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Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/24/16 3:49 PM, Double-A wrote:
>> On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 3:07:34 PM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
>>> On 5/23/16 4:37 PM, Double-A wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 6:56:16 PM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
>>>>> Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk
>>>>>  >
>>>>> http://www.climatecentral.org/news/cities-unprepared-for-rising-disaster-risk-20364
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  > Cities around the world are failing to plan for fast-increasing risks
>>>>>  > from extreme weather and other hazards, particularly as population
>>>>>  > growth and surging migration put more people in the path of those
>>>>>  > threats, the World Bank said.
>>>>>  >
>>>>>  > By 2050, 1.3 billion people and $158 trillion in assets will be
>>>>>  > menaced by worsening river and coastal floods alone, warned a new
>>>>>  > report from the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
>>>>>  > (GFDRR), managed by the World Bank.
>>>>>  >
>>>>>  > "Cities and coastal areas are woefully unprepared for the kind of
>>>>>  > climate and disaster risk now facing our world," said John Roome, the
>>>>>  > World Bank Group’s senior director for climate change.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It should be a boon to the construction industry, all that building on higher ground!
>>>>
>>>> Double-A
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>    New York alone:
>>>
>>>    Relocated (to higher ground) could be called New New York and be green
>>>    buildings, super modern transportation, more room for the arts, etc.
>>>    Tens of Trillions of dollars worth of jobs!
>>>
>>
>>
>> Some islands (Atlantis, Manhattan) are simply expendable in grand course of geohistory!
>>
>> Double-A
>>
> 
>   Were you live and were I live have been underwater, ocean water, as
>   is evidenced by the limestone under our feet.
 
Oh, for the good old days when the climate was unchanging and Iowa was
under water.

 
-- 
Jim Pennino

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Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-05-22 20:56 -0500
  Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-05-22 21:55 -0500
    Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-23 00:58 -0400
  Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-05-23 05:09 +0000
  Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-05-23 14:37 -0700
    Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-05-23 22:00 +0000
      Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-05-24 13:46 -0700
        Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-05-24 21:14 +0000
        Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-05-24 16:16 -0500
          Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-05-24 21:25 +0000
    Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-05-23 17:07 -0500
      Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-05-24 13:49 -0700
        Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-05-24 16:13 -0500
          Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-05-24 16:16 -0500
          Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-05-24 14:30 -0700
            Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-05-24 16:34 -0500
          Re: Cities ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for Rising Disaster Risk jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-05-24 21:27 +0000

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