a moment sooner. Duh

 

[flacaltenn]

The load of shit on this board from the deniers would fertilize the Sahara. Yes, currents do affect the sea level. So an area that is already seeing a much warmer ocean, which leads to a rise in itself, on top of the rise from Alpine and Continental Glaciers, will see even more if the currents push more water that way. And, of course, the currents are affected by the distribution of heat. Worldwide, there is a rise in the sea level, and one that is accelerating. As measured both by tidal gauges and satellites. And all the denials by you room temperature IQ's cannot change those measurements. You can only lie about them, which is your modus operandi in any case.

The VARIATION in coastal "sea level" in some of these places (like the SE coast) due to dominant shore currents moving in location or speeding or slowing, is almost EQUAL to the 4.5ft by 2100 that AIN'T gonna happen.. And that variation has been happening for probably millenia..

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas

last time i checked boats float

Submarines don't!

indeed they do --LOL -but they dont need too

A submarine has the ability to float and sink. The ability to control buoyancy comes from the submarine's trim or ballast tanks which can be filled with either water or air, depending on whether the submarine needs to float or sink.

http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-11_u-90.../sailing-sinking-soaring/moving-through-water

Hey Captain Obvious!

I was a qualified submariner.

 

[abu afak]

All these posts by NON-science Right Wingers who are 'interested' in only ONE sci subject for Political reasons.
They know Nothing, just what someblog told them.
And the ones who use the blogs are the better ones. Most are just harassing One-Line Trolls like jc456, skookerasbil, etc.
Do they also want to accuse the Military CONSENSUS on the subject of being "Libtards"?

The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary.
By Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis
April 25, 2018 - Washington Post
The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary.

The threats to the islands are twofold. In the long term, the rising seas threaten to inundate the islands entirely. More immediately, as seas rise, the islands will more frequently deal with large waves that crash farther onto the shore, contaminating their drinkable water supplies with ocean saltwater, according to the research.

The islands face climate-change-driven threats to their water supplies “in the very near future,” according to the study, published in the journal Science Advances.

The study focused on a part of the Marshall Islands in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Hilda Heine, president of the Marshall Islands, said in an interview that Wednesday’s journal article “brings home the seriousness” of the predicament facing her island nation.

“It’s a scary scenario for us,” she said.

The research also has ramifications for the U.S. military, whose massive Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site sits, in part, on the atoll island of Roi-Namur — a part of the Marshall Islands and the focus of the research.

The U.S. military supported the research in part to learn about the vulnerability of its tropical-island installations. The Pentagon base on Roi-Namur and surrounding islands supports about 1,250 American civilians, contractors and military personnel.

“This study provided a better understanding of how atoll islands may be affected by a changing climate,” Defense Department spokeswoman Heather Babb said in a statement. “While no decisions have been made about Department of Defense activities on the islands based on the study, DOD continues to focus on ensuring its installations and infrastructure are resilient to a wide range of threats. The department’s understanding of rising sea levels will enable the military services and agencies in affected areas to make informed decisions on how to continue to execute their missions.”[.....]​

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[jwoodie]

All these posts by NON-science Right Wingers who are 'interested' in only ONE sci subject for Political reasons.
They know Nothing, just what someblog told them.
And the ones who use the blogs are the better ones. Most are just harassing One-Line Trolls like jc456, skookerasbil, etc.
Do they also want to accuse the Military CONSENSUS on the subject of being "Libtards"?

The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary.
By Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis
April 25, 2018 - Washington Post

The Military is not the Washington Post and large waves do not mean the sea level is rising, Libtard.

 

[abu afak]

The Military is not the Washington Post and large waves do not mean the sea level is rising, Libtard.

Another outrageous Ball of **** from Con-tard Wood head.

military acknowledgement warming - Google Search

U.S. Military Forges Ahead with Plans to Combat Climate Change ...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/.../us-military-forges-ahead-with-plans-to-combat-...
Apr 2, 2012 - Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
...
Trump's Defense Secretary Cites Climate Change as… — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/.../trumps-defense-secretary-cites-climate-change-national...
Mar 14, 2017 - Mattis has long espoused the position that the armed forces, for a host of reasons, need to Cut dependence on Fossil fuels and explore Renewable energy where it ... Mattis' statements could hearten world leaders who have urged the Trump administration to remain engaged on addressing global warming.

US military plans for climate change - Motherboard
US military plans for climate change
Oct 14, 2014 - The military is preparing to adapt to a warming planet.

What the U.S. Military is Doing About Climate Change
blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2017/09/.../what-the-u-s-military-is-doing-about-climate-chang...
Sep 20, 2017 -
While the White House denies that climate change is happening, the Military has been Aware of the risks of climate change since 1990, and has been actively working for a number of years already to avoid and adapt to the worst effects of climate change, including flooding, extreme heat, extreme weather, ...

Trump's new defense bill includes a Dire Warning on climate change ...
The defense bill Trump just signed includes a dire military warning on climate change...
Dec 13, 2017 - In the bill, current and former top US military brass attest to the national security threat of a rapidly changing climate.
By signing the bill, Trump also ordered a report on “vulnerabilities to military installations” that climate change could cause in the next 20 years. The bill's acknowledgement and anticipation of ...
...
Climate change is a 'direct threat to national security,' the defense bill ...
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/climate-change-is-a-direct-threat-to-national-se...Nov 22, 2017 - The 2400-page National Defense Authorization Act that Congress sent to President Trump last week is packed with new military policies and weapons ... There was widespread acknowledgement of climate change under the Barack Obama administration following skepticism from the George W. Bush ...
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****!, there's even a Military Consensus on Warming.... to join the Scientific one!
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You Lose Trumpov boy.
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[abu afak]

"Libtard" Military, DOD/Pentagon, and GOP Congress.. I guess.

TRUMP AND THE MILITARY ARE AT ODDS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
SEAN MOWBRAY
JAN 18, 2018
Trump and the Military Are at Odds on Climate Change

While the Trump administration has largely rejected climate change as an issue, the Department of Defense and Congress have identified it as a major potential threat to national security. The United States government appears to be of two minds, with utterly opposing worldviews, on climate change policy.
On one hand, the Trump administration has pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement, proposed eliminating three vital new climate satellites, reneged on an Obama-era $2 billion commitment to the Green Climate Fund, and wants to slash funding to the Environmental Protection Agency's domestic climate programs and the Department of State's USAID climate programs around the globe. The president has also denounced global warming as a Hoax and a Chinese plot.

On the other hand, the Republican-dominated Congress has affirmed that climate change is a prominent national security threat and mandated that the Department of Defense (DOD) look closely at how climate change is going to affect key installations, while also addressing the need to boost the military's finances considerably to deal with global warming threats. When Trump's national security strategy—announced in January—erased climate change as a threat to U.S. security, that decision drew the ire of a bipartisan group of congressional legislators.

As a result of this dichotomy, the DOD has emerged as an unlikely champion of climate action in the Trump government, with the Pentagon declaring emphatically that a Rapidly warming world is bringing with it Alarming security risks ranging from rising sea level (which threatens naval bases such as Norfolk, Virginia, the largest in the world), to the "mother of all risks"—unpredictable and worsening political instability around the globe brought by climate chaos.
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[abu afak]

Deniers have a tough time calling the Military "Left/Libtard" so they can't Swallow this string/Can't deal with it.

Our military knows climate change puts its facilities at risk
APR 30, 2018
Our military knows climate change puts its facilities at risk

Don’t try and tell the U.S. military that global warming and climate change are nothing to worry about.

A study supported in part by the military expects that U.S. military facilities in the Pacific Ocean may be Flooded and Uninhabitable by the Middle of this century. Reliable science-based estimates place the rise in ocean levels at a possible 2 Meters or more.

Greenhouse gases generated by burning Coal and other Fossil Fuels trap heat in our atmosphere. They normally would be radiated away into space. The oceans act as a heat sink for the increased heat. The rise in ocean levels is a result of melting Arctic, Antarctic and Greenland ice packs as well as the expansion of sea water because warm water expands

More than half the oxygen we breathe comes from phytoplankton in the ocean.
The warming of the oceans is also having a dire effect on the phytoplankton that live in the water. The amount of phytoplankton has decreased by more than 40% since the 1950s and has been decreasing around 10% every year.

If efforts aren’t taken now to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases generated by fossil fuels through increased use of renewable energy sources, we may find ourselves living in a world that doesn’t have enough oxygen in the atmosphere to support us and other living organisms. A carbon fee and dividend program such as the one from Citizens Climate Lobby could help to encourage more use and interest in renewable, non-polluting energy sources.​

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Deniers have a tough time calling the Military "Left/Libtard" so they can't Swallow this string/Can't deal with it.

Our military knows climate change puts its facilities at risk
APR 30, 2018
Our military knows climate change puts its facilities at risk

Don’t try and tell the U.S. military that global warming and climate change are nothing to worry about.

A study supported in part by the military expects that U.S. military facilities in the Pacific Ocean may be Flooded and Uninhabitable by the Middle of this century. Reliable science-based estimates place the rise in ocean levels at a possible 2 Meters or more.

Greenhouse gases generated by burning Coal and other Fossil Fuels trap heat in our atmosphere. They normally would be radiated away into space. The oceans act as a heat sink for the increased heat. The rise in ocean levels is a result of melting Arctic, Antarctic and Greenland ice packs as well as the expansion of sea water because warm water expands

More than half the oxygen we breathe comes from phytoplankton in the ocean.
The warming of the oceans is also having a dire effect on the phytoplankton that live in the water. The amount of phytoplankton has decreased by more than 40% since the 1950s and has been decreasing around 10% every year.

If efforts aren’t taken now to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases generated by fossil fuels through increased use of renewable energy sources, we may find ourselves living in a world that doesn’t have enough oxygen in the atmosphere to support us and other living organisms. A carbon fee and dividend program such as the one from Citizens Climate Lobby could help to encourage more use and interest in renewable, non-polluting energy sources.​

Deniers have a tough time calling the Military "Left/Libtard"

I don't. Not one bit.

Under Left-tard President Obama, liberal idiocy was forced on the military.
Including, but not limited to, AGW idiocy.

The warming of the oceans is also having a dire effect on the phytoplankton that live in the water. The amount of phytoplankton has decreased by more than 40% since the 1950s and has been decreasing around 10% every year.​

Sounds serious!!! I heard the last time the Earth had a decent warm spell, the phytoplankton disappeared and all life on Earth suffocated.......Geez, the crap you morons swallow is ridiculous.

Quick, we need to save the phytoplankton, how many new nuclear reactors should we build?​

 

[abu afak]

Norfolk Wants to Remake Itself as Sea Level Rises, but Who Will Be Left Behind?
The proud Navy town sees itself as a living lab for coastal resilience, one in desperate need of solutions as flooding worsens. Not every neighborhood will be saved.
By Nicholas Kusnetz
MAY 21, 2018

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A Living Lab for Adapting to Rising Seas
On a bright day last winter, several dozen executives, architects, military officers and government officials from around the country gathered in a glass room atop Norfolk's main public library. It was the start of an initiative on coastal innovation, organized by a project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a local nonprofit that the city of Norfolk created to fund technological solutions to coastal resilience.

The conference was exactly the type of event city leaders had hoped to host: one that draws a national mix of private and public sector leaders to use Norfolk as a laboratory for adapting to rising seas.

The seed was planted in 2015, when Norfolk brought in a group from the Netherlands for what it called the "Dutch Dialogues." Andria McClellan, a city councilwoman who at the time was on the planning commission, said city officials realized then that climate adaptation could provide a vehicle for economic development.

"Their technology around this is a huge portion of their GDP," she said of the Dutch. Much of the Netherlands lies below sea level, and the country's expertise on how to tame and adapt to water has become a national export.

City leaders also began to realize that rather than focusing only on fortifying the areas at risk, they also needed to rethink the places that are relatively safer.

"Let's focus on the areas that aren't at risk, and how we can develop and improve and densify those areas," said George Homewood, Norfolk's planning director, "so that our great little city by the sea gets to continue to be that great little city by the sea because we've been able to move it and shape it over time to places that are less at risk."

In 2016, Homewood led the publication of "Vision 2100," a broad-strokes scoping document for how Norfolk could literally reshape itself into "the coastal community of the future."
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The 'Yellow Zone': Some Neighborhoods Won't Be Saved
Along the coasts of the United States, cities were built under the seemingly safe assumption that land is land, and water is water. But the assumption of fixed coastlines proved wrong, and many neighborhoods may soon find themselves on the wrong side of the line.

Around Norfolk, seas are expected to rise another 6 inches to 1.5 feet over the next three decades. The rate of sea level rise in the second half of the century is more uncertain. A rapid cut in global emissions would make a tremendous difference. Without that, more pessimistic projections say seas could rise 6.5 feet or more by 2100, a level that would inundate nearly 40% of Norfolk at least twice a month, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. About 350 other U.S. communities would be in similar shape or worse.

While many of those communities may end up protected by walls or other infrastructure, there's growing recognition that some places will just get wetter and wetter and be lost to the sea.
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