One in ten people in the world live in an area that would be flooded by that "small" increase in sea level. Is NOLA such a distant memory already?
Big deal? Yes. Stoppable? Probably not. Some of the best archeology sites are just off the coast...
They needed a cleaning anyway. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
Yep, big deal, shouldn't have been though. Look at the rest of the state got hit just as hard getting back on their OWN feet!
JMO,
Clayton