“[I]n the coming decades, the region’s changing climate is likely to reduce crop yields, harm livestock, increase the number of unpleasantly hot days, and increase the risk of heat stroke and other heat-related illnesses,” according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Read on to learn more about how North Carolina and South Carolina could be affected by this ongoing crisis.
SEA-LEVEL RISE
The beaches and barrier islands along the Carolina coastline…
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Exposing the Big Game 
“[S]ea levels are likely to rise anywhere from one to four feet in the next century along the coasts of North and South Carolina.”
No, disaster is only likely in South Carolina. The North Carolina Legislature had the foresight to limit projected sea level rise to no more than about 8″ over a century. By avoiding using the models of environmental extremists, and scientists who use “facts” and “numbers” to fool people, the North Carolina Legislature has saved its citizens the unnecessary costs of preparing for catastrophic weather events.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-northcarolina/north-carolina-lawmakers-reject-sea-level-rise-predictions-idUSBRE86217I20120703
That’s handy, they can just vote to reject whatever models they don’t want to believe.
The sarcasm indicators for the second paragraph did not display. Ms Mouse is neither a climate nor a science denier, unlike so many of our fellow citizens and politicians.
I sensed the sarcasm.