FWIW, according to NatGeo, the map isn't going to look like what they published for probably another 5,000 years; it'll take that long for all the ice to melt. (Don't know about the Mississippi, though.)
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote: The palm leaf reader who comes to FF twice a year has been known to say, "What good is vastu if you're under water." He predicts that the Mississippi will flood all the way to FF. He advises one and all to move to a location 2,000 above sea level or higher. On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 11:14 AM, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: It must be melting faster because our "sunny California" weather is much colder than usual for this time of year. A friend has a fishing boat and fishes up in Alaska and says the ice is really melting away. On 11/05/2013 12:52 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Fascinating interactive map from National Geographic. Suffice it to say I wouldn't still be in the Netherlands, and a few others here would be in different places, too. Fairfield would still be as high, dry, and boring as ever. :-) http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/rising-seas/if-ice-melted-map http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/rising-seas/if-ice-melted-map