Global Warming Google Maps: I can see my house! its.... underwater!

I was tumbling through the wormholes of cyberspace and I turned upon this interesting tool. In case anyone needed any extra reasons to care about global warming, this illustrates it's consequences rather graphically. literally. haha.

http://flood.firetree.net/

This is a google map of the world with sea levels 7 meters up, which is the sea level increase that scientists have predicted for 2050 if our current habits aren't drastically changed. Here are some of the most drastic examples:


















Well we can keep on calling it the Netherlands. (underwater) Think about it, Amsterdam, without a fragment of doubt, completely underwater.














Perhaps not as bad in Florida, as most of the underwater area would be everglades and therefore low human populations, but look at New Orleans. Also completely underwater.

Although the sick thing is that I almost want to see all this crazy stuff happen. I like the idea of things being shaken up in a drastic way. It could be my post-apocalyptic fetish but I also kinda feel like there are enough powerful people who don't believe this could happen that we won't end up getting our act together in time. Obviously the big 'bama might be a huge influence in getting things in a good direction, but who knows how much we can focus on this when the economy is what is consuming everyone's thoughts right now. Also, what are we going to do about China? I have no idea whether their administration believes in global warming.

And obviously I'm only saying this because if you look at DC on the map it's pretty set. Maybe Georgetown U's regatta team might need to buy a new boathouse and the SW Waterfront might get destroyed, but really little else. However I gotta point out that Virginia Beach, where I spent ages 10-18, will be also mostly underwater. So maybe I'm not that biased.