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From NBC News
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — At the foot of the Chesapeake Bay in southeast Virginia lies a Naval shipyard older than the nation itself. One of the country’s first warships was built here in 1799. So was the first battleship, and decades later the first aircraft carrier.
Over the past three centuries, Norfolk Naval Shipyard has been blockaded and burned to the ground, only to be rebuilt again and again. Today, it’s one of four Navy shipyards that maintain the nation’s nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers, which enable the Pentagon to respond quickly to military and humanitarian crises across the globe.
But the shipyard now faces its greatest existential threat: rising seas and extreme weather driven by climate change.
In the past 10 years, Norfolk Naval Shipyard has suffered nine major floods that have damaged equipment used to repair ships, and the flooding is worsening, according to the Navy. In 2016, rain from Hurricane Matthew left 2 feet of water in one building, requiring nearly $1.2 million in repairs.
COMMENT:-
Now who would want to pay any attention to a bunch of left-wing, loonie, tree huggers, who don't know anything about the Navy or the oceans?
I mean, hell, TWO feet of water doesn't even come up to most people's waist and here we have some so-called "Navy" people being afraid of it.
Now REALLY!
Mr. Trump is perfectly correct to ignore the bleating of these self-appointed MSM doom criers - right?
Rising seas threaten Norfolk Naval Shipyard, raising fears of 'catastrophic damage'
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — At the foot of the Chesapeake Bay in southeast Virginia lies a Naval shipyard older than the nation itself. One of the country’s first warships was built here in 1799. So was the first battleship, and decades later the first aircraft carrier.
Over the past three centuries, Norfolk Naval Shipyard has been blockaded and burned to the ground, only to be rebuilt again and again. Today, it’s one of four Navy shipyards that maintain the nation’s nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers, which enable the Pentagon to respond quickly to military and humanitarian crises across the globe.
But the shipyard now faces its greatest existential threat: rising seas and extreme weather driven by climate change.
In the past 10 years, Norfolk Naval Shipyard has suffered nine major floods that have damaged equipment used to repair ships, and the flooding is worsening, according to the Navy. In 2016, rain from Hurricane Matthew left 2 feet of water in one building, requiring nearly $1.2 million in repairs.
COMMENT:-
Now who would want to pay any attention to a bunch of left-wing, loonie, tree huggers, who don't know anything about the Navy or the oceans?
I mean, hell, TWO feet of water doesn't even come up to most people's waist and here we have some so-called "Navy" people being afraid of it.
Now REALLY!
Mr. Trump is perfectly correct to ignore the bleating of these self-appointed MSM doom criers - right?