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.
> 
> That's the horrifying conclusion outlined in an AP story on the  
> probable impact of global climate change.
> 
> You can read the entire story here:
> 
> http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/09/24/rising.seas.ap/index.html
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> --Jurretta Heckscher