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|[[Image:Floridab4andafter copy.jpg|thumb|right|The Impact on Florida with a 6 meter rise in sea level. This could happen if either the Antarctic or Greenland ice shelfs melted. Visual Estimate based on the National Geographic Article "Warming to Cause Catastrophic Rise in Sea Level?" by Stefan Lovgren and computer models | |[[Image:Floridab4andafter copy.jpg|thumb|right|The Impact on Florida with a 6 meter rise in sea level. This could happen if either the Antarctic or Greenland ice shelfs melted. Visual Estimate based on the National Geographic Article "Warming to Cause Catastrophic Rise in Sea Level?" by Stefan Lovgren and computer models produced by Jonathan Overpeck and Jeremy Weiss (of the [http://www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/index.html University of Arizona Department of Geosciences Environmental Studies Laboratory]) included in that article.]] | ||
'''On November 29, 1953''', William Branham prophesied that Florida would one day perish beneath the sea. After seeing the | '''On November 29, 1953''', William Branham prophesied that Florida would one day perish beneath the sea. After seeing the devastation of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, or after watching Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth", it is no longer a mystery as to the many ways this prophecy could be fulfilled. | ||
Over 50 years later, National Geographic agreed, publishing an article revealing that global warming could sink the Sunshine State. ''"A 1-meter (3-foot) rise would swamp cities all along the U.S. eastern seaboard. A 6-meter (20-foot) sea level rise would submerge a large part of Florida."'' ([http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0420_040420_earthday.html Warming to Cause Catastrophic Rise in Sea Level? Stefan Lovgren for National Geographic News]) | Over 50 years later, National Geographic agreed, publishing an article revealing that global warming could sink the Sunshine State. ''"A 1-meter (3-foot) rise would swamp cities all along the U.S. eastern seaboard. A 6-meter (20-foot) sea level rise would submerge a large part of Florida."'' ([http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0420_040420_earthday.html Warming to Cause Catastrophic Rise in Sea Level? Stefan Lovgren for National Geographic News]) | ||