Even the Boston Globe is forced to admit that global warming is real

[unhappycamper]

With the predicted rise of the Charles River due to global warming, performances such as those of the Boston Pops would not occur because the Hatch Shell would be submerged. (WINSLOW TOWNSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS)


Imagine navigating America's coastal cities after the deluge
By Associated Press | September 23, 2007

MIAMI BEACH - How would some of the United States' best known cities look if seas rise by slightly more than 3 feet? It's a disturbing picture.

The projections are based on coastal maps created by scientists at the University of Arizona, who relied on data from the US Geological Survey. Many scientists say sea rise of 1 meter is likely to happen within 100 years. Here is a look at what that might do:

Boston

Fourth of July celebrations wouldn't be the same. The Esplanade, where fireworks watchers gather, would be submerged by a rising Charles River, along with the Hatch Shell where the Boston Pops stages its annual concert. Some runways at Logan International Airport will be partially covered, and the neighborhoods tourists know best would be smaller.

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New York

At the southern tip of Manhattan, sea water would inundate Battery Park City, now home to 9,000 people. Waves would lap near the base of the new Freedom Tower. Beachfront homes from the blue collar Rockaways to the mansions of the Hamptons, could be swamped by advancing surf.

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New Orleans

If the levees break again and the nation gives up the fight to save the lowest parts of New Orleans, the Big Easy would be reduced to a sliver of land along the Mississippi River, leaving the French Quarter and the oldest neighborhoods as the only places on dry ground.

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San Francisco Bay

Rising waters would submerge some of the best of San Francisco Bay: Fisherman's Wharf, baseball, software companies, even parts of the wine country.


Rest of article at: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/09/23/imagine_navigating_americas_coastal_cities_after_the_deluge/

[pnwmom]

1. EVEN the Boston Globe? The Globe is the liberal paper.

The surprise will be when the Boston Herald admits global warming.

[Eugene]

2. Aside from Jeff Jacoby, their token conservative, when have they denied it?

Articles by other Globe staff accept climate change as real
and urge people to do something about it or face unpleasant
consequences.

...and don't hold your breath waiting for Jacoby to come
to his senses.