Well, I do not feel all that sorry for you. If sea level was to rise a half-meter half or Flordia would be gone, if it rose a meter there would just be a few little islands where millions of people now live. And they would only be a small percentage of the people effected through out the world. A lot of Holland, I understand, is actually below sea level.
On the other hand, here is some homework for you. How many gallons of water would have to be added to the worlds oceans to raise sea level 1/2 meter? Next question, how many gallons of water are in the worlds ice caps. Now last question, if the worlds mean temperature went up 10 degrees, how long would it take to entirely melt the ice caps. One of the things that we forget is just how big a place the world is. We think in terms of our town, our city. I have crisscrossed the US by car, train, bus, and a lot of it on foot. Even with that experience it is so big I have a hard time imagining it. The US is a only a small portion of the land in the world. The oceans are 3 times as big as all the land combined. Think of that. Oh yes, and quit watching disaster movies. Tim Øsleby wrote: > My 125 year old casa Øsleby is built at sand ground, and is located about > two meters above sea level. > > My estimate is that a half meter rise of the sea level will be the end of > it. The ground would be washed away during storms. The main street and the > church of my village are at the same level and same ground. The impact of > storms could be minimised by building a breakwater, but that will be > expensive (because of the ground in the sea) and will also change the > village totally. > > But I'm not "general you", I'm just me, my folks and my community ;-) > > BTW. Casa Øsleby is not a house really, it is more an everlasting project. > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > -----Original Message----- > > On 25/12/06, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Have you (general you) ever thought about the fact that we here are this >> list are so well off that we are only bothered by things that do not >> affect us directly. The other 80% of the people in the world should have >> it so good. > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
