. . . Because If You Don’t Study It, It Doesn’t Exist 2
This item from my local rag caused me to drop my jaw this morning. There’s a good chance that, within my children’s lifetimes, the world’s largest military complex (which surrounds me as I type this) will be under water, but Republicans want to stick their fingers in the Pentagon’s ears and go “Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah.”
Supporters say they want the military focused on enemies such as the Islamic State group, not rising seas.
Critics say flooding is a formidable foe as well.
“It’s kind of hard to attack the enemy when your base is underwater,” said Rep. Bobby Scott, a Southeast Virginia Democrat who voted against the ban.
The Republican Party, the party of willful ignorance.
More at the link.
And, in more news of willful ignorance . . . .
July 27, 2016 at 6:02 pm
Yeah, Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Newport News/Hampton Roads is going to take a hit. Unavoidable now, it’s going to happen. You know it. I know it. Everybody does. Consult the Dutch. Maybe the mother of all dikes and seawalls will help but I wouldn’t bet on it.
July 27, 2016 at 8:21 pm
I suspect it’s pretty much a done deal at this point. The precise location of our abode (25 feet above sea level) will be an island in a generation, uninhabitable in two.