"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