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   Radish said, about 1 year ago

   Because they are not affected by the flooding.
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   avarner said, about 1 year ago

   Yes, flooding. It’’s a sure thing.

   That’s why Al Gore just bought a multi-million $$ beach home.

   Just THINK, just a little people…
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   motivemagus said, about 1 year ago

   @avarner

   Take your own advice. AL GORE IS NOT A CLIMATE SCIENTIST.
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   vwdualnomand said, about 1 year ago

   it is already happening. parts of the gulf coast, miami, the islands off of the carolinas, eastern seaboard. and, parts of the west coast.
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   mjnyc said, about 1 year ago

   This is an example of one of my quibbles of Mr. Rall’s cartoons. The point is good but the execution is ludicrous.
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   HabaneroBuck said, about 1 year ago

   I live in the Northeast. It’s not a problem. Why would those of us in the North who spend thousands of dollars a year just to heat our homes think it’s a problem? It’s climate “CHANGE”. Change can be good. There are thousands of reasons global warming would be good; it would just change which chunks of land are worth anything.
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   wolfhoundblues1 said, about 1 year ago

   I live on the East coast. No rise in the waters here.
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   masterskrain said, about 1 year ago

   @Dr Who

   “Taken away all the Gas Guzzlers”???
   HUH? What was the last time you went by a car lot? Go to a Chevy dealer, and look at the Suburbans, and 1-ton Silverados on the lot.
   Go to a Ford dealer, and look at the Explorers and F-250s and F-350s there. Go to a Toyota dealer, and look at the Sequoias, and Tundras there!
   Oh wait, you haven’t been told to do that by your bosses at FAUX “News”, so you won’t do that!
   And, by the way, YES, the average sea level HAS risen in the last 5 years. Contact NOAA for the real data!
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   Gary Kleppe said, about 1 year ago

   @masterskrain

   Data? Data have a well-known liberal bias.
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    ARodney said, about 1 year ago

    Dr. Who, once again you are completely wrong on the facts. The sea level has risen over five cm since 1992, as predicted by the International Panel on Climate Change. It did drop 6mm in 2010, but a small La Nina-related reversal is not enough to make your statement true. Here’s an article, with a nice chart:

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/26/sea-level-rise-has-slowed-temporarily/
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    Northern Redman said, about 1 year ago

    Sea levels have been rising for 25,000 years. Towns off the east coast of England during the Roman period are now under water. The port of Alexandria in Egypt during the same period is now under water. Guess what the populations who lived there did? They moved.
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    John Orr said, about 1 year ago

    Al Gore did NOT buy a beach house. He bought a house with an ocean view that is situated on a hillside about a mile or so inland. At least research your talking points.
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    Eryx said, about 1 year ago

    The nautilus is a nice touch. It is a deepwater species.
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    Rx71Wm29 said, about 1 year ago

    Maybe this is Noah and his wife?
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    Ken M said, about 1 year ago

    I would be willing to bet (from recent experience) that a large majority of those threatened by flooding are in danger far more due to the over-development of flood plains and natural drainages.

    In the Nashville floods of 2010, a large majority of the areas most heavily affected were in areas once not considered in danger, but due to upstream development and land fill-ins, the flood plains have shifted. When you build in an earthquake zone, expect earthquakes… when you fill in the natural flood plains, expect floods elsewhere.

    Even if all of the ice on the polar ice caps melted, the global rise in the oceans alone would be nowhere near what the so called experts are saying. When ice melts, the actual volume of water is less due to how water expands as it freezes.
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