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		refurb on July 13, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Miami is drowning while the powers that be look aw... Let me guess! Sea levels will rise 2 ft +/- 2.5 ft right?

mikeash on July 13, 2014 | [–]

The projections are all over the place (thus why I was so vague) but I don't think they went quite as far as to have error bars that went into the negatives. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

MaysonL on July 13, 2014 | [–]

More like +5/-1

gerbal on July 13, 2014 | [–]

+5/+1 more like. The sea will rise, but it's just a question of how much.

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