Let's keep things in perspective here and not simply pass along
hand-wringing hype to the list as "probable impact" :
"Nearly two dozen prominent scientists from around the world have denounced
a recent Associated Press article promoting sea level fears in the year 2100
and beyond based on unproven computer models predictions. The AP article
also has been accused of mischaracterizing the views of a leading skeptic of
man-made global warming fears. The scientists are dismissing the AP article,
entitled "Rising Seas Likely to Flood U.S. History" as a "scare tactic,"
"sheer speculation," and "hype of the worst order." " See the following
hyperlink where you may read actual quotes of prominent world-wide
scientists, as opposed to AP's unsubstantiated references (and even
mischaracterizations) for their *news* (?) release:
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=37cd65f0-802a-23ad-4a69-5a1509a4a551&Issue_id
Even TV's History Channel is taken by sci-fi to increase their viewer
ratings in case anyone wants to worry more about this and other types of
mega-disasters as well:
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Episodes&content_type_id=1434&display_order=2&mini_id=1401
Neil McDonald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jurretta Heckscher" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 7:32 AM
Subject: [VA-HIST] Jamestown likely to disappear
> "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
>>>snip
