From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vaj Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 4:39 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rising seas threaten sacred Indian island On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:23 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote:
--- In <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > From: <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto: <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of ShempMcGurk > Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 3:42 PM > To: <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rising seas threaten sacred Indian island > > > Someone will have to explain "sea level" to me. > > I certainly understand when lakes or rivers within enclosed land can rise or > fall. But bodies of water, such as the topic here, connected to the oceans > of the world are all at sea level, no? Certainly, tides may rise up or down > and cover or uncover land...but how can any of this be permanent by "rising" > sea levels when, as I understand it, the entire connected oceans of the > world would have to rise simultaneously? > That's exactly what's happening, because melting ice in Greenland and > Antarctica is adding to the amount of sea water, cause seas to rise. If they > rise as it is predicted they might, coastal cities like New York will be > inundated. Now it's just impacting low-lying islands. > Rick, Rick, Rick. That is NOT "exactly what is happening" because if it was, New York City 10,000 miles away from India would have the exact same rise as this island does. It is what's happening. Coastal flooding is an ongoing problem around the world. The east coast is having problems all over. I remember as a kid, the World Book encyclopedia our 1968 edition had a grayscale picture of Manhattan, skyscrapers shown to scale, shown after the icecaps had completely melted. They were all under water. But you had to know that already. Are you telling us Canadian schools and a consciousness-based education were that bad? Where'd you grow up, rural Yukon? If he had, he'd be convinced of global warming, because they're feeling the effects of it acutely.
