Kiribati mulls buying higher ground - News

New Delhi>> Kiribati, a Pacific island nation in danger of being submerged because of global warming, might purchase land elsewhere to relocate its people, President Anote Tong said.

[Fo real kine]

Board of Water Supply and Government officials..... are you discussing this? Could this happen to Hawaii? Our population is much more than Kiribati, too.

[realmerv]

How about building some desalination plants? But on the other hand, storms will wipe out the plants. Better to move elsewhere.

[Joaloha]

What a diick dave, maybe irvine should go under water, lower the azzhole population by one at least.

[Trash Gordon]

Maybe they could lease Kahoʻolawe?

[fm waianae]

david wrote:

i have been to kiribati. not an attractive woman in the entire nation, and that is being kind...too much inbreeding. no kidding.
can't they swim?

wow and what does this have to do with the island going under water?

[interesting reading]

I'm in a quandary. Is the sea level rising around Oahu? around Japan? around Britain? I've not seen data that supports sea rising except where it pertains to coral atolls in the Pacific Basin. Are the seas rising? or are the dormant volcanos the coral built around sinking? More science, please. And for an interesting take on Kiribati, read "Sex Lives of Cannibals" by J. Maarten Troost.

[Don]

I have to disagree with Dave. I was stationed on Bikati, Makin Atoll, for 14 months at a USCG Loran Station. As the Medic I treated a lot of the natives on the island. The gals were some of the prettiest I have ever seen. I returned to the island in 1998, 50 years later, and I still stand by my statement.

[Midnight Rambler]

interesting reading wrote:

I'm in a quandary. Is the sea level rising around Oahu? around Japan? around Britain? I've not seen data that supports sea rising except where it pertains to coral atolls in the Pacific Basin. Are the seas rising? or are the dormant volcanos the coral built around sinking? More science, please.

Sea levels are rising everywhere; so far they have only come up a little, it's more about planning for the future. But a mean sea level rise of 2 inches (and correspondingly higher high tides) makes a much bigger difference when you live on an island that's only 3 feet above high tide level at its highest point. Many of these islands can be swamped in storms with high surges, and on some the water was already barely drinkable due to salt mixing.

[Khru]

Don, maybe after 50 years away, your eyesight ain't too good......

[john]

Whether its global warming or just the natural cycle of the planet the fact is their islands will soon be uninhabitable.

Waiting around for scientist to agree on the global warming issue is abit like telling the Pope to believe in Allah.

Sea level rise is very real its not rocket science! having a relocation plan for your people is a very good idea.

[Jack]

Hey dave you sure there were no pretty girls in kiribati or are you just angry you didnt get any!! lol..Maybe fm waianae will be interested in you!!. And for all that have been so negative go screw yourselves.

[Jack]

So sorry fm waianae i was suppose to say Khru.

[JKG]

I agree with you John, we must have plans to set aside if that happens or not. Our problems is your problems as we are one people and one nation just like as you're on the other side of the coin and we are on the other side. But please don't talk nonsense. Be a man.