Dan Minette wrote:
> 
> I don't see any real evidence for that.  The global warming will
> just continue...allowing for mass migrations to take place over
> decades instead of months.
>
You mean, because of rising sea levels? Can someone explain to me
_why_ the sea levels would increase, if the evidence is that only
the arctic ice will melt, and other ices (Antarctica, for example)
will grow due to increasing snowing? If I can do the math,
this means that sea levels will _decrease_.

> There will be suffering and death in these, but it pales 
> in comparison to that presently occurring as a result of a lack of 
> clean water supplies.  This is killing millions/year, but isn't 
> newsworthy because it doesn't make a good story with villains and 
> heroes, etc.
>
As that famous quote fakely attributed to Stalin: "the death of
one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is statistics".

Alberto Monteiro

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