As long as the people are evenly spread over the island it shouldn’t tip.
I think he has confused rising sea levels with island flipping, which is my favorite TLC show.
Hank Johnson is awesome, but what the flip is he talking about?
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Island sinks…
New Moore Island, also known as Purbasha island, is located on the confluence of the Ichhamati and Rai Mangal rivers near the mouth of the sea but remains almost perpetually submerged now, occasionally peeping out during low tides. This startling fact emerged from satellite images in 2009 that were studied by a team led by Sugato Hazra, director of Jadavpur University’s school of oceanography studies. “There is no trace of the island anymore. After studying satellite images, I reconfirmed this from fishermen,” said Hazra.
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5474283-island-sinks-expert-blames-warming
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what a boring news cycle we must be in in the blogosphere is this is the hot sensation.
Anyone who knows Hank, knows his humor is extremely dry. The fact that anyone took this seriously means they don’t know Hank.
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The giant stone heads were being ‘disappeared’ & toppled for a variety of reasons, but the population crash came more than 100 ya. Now that the tourists come in larger numbers, the statues are being resurrected.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Easter_Island
But yeah, I was hearing about Hank’s thoughts all day today about town. JMP
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When did Easter Island Flip? Are the stone giant heads okay?
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Yeah I got that, too. He certainly seemed serious.
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He’s right of course, and it’s been that way for years on Guam btw, but this still won’t get the likes of the HuffPost and some the press to stop snickering here. But global warming & excessive population impacts on islands can be very dramatic, sudden, and ultimately fairly deadly in their overall effects. And that’s been well known, gosh, for centuries now. Witness Easter Island.
JMP
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Fresh in my email inbox:
CONGRESSMAN HANK JOHNSON
Georgia’s Fourth Congressional District
Rep. Johnson’s statement on Guam comments in an Armed Services Committee hearing
April 1, 2010
The Department of the Navy is reviewing the impacts associated with the Marines‚Äô relocation to Guam and has initiated an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). A study indicated a peak impact would be reached in 2014, which includes almost 80,000 additional personnel beyond the current Guam population of 180,000. In assessing the ability of Guam to support this peak expansion, the Environmental Protection Agency was very critical and rated the DEIS as Environmentally Unsatisfactory because: (1) the project will result in unsatisfactory impacts to Guam’s existing substandard drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, which may result in significant adverse public health impacts; and 2) the project will result in unacceptable impacts to 71 acres of high quality coral reef ecosystem in Apra Harbor.
“I wasn’t suggesting that the island of Guam would literally tip over,” said Johnson. “I was using a metaphor to say that with the addition of 8,000 Marines and their dependents – an additional 80,000 people during peak construction on the tiny island with a population of 180,000 – could be a tipping point which could adversely affect the island’s fragile ecosystem and could overburden its stressed infrastructure. Having traveled to Guam last year, I saw firsthand how this beautiful – but vulnerable island – could easily become overburdened, and I was simply voicing my concerns – albeit with a dry sense of humor – that the addition of that many people could tip the delicate balance and do permanent harm to Guam.”
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Andy Phelan, Communications Director
Office of Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04)
Cell: 404-593-9126 | Office: 770-939-2016, ext. 12
Fax: 770-939-3753
3469 Lawrenceville Hwy., Ste 205
Tucker, GA., 30084
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