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Old 12-30-2006, 09:54 AM   #5
Backbeach Jake
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If the ice was floating when it broke away, the sea level won't rise as it melts. In fact it'll drop slightly. Fill a glass to the brim with ice and water. Walk away until the ice melts. When the ice has melted the water level will be slightly below the brim. We're saved!
It's the glaciers that slide into the sea that we should be concerned about.

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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