Comments on: Texas gets Smaller http://citizenreporter.org/2008/09/texas-gets-smaller/ Under-reported news by a Portuguese-American, activist-journalist based in Amsterdam. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:21:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bicyclemark http://citizenreporter.org/2008/09/texas-gets-smaller/comment-page-1/#comment-164120 bicyclemark Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:56:46 +0000 http://citizenreporter.org/?p=1517#comment-164120 thanks for the comment and certainly food for thought Karl... if only more people would at the very least go out and take note, measure for themselves as you did. thanks for the comment and certainly food for thought Karl… if only more people would at the very least go out and take note, measure for themselves as you did.

]]> By: Karl OnSea http://citizenreporter.org/2008/09/texas-gets-smaller/comment-page-1/#comment-164113 Karl OnSea Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:16:34 +0000 http://citizenreporter.org/?p=1517#comment-164113 I live right next to the sea, and I remember a few years ago when the Greenland Ice Sheet Melt = +7m Sea Level first got reported, the first thing I did was go and measure how far above mean high tide our house is. 14m - so not such an immediate panic. But for people living on low-lying land, this is clearly a problem RIGHT NOW - never mind in a 100 years' time! I live right next to the sea, and I remember a few years ago when the Greenland Ice Sheet Melt = +7m Sea Level first got reported, the first thing I did was go and measure how far above mean high tide our house is. 14m – so not such an immediate panic. But for people living on low-lying land, this is clearly a problem RIGHT NOW – never mind in a 100 years’ time!

]]> By: awewriter http://citizenreporter.org/2008/09/texas-gets-smaller/comment-page-1/#comment-164079 awewriter Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:12:33 +0000 http://citizenreporter.org/?p=1517#comment-164079 Living in Houston, TX has allowed for many benefits and few hurdles. Like any well-worn shoe, when the weather gets bad the seams will loosen to allow water in, and tighten once dried. For every soul who had a more miserable time waiting for FEMA goods than durng the storm itself, imagine how those who lost less than a home could wait in line for a hand-out. Mother nature prepares the future of Earth regardless of those who wait in line for tomorrow's good weather. What we think is painful is not nearly as bad as what we would put ourselves through for something free. Nothing's free, and the closer you put yourself to the edge, the farther away from a real future will you enjoy. Living in Houston, TX has allowed for many benefits and few hurdles. Like any well-worn shoe, when the weather gets bad the seams will loosen to allow water in, and tighten once dried.

For every soul who had a more miserable time waiting for FEMA goods than durng the storm itself, imagine how those who lost less than a home could wait in line for a hand-out.

Mother nature prepares the future of Earth regardless of those who wait in line for tomorrow’s good weather. What we think is painful is not nearly as bad as what we would put ourselves through for something free. Nothing’s free, and the closer you put yourself to the edge, the farther away from a real future will you enjoy.

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