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NC Senate forbids planning for 39" sea increase - 6/15/2012 6:11:37 AM

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N.C. Senate Passes Measure to Ban Planning for Accelerated Sea-Level Rise
Jun 13, 2012; 9:13 AM ET

State senators in North Carolina yesterday approved a measure prohibiting state officials from considering accelerated sea-level rise when creating rules for housing developments and infrastructure projects like bridges.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/home-garden-articles/earth-and-you/nc-senate-passes-measure-to-ba/66492

I'll bet they favor "big government" guaranteeing coastal flood insurance and emergency funds though.

Why levels are rising is debatable. Not *that* they are rising. This is irresponsible. People will die.

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RE: NC Senate forbids planning for 39" sea increase - 6/15/2012 7:25:09 AM

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I think they should add a rider refusing all future federal bailouts to prove their faith.

And I think beach residents should find a home in another state.

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RE: NC Senate forbids planning for 39" sea increase - 6/15/2012 10:15:06 AM

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I will be listening for the big "POP" when they actually pull their head out of their ass and take a look around....lol

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RE: NC Senate forbids planning for 39" sea increase - 6/15/2012 10:32:36 AM

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Oh, the legend lives on down from the Chippewa on down, of the big lake they call Gitcheegoomee........

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RE: NC Senate forbids planning for 39" sea increase - 6/15/2012 10:58:57 AM

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Seems like fiscal common sense is spreading East from Wisconsin.

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RE: NC Senate forbids planning for 39" sea increase - 6/15/2012 11:01:50 AM

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I wish the "Gales of November" would resolve things like this, but not so far.

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RE: NC Senate forbids planning for 39" sea increase - 6/15/2012 11:26:50 AM

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Seems like fiscal common sense is spreading East from Wisconsin.

Then they are truely fucked, still in the hole and got another how many million in debt over recalls, and they just set themselves on the very low track for the future of education in their state.

They are never gonna go beyond cheese and beer

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RE: NC Senate forbids planning for 39" sea increase - 6/15/2012 1:08:46 PM

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Seems like fiscal common sense is spreading East from Wisconsin.

Or just silly igorance of scientific evidence, while playing with people's lives and property. One good Hurricane 5 storm (like Katrina) or a major seismic shift on the North Atlantic plate, will show those NC-20 members how foolish they were (NC-20, being the twenty communities along the Atlantic coastline). And when it does happen, I'm sure those 'Republicans' will hold to their 'conservative principles' and not ask for a penny in federal aid or agencies to help out (like FEMA).

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RE: NC Senate forbids planning for 39" sea increase - 6/15/2012 2:16:15 PM

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I've been in Hatteras Village when there was a spring high tide that combined with an offshore wind producing a seiche in Pamlico Sound. The net result was 2 feet of water in main street. Even with only the 9" sea level rise theyre counting on, without some serious planning, they're fucked.

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RE: NC Senate forbids planning for 39" sea increase - 6/15/2012 2:55:13 PM

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