Does RISING SEA LEVEL concern you?

[AviatorTom]

Due to Climate Change, some scientists are predicting a rise in average sea level of up to 30 feet (10 meters) in the next 100 years, which puts major cities along coastlines at risk of being flooded, as shown in the global map, as well as people living near the coast being forced to move inland. Some island nations (Maldives, for example) may disappear altogether.

Does this concern you?

If you live near the coast, will you move before the sea floods your home?

If you live inland, do you care about the coastal residents who will be displaced and likely move to where to live?

All comments welcomed.

[strateguy632]

first "real science is observed" not future predictions [nor history before people observed].

2, anybody can make a meme! and that meme does not even say sea level is __ inches higher.

3, the moon can cause temporary higher tide but that is not a constant sea level.

if you believe global warming that should comfort your "alarms and concerns" because warm air can hold more humidity!

4 last but not least the same politicians making a fuss about global warming "crisis" and carbon dioxide and carbon foot prints, show in action they know they are saying lies by buying beach front property... you would not buy something you knew was truly doomed to sink and drown! showing huge carbon footprints themselves... exposing that this whole thing is an artificial "feel good religion".

people wanna feel good and that tempts to religion to obey whatever religious rules so liberals invented a new religion without god with rules so people feel like they are obedient!

problem is the rules of carbon footprint and recycling and which word you let people say... are not important nor are obeying god.

[strateguy632]

tnx!

[DJB72]

Since they've been predicting it for 50 years already I'm not really worried. Floating ice takes up more space than water, so if it melts sea levels will drop. There's not enough ice inland to displace all the sea levels if all the ice melted. The underground aquifers would refill completely before it all hit the oceans anyway, plus warmer air holds more water vapour in it than cooler air can.

I'm more concerned that the morons spouting about it are the same "advisors" who think CO² is bad for the planet when if it drops much lower all plant life on earth would die. Anyone who did highschool biology past age 15 should know that. CO² and chlorophyll are essential for photosynthesis, which lets plants absorb carbon and release oxygen.

[strateguy632]

i agree and loved your fourth reason best!

[purplepoppy]

There is a village near me (fairbourne) here that's close to being lost to the sea and the government has decided to let it go much to the dismay of residents. There'll always be protection for cities but little places like this will be doomed

The other place that springs to mind is Laugharne where on a spring tide the main carpark floods and under the right conditions it can reach the main road, shops and houses. Despite the big sign people do get caught out.

Looking at various doomsday maps of the UK as a whole its mostly east anglia, England that gets hit the worst. A lot of land here is low and flat and was once salt marsh before it was drained.

But does it concern me? Nah, I quite like the sea and a bit of salt marsh grazing on my farm would be good for my bank account.

[Amy10223]

Best answer with proof right there, Purplrpoppy. Thanks for posting those. I tried posting ones of California homes in trouble with the same but they would load.

[Amy10223]

*wouldn't

[Siri137]

No, it doesn't concern me. Should it? "Scientists" (a. k. a. the new priesthood) have been "predicting" all sorts of disasters that never came true, since the time of Malthus and his fear-mongering prognostications about over-population.

Please. Do us all a favour, and give this nonsense a rest. No one actually believes in this garbage except a few die-hard green fundamentalists.

Well, would you look at that! I guess they don't believe in it either :)

[KostasKouvalis]

If you look at historic records, you'll see that sea levels actually dropped, so maybe they're coming back to normal again

[Lliam]

I'm not too worried about it. Climate has changed and sea levels have risen and fallen throughout Earth's history. It is what it is.
It is hubris to think we can control the climate like a thermostat. Humans are such idiots.

I do not buy the notion that man-made CO2 is making the Earth unlivable. The Earth loves CO2. Without it, all life dies.

It's insane that a few hundred narcissistic technocrats fly around in private jets, live the most lavish lifestyles, and meet to discuss how to control the commoner's use of energy.

And then there are the various weather modifications schemes that are most certainly far worse that the Earth's natural processes. Sure, fill the sky with aluminum, sulfur, barium and other compounds to "modify" the weather and blot out the sun. What could go wrong?

[Amy10223]

Yes it does, and it should concern us all. Global warming is real, whether or not people want to accept that or not. Rising sea levels that can reach over 10 feet, will impact the coastal states. Californians should be worried about where they lived and I'm sure many are. I've seen areas where homes in California along the coast, are losing the earth around the homes from sea erosion. Their homes are on the edges of earth and will most likely fall into the ocean.

[AviatorTom]

@Amy10223 Building your house next to a cliff on the coast is not very intelligent. Wind and water erosion is going to collapse the cliff over time normally... climate change doesn't have much to do with that.

[Amy10223]

Those homes were close to the beach areas, but no where near the cliffs. The cliffs have been eroded by the water. Salty water erodes the land. Climate change has everything to do with that. Sea levels have risen 9 inches since 1880. That may not sound like much--but when you think of how vast the sea is--it's quite a lot, and it's risen 3 inches in the last 20 years. Guess which state will be impacted most by rising sea levels? Yours. Florida.
constructioncoverage.com/.../us-cities-most-impacted-by-sea-level-rise

[Amy10223]

I love it when people with no background in science make comments suggestion there is no such thing as climate change or global warming. They need to do their research/ homework.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00498-3

[Jersey2]

Famous people like Bill Gates are still buying beachfront real estate for big bucks. He talks about climate change and buys beachfront, I don’t get it. Many others as well like the Obamas and more. Plus they fly private jets, have multiple homes that need heating and cooling, SUVs and create a lot more trash than the average person.

https://www.homesandgardens.com/news/bill-gates-melinda-california-del-mar-home-214822

[sage2021]

If I still lived two blocks from the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco I would be very worried.

But I like pretty much Inland, not near the beach.

I was always afraid we would have a tidal wave. 🌊 My mom used to scare me saying that all the time. Gave me nightmares.

[ApplePie409]

1. How did you ever afford San Fran?
2, What do you think of San Fran today?

[sage2021]

@ApplePie409
We move there in 1965-1978. It was affordable back then.
The house I grew up in in priced over a million dollars now.

It was great growing up in San Francisco, especially right near the ocean. I loved riding the cable cars to Fisherman 's Wharf. Then getting walk away 🦀 crab meat and oysters crackers while walking along the wharf.
And of course in junior high the hippie movement came to San Francisco and I was a part of that. Height Ashbury district. I love this store called "The Bead Freak". You could buy all kinds of stuff to make your own hippie jewelry.

Going to free concerts in Golden Gate Park. Seeing bands like Jefferson Airplane and so many more.

I could go on and on about loving San Francisco.

But now it makes my heart very sad to know how terrible it is now. It started falling apart when they made it a sanctuary city so many years ago. But it's still expensive to live there.

[ApplePie409]

I don't always get notifications, so I just noticed your reply when a guy liked my post. Seattle and Portland were also beautiful cities until the libs changed that.

[Lliam]

@sage2021. You were really lucky to grow up in San Fran and experience the heart of the hippie thing.
You and I are the same age and I was into that stuff, too. But I was in L. A., which was cool, but not quite the same.
Once I started driving in 1970, my friends and I would drive up to San Fran sometimes to check out the scene and hope to see free concerts in Golden Gate Park.

[sage2021]

@Lliam
I loved the pictures. Especially the one with the VW bus. If I am not mistaken that looks like my beach.

[Sevenpointfive]

no. and it's not a question i'd be concerned about. there is no basis for your concern.

i suppose i need more info on the situation you haven't described. the only instance of sea levels rising is when the moon is closer to the earth than it usually is. and that's not a sea level rise, it's a higher high tide. if anything, i'd be concerned about sea levels dropping with so many places in drought. we could harvest the seawater for freshwater

[strateguy632]

correct many countries are doing desalination, they purchased devices from israel due to hi tec and hi quality that filter sea water to remove salt so they can drink the water... this takes out water from the sea faster than evaporation alone.

[NamerOfStars]

Insofar as this part of Florida was due to be under ten feet of water by 2005, no- not the way it's screeched about, at least. The idea concerns me, for obvious reasons, but they've been crying wolf for so long that it's increasingly hard to take seriously.

[LordMadara]

rising sea levels my foot !!!

2ndly that map is Totally wrong !!!

3rdly climate change is a false description of what is to come 🙄

The sun will make its Great year (Re-evolution) after a period of 26000 years

meaning the rotation will shift from us and focus on the previously ICED Lands

we on the other hand , will experience an ICE AGE the sun won't comeback until after it finishes its great years again

[andreasderjuengere]

My profession is: making boats.

My home is on a hill top.

It does not concern me directly, or physically.

But as it's a part of climatic changes (provoked, or not) I see the challenge to adjust stuff in time :)

Some places may go missing soon (enough) - we won't really miss them, though.

[RetroReviews]

Nope not a concern I do drink didn't climate change Kool-Aid. The earth goes and cycles has got thousands of years

[LiamS95]

I don't think it will affect me directly where I live but scientists never take into consideration what our creator can do and that his hand is over all things.

[Staximus]

The earth does what the earth does, for billions of years. The ice has been growing and melting forever. It will continue long after we are all extinct, until the sun gets big enough to cook off all the water.

[exitseven]

My summer house it at the top of a hill. Maybe i 20 in 20 years I will have oceanfront property.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

As for me I live by the sea so sea level does somewhat concern me.

[SuperSecretSquirrel]

At the moment no, as I live in a land locked state. At this point what I have to worry about is drought

[Arik_jade]

Ummm.. yes... this may happen due to ice melting at polars..

[OfMiceandMen]

I can see it being an issue for coastal places. Already seeing the water levels rise in the Great Lakes.

[RedInnocent69]

Yes. I’ve spoken to locals in Maldives who’ve shown me how they're losing their homes.

[MacDaddyRico]

Not as much as what exactly is being sprayed in our skies...

And HAARP...

And DEW...

[EmmaMary]

No, absolutely not.

[katiesmuff]

No it is not in any of my top concerns.