Have fun with doom & gloom

xoxoxoBruce · 01-26-2007, 10:45 PM

When Global Warming melts the polar ice caps, all that water has to go some where. Having fish for supper? Cook it or set a place for it?

At this website, http://flood.firetree.net/ , it's very similar to Google earth but you don't have to download or install anything. It's a map rather than photos, but you can go where you wish, then there is a feature where you can set the sea level rise in meters and see what gets inundated. It only goes to 14 meters though.

Check it out now, then take advantage of the depressed Real Estate market to buy some high ground. You will be King, or Queen, and become rich and powerful when the waterlogged lowlanders swim ashore.

JayMcGee · 01-27-2007, 06:44 PM

aye, we're doomed, all doomed.....

Mixie · 01-28-2007, 04:02 AM

DOOM DOOM DOOMITY DOOM...

Sorry, Deekin moment here.

cowhead · 01-28-2007, 08:55 AM

cool... now, does this mean I will quit having to hear about how superior new york and new yorkers are to everyone and everything?.. oh yes! when they are groveling for a nice dry place to stay I will demand that they never mention anything about the damn upper west side again!..hmm perhaps re-education camps.. er.. I mean refuge shelters.. yeah... shelters...

Sundae · 01-29-2007, 08:31 AM

Everyone can come & stay at mine or my parents'. It seems the sole blessing of being at the furtherest point away from the sea in the country is not having to worry overmuch about rising sea levels....

Spexxvet · 01-29-2007, 08:51 AM

I'm OK, but it'll only take a 2 M rise to submerge my mother-in-law's house at the beach.

Undertoad · 01-29-2007, 09:02 AM

What did people do about the 8" (20cm) rise last century?

Happy Monkey · 01-29-2007, 09:48 AM

Haul in truckloads of sand.

Undertoad · 01-29-2007, 09:56 AM

Thank goodness it turns out the problem can be addressed cheaply, over decades of time, using the most available commodity on the planet.

Happy Monkey · 01-29-2007, 11:09 AM

Mmm hmmm. And where are we going to be getting all this sand? The Middle East is where!

Deuce · 01-29-2007, 11:11 AM

Not to mention the oil to fuel the trucks to haul it.

"It's the economy, stupid."

Happy Monkey · 01-29-2007, 11:19 AM

Reminds me of the Futurama clip in "An Inconvenient Truth".

Quote:

Narrator: Fortunately, our handsomest politicians came up with a cheap, last-minute way to combat global warming. Ever since 2063, we simply drop a giant ice cube into the ocean every now and then.

Susie: Just like daddy puts in his drink every morning! And then he gets mad.

Narrator: Of course, since the greenhouse gases are still building up, it takes more and more ice each time. Thus, solving the problem once and for all.

Susie: But...

Narrator: Once and for ALL!

01-29-2007, 01:49 PM

I'm in a great spot... the beach just got closer, awesome.

monster · 02-01-2007, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Haul in truckloads of sand.

See, the Iraq thing is not just about oil.....

Hippikos · 02-01-2007, 09:25 AM

Half of Holland under water? Did they know the Dutch history? We ain't New Orleans, ya know...

01-26-2007, 10:45 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Have fun with doom & gloom When Global Warming melts the polar ice caps, all that water has to go some where. Having fish for supper? Cook it or set a place for it? At this website, http://flood.firetree.net/ , it's very similar to Google earth but you don't have to download or install anything. It's a map rather than photos, but you can go where you wish, then there is a feature where you can set the sea level rise in meters and see what gets inundated. It only goes to 14 meters though. Check it out now, then take advantage of the depressed Real Estate market to buy some high ground. You will be King, or Queen, and become rich and powerful when the waterlogged lowlanders swim ashore. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-27-2007, 06:44 PM	#2
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	aye, we're doomed, all doomed..... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

01-28-2007, 04:02 AM	#3
Mixie Nitpicker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Groningen, Netherlands Posts: 25	DOOM DOOM DOOMITY DOOM... Sorry, Deekin moment here. __________________ I'm about as subtle as a flying brick.

01-28-2007, 08:55 AM	#4
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	cool... now, does this mean I will quit having to hear about how superior new york and new yorkers are to everyone and everything?.. oh yes! when they are groveling for a nice dry place to stay I will demand that they never mention anything about the damn upper west side again!..hmm perhaps re-education camps.. er.. I mean refuge shelters.. yeah... shelters... __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

01-29-2007, 08:31 AM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Everyone can come & stay at mine or my parents'. It seems the sole blessing of being at the furtherest point away from the sea in the country is not having to worry overmuch about rising sea levels.... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-29-2007, 08:51 AM	#6
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I'm OK, but it'll only take a 2 M rise to submerge my mother-in-law's house at the beach. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

01-29-2007, 09:02 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	What did people do about the 8" (20cm) rise last century?

01-29-2007, 09:48 AM	#8
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Haul in truckloads of sand. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-29-2007, 09:56 AM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Thank goodness it turns out the problem can be addressed cheaply, over decades of time, using the most available commodity on the planet.

01-29-2007, 11:09 AM	#10
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Mmm hmmm. And where are we going to be getting all this sand? The Middle East is where! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-29-2007, 11:11 AM	#11
Deuce Pesky Pugalist [sp] Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 191	Not to mention the oil to fuel the trucks to haul it. "It's the economy, stupid."

01-29-2007, 01:49 PM	#13
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I'm in a great spot... the beach just got closer, awesome.

02-01-2007, 09:25 AM	#15
Hippikos Flocci Non Facio Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In The Line Of Fire Posts: 571	Half of Holland under water? Did they know the Dutch history? We ain't New Orleans, ya know... __________________ Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

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