Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Already flagged, as is Samoa's change of time zone ;-) john ________________________________________ Snip: CAMBRIDGE - America's top military officer in charge of monitoring hostile actions by North Korea, escalating tensions between China and Japan, and a spike in computer attacks traced to China provides an unexpected answer when asked what is the biggest long-term security threat in the Pacific region: climate change. "The ice is melting and sea is getting higher," Locklear said, noting that 80 percent of the world's population lives within 200 miles of the coast. "I'm into the consequence management side of it. I'm not a scientist, but the island of Tarawa in Kiribati, they're contemplating moving their entire population to another country because [it] is not going to exist anymore." http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/03/09/admiral-samuel-locklear-co mmander-pacific-forces-warns-that-climate-change-top-threat/BHdPVCLrWEMxRe9I XJZcHL/story.html I'm somewhat troubled by the thought of natural disasters, but my first thought was, what about For Sale Friday? Is there a Plan B? Ken