We Are All From New Orleans Now: Climate Change, Hurricanes and the Fate of America's Coastal Cities by Mike Tidwell

I heard an excellent interview on Democracy NOW! by Amy Goodman with this author and am moved to share this important article. The silence on climate change is hard to bear, so I was so relieved to hear someone actually talking 

about the bigger picture.

 

"Oceans worldwide are projected to rise as much as three more feet this century—much higher if the Greenland ice sheet melts away. Intense storms are already becoming much more common. These two factors together will in essence export the plight of New Orleans, bringing the Big Easy 'bowl' effect here to New York City and Washington, as well as to Charleston, Miami, New York and other coastal cities. Assuming we want to keep living in these cities, we’ll have to build dikes and learn to exist beneath the surface of surrounding tidal bays, rivers and open seas—just like New Orleans." ~ Mike Tidwell

 

For the full article, please go here: http://www.thenation.com/article/170894/we-are-all-new-orleans-now-climate-change-hurricanes-and-fate-americas-coastal-cities#.UI_2Qb4cDj8.facebook