California panel urges 'immediate action' to protect against rising sea levels

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-global-warming-searise12-2009mar12,0,2741152.story


Global warming is projected to cause ocean levels to rise 55 inches or more by the end of the century. Report recommends phased abandonment of coastal areas and moving state infrastructure inland.

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California's interagency Climate Action Team on Wednesday issued the first of 40 reports on impacts and adaptation, outlining what the state's residents must do to deal with the floods, erosion and other effects expected from rising sea levels.

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Environmentalists hailed the report as a call to action.

"We can't pretend that the future will behave like the past," said Matt Vander Sluis of the Planning and Conservation League. "The ostrich has to take its head out of the sand or, in this case, it's going to be underwater."
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high ground in Fl. is at a premium - guess Fl. will go with everything on stilts.

is Fl. addressing this at all? I haven't heard.