Greenland is actually two islands buried in ice

A friend was telling me yesterday that Greenland was actually two islands buried in ice and when the ice melts Greenland alone will raise oceans around the world by 44 feet in altitude. He was talking about how Delaware's highest point is only 40 feet or so and that Florida is only 50 to 75 feet high at the highest point. So, all of Delaware and most of Florida will be gone when this happens.

I would say "If this happens" but realistically folks at this point it is only "When?".

So, if you own beach front property, "Altitude is everything unless you live on a cliff overlooking the ocean in a place like California where El Ninos will decide whether your home stays on top of that cliff or washes eventually into the ocean. There again it is likely only When not IF.

IT is sort of like buying a home in a flood plain. There too it is not if your home washes away it is only when.

And then there is California where every 150 to 300 years the Sacramento River is 20 miles wide on average for a few months time. The last time this happened was 1862 when it bankrupted the state, washed 1/4 of the cattle into the pacific ocean and turned California from a cattle state to a farming state at that time.