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According to this article, Vancouver, Canada officials have put out a report that lays out options for dealing with sea level rise. Three generic strategies evaluated are: Adapt, Protect, or Retreat, the last of which means that for some parts of the city, people might just need to "get out of the way". In that case, the city would buy up homes and remove infrastructure over a period of several decades. It's not an easy thing to ask for people to leave their homes decades before an area is flooded.
By the year 2100, 13 square kilometers of Vancouver (containing around 4,000 households worth $7 billion) will be on floodplains so action needs to be taken soon to protect them. Areas like Jericho Beach and the Fraser River are already experiencing more frequent flooding.
First, Vancouver will publicize its plans then gauge public reaction. The world will be watching.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @02:37AM
Ethanol-fueled wrote:
Latent homosexual spotted!
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday November 28 2016, @07:55AM
To be fair, I'm pretty sure he's never had sex and never will (no, Eth, your hand doesn't count and neither does sitting on an empty beer bottle, speaking of "degenerate...").
It's hard to tell what he believes, what's pure trollery, and what's some combination of both, and in what proportion. He's certainly got a way with words though.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...