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2006-03-17 Home Front: Politix
John Kerry: NYC Gone by 2036
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Posted by Steve 2006-03-17 13:21|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Got my lawn chair with pontoon feet and a inflatable floating igloo cooler all ready, Senator. Bring on the show!
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-03-17 13:49||   2006-03-17 13:49|| Front Page Top

#2 He will contract with the guy who built the wall around New Orleans. I smell cogressional pork projects here. Now the cry will be to build sea walls down the east coast.
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-03-17 13:55||   2006-03-17 13:55|| Front Page Top

#3 A wall around New Orleans??? "Escape from New York" style? Makes sense, from what I've read.
Posted by anonymous5089 2006-03-17 14:02||   2006-03-17 14:02|| Front Page Top

#4 NYC and Boston? Uh oh, I'm torn... care / not care.
Posted by Glirong Whong8693 2006-03-17 14:08||   2006-03-17 14:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Didn't someone post here about the 2 poles and how one really won't affect ocean levels because the majority of ice is already underwater, taking up more room than the liquid form would? Sounds reasonable enough to me. Why all the gloom and doom, except to get more grant dollars? Somehow, methinks that if this were a true issue (which I don't believe it is; or even if it is, it's not all man-made, like the greens cry), I'd be willing to bet dollars to donuts that we could "save" NYC and Boston with some unbelievable engineering feats. They might be an island, but would still be habitable.
Posted by BA 2006-03-17 14:19||   2006-03-17 14:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Is that before or after the hurricane that the Discovery Channel says is going to hit NY??
Posted by Desert Blondie 2006-03-17 14:21|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]  2006-03-17 14:21|| Front Page Top

#7 All I know is that The Day After Tomorrow everything goes straight to shit up there. How're those Mexican Invasion plans coming?
Posted by Glirong Whong8693 2006-03-17 14:29||   2006-03-17 14:29|| Front Page Top

#8 Didn't someone post here about the 2 poles and how one really won't affect ocean levels because the majority of ice is already underwater, taking up more room than the liquid form would?

The northern ice cap is floating. The Greenland sheet is on land, and theoretically would raise sea levels, but all the disaster theories are crap. The world has had warmer climates before -- much warmer than any of the predictions -- and oddly, humanity did just fine.
Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford  2006-03-17 14:54|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2006-03-17 14:54|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm going to enjoy my Virginia oranges.
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2006-03-17 15:13||   2006-03-17 15:13|| Front Page Top

#10 Almost all ice near the South Pole is on top of land. Luckily it's very remote so it's unlikely all that new melted water would effect the North Atlantic.

/1 thin dime to see the Egress.
Posted by 6 2006-03-17 15:14||   2006-03-17 15:14|| Front Page Top

#11 ROFL, 6.

Yup, that ice melting at the South Pole won't get up to the North Atlantic - it's such a long distance, ya' know. ;-p


I know I'm preaching to the choir, but somebody has to say it: Kerry is a fucking moron!

With all his wife's money, you'd think he could afford better meds.
Posted by  Barbara Skolaut"> Barbara Skolaut  2006-03-17 15:31|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]  2006-03-17 15:31|| Front Page Top

#12 New York City and Boston

already Blue states..BFD
Posted by RD 2006-03-17 15:41||   2006-03-17 15:41|| Front Page Top

#13 Didn't the Gulf Stream pump fail cuz of the global warming cooling warming, hell, cuz Maurice stole the handle?

We'll hafta convert tankers.
Posted by Glirong Whong8693 2006-03-17 15:45||   2006-03-17 15:45|| Front Page Top

#14 Considering the politicians that the Boston area has been fielding, I feel inclined to burn some extra fossil fuels up here on my 460-foot-elevation perch.
Posted by Darrell 2006-03-17 16:10||   2006-03-17 16:10|| Front Page Top

#15 

Wait a minute... Hans Blix is late to the General Assembly. His speech is critical on those WMDs. Call out the scuba divers!
Posted by BigEd 2006-03-17 16:30||   2006-03-17 16:30|| Front Page Top

#16 

Coming soon!
Manhattan Marine Park
World's Largest Water Park!
Open Memorial Day Weekend, 2036

Posted by Dar">Dar  2006-03-17 16:49||   2006-03-17 16:49|| Front Page Top

#17 I'm actually embarrassed for Kerry. What an elitist doofus.
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-03-17 17:32||   2006-03-17 17:32|| Front Page Top

#18 With all his wife's money, you'd think he could afford better meds.

Barbara, you assume Kerry suffers from insanity. I don't think so....I think he rather enjoys it.

Besides, he'd rather spend her $ on Botox.
Posted by Desert Blondie 2006-03-17 17:48|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]  2006-03-17 17:48|| Front Page Top

#19 Here's a question: a long time ago I read something to the effect that NYC has been severely undermined by the Atlantic, so much so that deep inland, some deep drill holes will give salt water. The speculation was that some part of the island could just spontaneously slip into the ocean.

Most likely nonsense, but curious.
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-03-17 18:10||   2006-03-17 18:10|| Front Page Top

#20 you're talking saltwater intrusion (a real problem in Gaza/So. Israel) - the freshwater water table is overpumped, and the soil is porous enough to allow saltwater intrusion to fill teh voids. Slippage? No. Typically it leads to brackish and salty water unusable as potable or irrigating crops.
(whew! Got my answer in before Alaska Paul kicked in with a helluva lot more knowledge on the subject)
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-03-17 18:21||   2006-03-17 18:21|| Front Page Top

#21 Well, I remember it suggesting that there was a huge undermine, basically a giant cave, under the island, possibly with its rubble being flushed into the Hudson Valley trench.

I gather that there is such an undermine in the Canary Islands, and if it collapsed, ironically, it could cause a super tidal wave to hit the US East coast, including NYC.
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-03-17 19:09||   2006-03-17 19:09|| Front Page Top

#22 ROFL, DB!

Ya' gots a point. ;-p
Posted by  Barbara Skolaut"> Barbara Skolaut  2006-03-17 19:40|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]  2006-03-17 19:40|| Front Page Top

#23 there would be constant infiltration, so, Discovery sweeps week hype aside, it should either have a gradual land/building settlement, or brackish water in the drinking water, either a heads-up they done pumped too much too fast...No drastic surprises in today's day/age. Such a cavern/aquifer would be thoroughly mapped via seismic (explosives) mapping
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-03-17 19:45||   2006-03-17 19:45|| Front Page Top

#24 There isssss no undermine in Manhattan, the Canary Islandsssss or Denver International. Move along. All is well.
Posted by 6 2006-03-17 19:51||   2006-03-17 19:51|| Front Page Top

#25 Sitting here in Colorado Springs at an elevation of 6124 feet above CURRENT sea level, I'm not much worried about global warming. If it actually happens (manmade or natural), it will reduce the UV effect at this altitude, and reduce the risk for skin cancer. So a bunch of idjits will have to move to the Adirondacks and to New Hampshire - it'll be GOOD for them to breate some REAL air for a change. Good riddance.
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2006-03-17 20:01|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2006-03-17 20:01|| Front Page Top

#26 Meet you at the Golden Bee for a nice pint of Guinness Patriot.
Posted by Besoeker 2006-03-17 20:05||   2006-03-17 20:05|| Front Page Top

#27 At the numbers we've seen in reality, this may happen, but something like in the year 203,600. I mean, even the UN papers supposedly say their projections are that it'll rise like an additional 1/2 inch over the next century if we keep at our current pace. That means even us here in Atlanta (elevation 780-something) are safe for something like another 18,720 freakin' CENTURIES (1,872,000 years). Not really close to 2036 in my mind.
Posted by BA 2006-03-17 21:11||   2006-03-17 21:11|| Front Page Top

#28 Oops, I think the UN's number is the ADDITIONAL rise in sea level just due to man's supposed influence. Even at 3-4 inches/century, we still have 300,000+ years!
Posted by BA 2006-03-17 21:12||   2006-03-17 21:12|| Front Page Top

#29 When it starts up Jackson's horse's leg at Stone Mtn..... ya might wanna think about redeployment BA.
Posted by Besoeker 2006-03-17 21:13||   2006-03-17 21:13|| Front Page Top

#30 Save us, John Kerry, save us!!! We repent for electing the destroyer of cities! We will cover ourselves in sackcloth and ashes, if only you will lead us away from the darkness!

I'm sure the Senator will call Henny Penny and Foxy Loxy before his committee as expert witnesses.

Anyone else old enough to remember back in the seventies when we were all supposed to perish in the coming ice age? By then, of course, the swine flu would have wiped half of us out anyway.

Mr. Senator, as we cannot get three meteorologists to agree what the weather will be during rush hour tomorrow, how can you sure what it will like in thirty years? Or are you perhaps desperately seeking attention by barking out of your nether regions? Honestly, Senator, at long last, have you no shame?
Posted by Baba Tutu 2006-03-17 21:31||   2006-03-17 21:31|| Front Page Top

#31 I say, build New Orleans on a barge out in the mud flats. When global warming brings up the sea level, let her float around, and park it near high ground.

Start building barges in Boston and Martha's Vineyard and put Kerry's and Teddy's mansions on them and shove em out to sea.
Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul  2006-03-17 21:49||   2006-03-17 21:49|| Front Page Top

#32 Baba Tutu - no, he has no concept of the word "shame."

And yes, I remember the impending ice age in the 1970's.

Am I the only one who has noticed that "global warming" started about the same time the EPA came into being?

Just sayin', 's all.
Posted by  Barbara Skolaut"> Barbara Skolaut  2006-03-17 21:52|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]  2006-03-17 21:52|| Front Page Top

#33 He left out the part where afterwards it all freezes and then the wolves attack ...
Posted by DMFD 2006-03-17 22:11||   2006-03-17 22:11|| Front Page Top

#34 I scanned all 33 comments and you all missed it. If it DOES happen, he's a genius. (Yes, extremely unlikely, but you gotta cover all da bases!)

If it doesn't happen, Kerry and Gore SAVED us! Either way, he's a HERO!!!!

Is 2036 an election year?
Posted by Bobby 2006-03-17 22:27||   2006-03-17 22:27|| Front Page Top

#35 According to Billy Joel, it's supposed to happen in 2017:


I've seen the lights go out on Broadway
I saw the mighty skyline fall
The boats were waiting at the battery
The union went on strike
They never sailed at all

They sent a carrier out from Norfolk
And picked the Yankees up for free
They said that Queens could stay
And blew the Bronx away
And sank Manhattan out at sea
Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow  2006-03-17 22:47||   2006-03-17 22:47|| Front Page Top

#36 Baba Tutu --- sheezzzzz, I'd completely forgotten about the "swine flu." What scary day's those were. Someone else got some history of this? I remember the "scare" of the swine flu..... but forget the details....

Oh dear, and they say, "short term memory goes first" ... but swine flu is a long term memory!
Posted by Sherry 2006-03-17 23:23||   2006-03-17 23:23|| Front Page Top

#37 Yup, that ice melting at the South Pole won't get up to the North Atlantic - it's such a long distance, ya' know. ;-p

Not only that, but it's uphill all the way!
Posted by SteveS 2006-03-17 23:39||   2006-03-17 23:39|| Front Page Top

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