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Have you seen the cover of the September 2013 National Geographic
Magazine? Cover story: Rising Seas. Image: The statue of Liberty with
water up to about Liberty’s waist — more than 200 feet above sea level.
http://press.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/15/national-geographic-magazine-september-2013/
I wondered if they told readers how long that will take to get to
that level, like I did in a previous photo portraying New York
underwater here:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/11/28/freaking-out-about-nyc-sea-level-rise-is-easy-to-do-when-you-dont-pay-attention-to-history/
According to the Nat Geo article “Rising Seas”,
it turns out that they didn’t tell their readers about how long it
would take to reach the level depicted on the cover, so I’m going to do
the calculation for you. First, specs on the Statue of Liberty. I found
this image with measurements: "
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