On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Chuck Holst <cholst_at_bitstream.net> wrote: > One of the consequences of rising seas from global warming (one forecast is > for a one-meter rise by 2100) is that beaches on which waves currently > expend their energy will be submerged, allowing waves direct access to the > bases of the cliffs on which that expensive real estate sits. Eventually > there will be a new beach to protect the diminished cliff, but meanwhile, I > wouldn't want to be living there. > > I already don't want to live there. There is an apartment complex somewhere near San Francisco that was featured on the ABC news a few nights ago. Great views on the edge of a bluff overlooking the Pacific. Unfortunately bits of it are falling off. The report was about the evacuation of the people living there. Sue and I drove up to the top of Dana Point (from which Dana himself threw cow hides down to the boats in the marina below... no, wait... that can't be right) and the houses and a restaurant were perched on the edge of the bluff. Great views though. Of course, we don't need global warming to have erosion. Erosion is a fact of life and a staple of geography. It just gets lots worse if ocean levels rise. I think I'm safe here... 1000 feet in elevation behind a fantastic tsunami wall (the Cascade Mountains). I am not nearly as dumb as I look. :D Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jan 22 2010 - 15:16:53 PST
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