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I'm looking forward to having beachfront property in Richmond.
(Glad I live on a hill.)
--
Melinda C. P. Skinner
Richmond, VA
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From: Jurretta Heckscher <[log in to unmask]>
> "Ultimately, rising seas will likely swamp the first American
> settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, as well as the Florida launch pad
> that sent the first American into orbit, many climate scientists are
> predicting. In about a century, some of the places that make America
> what it is may be slowly erased." Those places also include North
> Carolina's Outer Banks.
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> That's the horrifying conclusion outlined in an AP story on the
> probable impact of global climate change.
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> You can read the entire story here:
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> http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/09/24/rising.seas.ap/index.html
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> I realize that this is a list dedicated to Virginia's history, not
> its current events. But it's difficult to imagine anything that
> could have as much impact on the study of history as the literal mass
> disappearance of historical and archeological sites.
>
> Words fail me. And though I dearly hope I am wrong, I see nothing
> in our nation's condition that suggests that we truly have the will
> to act to stop this catastrophe.
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> --Jurretta Heckscher
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