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Tuesday, October 25th, 2016

Sea level rise is a religious issue

Author:     Jeffrey Salkin
Source:     Religion News Service
Publication Date:     24 October 2016
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Stephan:   There is an interesting new trend starting. There have been a growing number of article appearing the Religious Right media about climate change; basically a kind of wiggling effort to acknowledge what I suspect their readers are beginning to tell them about their personal lives. It's all a little weird. Here is an example of what I mean.
A man wades through a flooded street in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, on August 15, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Bachman

A man wades through a flooded street in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, on August 15, 2016.
Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Bachman

Before a year ago, I never gave a second thought to the issue of Sea Level Rise (SLR). 

And then, I moved to a neighborhood in Hollywood, Florida – fifty feet from the Inter-coastal Waterway.

I started hearing about Sea Level Rise. I read about the pending crisis on Miami Beach.

I read about how, if left unchecked, Sea Level Rise would condemn not only Miami Beach, and the Florida Keys, but entire neighborhoods in southeastern Florida.

Those houses would be under water – and not in the real estate meaning of the term.

Last week, during the epic “king tide” — a confluence of Sukkot and the full moon — I stood on a south Florida street as the waters came slowly rushing in, ultimately coming up to my mid-calf.

Our congregation, Temple Solel of Hollywood, Florida, has created two coalitions – […]

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2 Comments

  1. Steven K Hovland on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 6:45 am

    The photo in this article misrepresents the actual situation. Propaganda.

    • Stephan Schwartz on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 9:08 pm

      No, just a man standing in a flood.