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IS CUTTING A PATH THROUGH THE
CITY BEERING SEA -- ICY BARRING
SEA SO IT CAN GET THROUGH.
>> IT IS A TOUCHY TOPIC.
>> WE KNOW ONE GUY, ALL WEEK
LONG METEOROLOGISTS HAVE BEEN
MEETING IN COLORADO TO DISCUSS
CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER
WEALTHED ISSUES AND OUR GUY
CRAIG SETZER WENT ALL THE WAY
TO BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO, I
WILL ASK YOU ABOUT SKI
CONDITIONS BUT FIRST OF ALL
THERE IS A SOUTH FLORIDA
CONNECTION TO THIS, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
IT IS NOT THE 12 DEGREE ABOVE
ZERO WEATHER HERE BUT IT IS
CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL
WARMING AND AFFECTS SOMETHING
WE LOVE MOST, THAT IS THE
OCEAN.
>> TROUGH KIND OF TAKING SHAPE
--
>> BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO, IS
THE LOCATION FOR THIS YEAR'S
WEATHER AND CLIMATE SUMMIT AND
WHILE MANY TOPICS ARE PART OF
IT, MUCH OF THE FOCUS HAS BEEN
ON WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE
OCEANS.
>> ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES THAT
WE ARE SEEING TODAY IN THE
OCEANS IS THAT SEA LEVELS
RISING.
AS THE AIR WARMS UP IT BEGINS
TO AFFECT THE BIG ICE SHEETS OF
THE WORLD AND THE SMALLER IS A
CAPS AROUND THE WORLD AND THEY
BEGIN TO MELT.
>> COASTAL LOCATIONS ARE MOST
VULNERABLE TO RISING WATER
LEVELS, HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND
EVEN MIAMI.
>> CITIES LIKE MIAMI AND
NORFOLK, SAN FRANCISCO, CITIES
ARE RIGHT ON THE COST.
THESE ARE CITIES THAT ARE
VULNERABLE TO SEA LEVEL RISE
AND MIAMI IS FAR MORE
VULNERABLE THAN MOST OF THESE
CITIES.
LOOKING AT A SEA LEVEL INCREASE
OF THREE FEET BY THE END OF THE
CENTURY AND THREE FEET WOULD BE
A REAL CHALLENGE TO MIAMI.
I THINK IT WOULD MAKE THINGS
LIKE GAS LINES, POWER LINES,
SEWER SYSTEMS, ALL OF THESE
THINGS ALMOST NONE FUNCTIONAL.
>> IN FACT COMPUTER
VISUALATIONS SHOW IT.
AND THEY WOULD SUFFER FROM
STRONGS.
>> MIAMI IS UNIQUE IN THAT YOU
SIT ON SAND AND CHORAL, AND
BOTH OF THESE WATER GOES
THROUGH EASILY, SO YOU CAN
IMAGINE BUILDING A *** AROUND
THE CITY TO KEEP THE WATER OUT
AS THE DUTCH DO FOR EXAMPLE.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN SOUTH
FLORIDA BECAUSE IF YOU BUILD A
*** AROUND MIAMI THE WATER
WILL SIMPLY GO UNDERNEATH IT
AND UP IN THE MIDDLE.
MIAMIANS I THINK HAVE AN EVEN
LARGER STAKE, OBVIOUSLY, IT IS
YOUR CITY THAT IS AT STAKE, THE
WAY I LIKE AT THIS MIAMIANS ARE
THE TROOPS ON THE FRONT LINE.
>> NOW BESIDES BEING AT THE
WEATHER AND CLIMATE SUMMIT ALL
WEEK HERE, ALSO THE OLERFEST IS
GOING ON, IT IS THE NORTH GOD
OF SNOW SO THEY ARE CELEBRATING
HOPEFULLY MORE SNOW COMING.
I SWEAR EVERYBODY IN TOWN HAS
ONE OF THESE, THERE IS A PARADE
DOWN MAIN STREET, KIND OF
BRECKENRIDGE'S VERSION OF KEY
WEST FANTASYFEST, OF COURSE,
WITH A LOT MORE CLOTHING ON.
CRAIG SETZER, CBS4 NEWS.
>> LOOKING GOOD IN THE HAT.
WE WANT TO KNOW HAVE YOU BEEN
SKIING OUT THERE AND HOW ARE
THE SKI CONDITIONS.
>> YEAH, THEY ARE MAKING SNOW,
RIGHT?
>> YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN IN