California panel urges 'immediate action' to protect against rising sea levels

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-global-warming-searise12-2009mar12,0,2741152.story

California panel urges 'immediate action' to protect against rising sea levels

Global warming is projected to cause ocean levels to rise 55 inches or more by the end of the century. Report recommends phased abandonment of coastal areas and moving state infrastructure inland.

By Margot Roosevelt

March 12, 2009

As California officials see it, global warming is happening so there's no time to waste in figuring out what to do.

California's interagency Climate Action Team on Wednesday issued the first of 40 reports on impacts and adaptation, outlining what the state's residents must do to deal with the floods, erosion and other effects expected from rising sea levels.

Hundreds of thousands of people and billions of dollars of Golden State infrastructure and property would be at risk if ocean levels rose 55 inches by the end of the century, as computer models suggest, according to the report.

The group floated several radical proposals: limit coastal development in areas at risk from sea rise; consider phased abandonment of certain areas; halt federally subsidized insurance for property likely to be inundated; and require coastal structures to be built to adapt to climate change.

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1. 55"...that's just shy of 5 feet....by the end of the CENTURY...?

You know, I hate to say this, but expect ALL the models on THIS to be wrong as well.
Remember the Ice caps? the ones they thought would take another 100 years to melt? ...and how much faster are they ACTUALLY melting?

ya...try 20 years, and this world will be drastically a different place, all we can do is try to adapt -
perhaps turn the clock back a little bit, but the chain reaction is already well on its way, we have yet to even imagine what kind of "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" the planet has in store for us...