Dumbass Headline Of The Year: "Rising Sea Level Could Impact North Carolina Coast"

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Washington, N.C. — North Carolina's coastline could start to shrink, putting some of our state's history in jeopardy of disappearing. The reason? Climate change. A new report projects the U.S. sea level will rise as much in the next 30 years as it did in the past 100 years.

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In Dare County, after an oceanfront home fell into the sea earlier this year, experts said the one next door could collapse at any time, and nearly all of the houses on the street are in danger. As the climate continues to warm, environmental experts say that the threat to homes in Rodanthe is only going to increase.

"Sea level rise is likely to continue to make these problems worse and make it even more challenging to manage these coastal areas," said David Hallac, superintendent of the eastern North Carolina branch of the National Parks Service.

Hallac said even visitors are at-risk as the ocean sucks up homes along the shore. When these homes do collapse, wood structures and nails end up in the ocean and will eventually wash up on the shore.

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https://www.wral.com/rising-sea-level-could-impact-north-carolina-s-coastline/20199359/

[gab13by13]

1. We used to go on vacation

to the lower half of the Outer Banks and there was one place where the road washed out all the time at high tide.

We haven't been back there for a couple of years.

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2. My husband's youngest daughter bought a home

on the South Carolina coast - low country. I suggested they stay long enough to (hopefully) earn some equity and then sell before it dawns on Carolinians that the low country will be disappearing in the next few decades and increasingly miserable in the meantime. I was met with no response at all - I guess they decided to be polite and just let my crazy talk go by without comment.

I can only speak truth, I can't make people believe the facts.

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3. Why is the headline dumb?

[Miguelito Loveless]

4. The presence of the word "could"

Despite overwhelming evidence that this is a certainty, the newspaper still hedges so as not to offend the loony Right.

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5. "Forest Fire Could Impact Trees"

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6. That's not what's in the headline.