On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 4:38:20 PM UTC-4, Paul Schlyter wrote:
On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:49:28 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
wrote:
On Monday, October 12, 2015 at 11:14:13 PM UTC-6, Paul Schlyter
wrote:

FYI: the world also has other cities than just NYC...

Yes, it's just used as a common example of one of the cities
threatened by a rise
in ocean levels.

There are even entire nations which risk to be drowned if the ocean
lever would rise a meter or two - small Island nations in the Pacific
like Tuvalu and Niue.

There are the Maldives, which has made quite a big deal about sea-level rise. It's really too bad that most of its economy is critically dependent on tourism which inevitably involves cruise ships and air travel, both rather carbon-intensive activities. Can you say "hypocrisy?" I bet you can.