Back in 2002, my wife and I took a trip to China to celebrate my 70th 
birthday.   A high point was a voyage down the river from Chunking, at least 
that's what we called it when Gen. Chenault and the Flying Tigers were base 
there, to the Three Gorges Dam.  Upon completion of the dam, the river was 
to rise several hundred feet.  Most lowlying towns and sites were just left, 
and the people moved.  But I recall at least one historic site where they 
were going to build a wall around it to keep the water out.  That would be 
great for Jamestown, but I suggest not undertaking any huge construction 
project for the moment.

Randy Cabell
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephan A. Schwartz" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Jamestown likely to disappear


> It is hardly conjecture. I think historians ought to begin thinking  about 
> how historic sites and resources might be preserved and  protected. 
> Waiting for the event is waiting too long.
>
> -- Stephan
>
>
> On 25 Sep 2007, at 08:41, Pat Duncan wrote:
>
>> PLEASE!  Let's not start a discussion of this kind of conjecture on a
>> genealogy and history list.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jurretta Heckscher" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 6:32 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
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>