Sea level rise.

[Ethan Reigns]

Certain things that people take for granted may stop functioning once the sea level rises. The gulfstream may lose velocity or stop entirely. Since cities like London UK are at around 50 degrees north latitude, their weather would mimic Moosonee, a town 17 miles south of James Bay and it gets very cold up there, like the Canadian prairies. The British Isles and Scandinavia would become frozen tundra. There is only the gulfstream making these places liveable right now.

 

[Skanky Vamp]

Certain things that people take for granted may stop functioning once the sea level rises. The gulfstream may lose velocity or stop entirely. Since cities like London UK are at around 50 degrees north latitude, their weather would mimic Moosonee, a town 17 miles south of James Bay and it gets very cold up there, like the Canadian prairies. The British Isles and Scandinavia would become frozen tundra. There is only the gulfstream making these places liveable right now.

Not to mention what effect it would have on the fresh water supply. And how many species that live in rivers and streams could not survive a brackish water system. I would much rather live on the coast when the time comes. Prolly easier than dealing with the aftermath.

 

[Moptop]

I can't swim nor do I fancy the idea of being eaten by a shark. I'll take the sweat. 😄

I don't think either of those will happen. Anyway I'm sure to give any shark that eats me a big case of indigestion!.
I think they would call that the " last great act of defiance"!🦈

 

[November]

I can't swim nor do I fancy the idea of being eaten by a shark. I'll take the sweat. 😄

You gotta see Under Paris. A masterpiece of a shark film 😀

If we have some form of a new younger dryas I'd rather be coastline than inland.

I'd rather be in the northern hemisphere than the southern! Its already hot enough for me down here. But the rain would be nice...

 

[nightshade]

Florida is about to really be tested on its defenses.

I'm glad for all the research done go track and monitor hurricanes, but there's already stories coming out about how these are going to be more frequent.

 

[famicommander]

I live a mile above sea level and over 900 miles from the nearest ocean. If the sea makes it all the way here then 90% of the population of earth has drowned.

 

[famicommander]

@November it's almost as far inland as you can get on this continent.

My city (Denver, Colorado) is about 744 miles from any coast; the farthest you can be in North America from any coast is about 1030 miles in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota (a very rural state where nobody lives).

EDIT:
Seems it's closer than 910, actually 744 miles to the Gulf of California. Google failed me the first time I looked it up.

 

[ILLYRIAN]

Tell you what then as I live close to the top of a hill that has a phone tower on it, if you call me when you are going under and if you do not get a reply you will know it is because you are lower than we are.
So saith the logic of an Aussie on 10 pints of Newcastle Brown Ale. (Newcastle In Australia that is) And just in case you want to say that Newcastle is far away bear in mind that Toodyay was once named Newcastle until 1911.

 

[nightshade]

That Florida hurricane gave me an odd dream, that one was supposed to hit southern Ireland but it was too low and was coming here instead. So of course I was panicking and trying to find batteries for my Christmas lights to hang them in the bathroom and should I use up the milk and make rice pudding in case the power goes out.

Of course I woke up craving rice pudding!

 

[ILLYRIAN]

Well that is not very nice of you @nightshade.
What did the Christmas lights ever do to you? Hanging them in the bathroom indeed!