Florida and Mother Jones

Mother Jones did it right in describing the Florida debacle over verbal directives to not use the phrases "climate change" and "global warming".....as we discussed in the beginning of today's OLLI class on Oceans and Climate Change.

“The sky is not falling, but the water is rising,”

What a magnificent quote for the reality ahead. That quote was by Charles Tear, the Miami Beach emergency management coordinator, and it was in a NY Times article, South Florida Faces Ominous Prospects from Rising Waters,

At the end of the article are these 2 paragraphs:

Officials here are seeking advice from the Netherlands, famous for its highly effective levees and dikes, but the very different topography of Miami Beach and its sister coastal cities does not lend itself to the fixes engineered by the Dutch. 

“Ultimately, you can’t beat nature, but you can learn to live with it,” Mr. Morales said. “Human ingenuity is incredible, but do we have the political will? Holland sets aside $1 billion a year for flood mitigation, and we have a lot more coastline than they do.” 

Many thanks to John Hoyt for spotting this article and sending me the link.