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There is nothing on the earth that corresponds to your bathroom or
basement. The situation is more like your bathtub when the water has
come over the steep side walls and now it is going to flood the rim. To
raise the level further, you still need to fill the vast  area in the
middle, compared to which the area of the rim is negligible.


Marc Bernstein wrote:

>Many coasts are very gently sloped, as sea level rises water covers up
>more land. In Florida a one foot rise in sea level will move the
>shoreline inland by something like 100 feet. Every foot of sea level
>rise increases the surface of the ocean by thousands of squre miles.
>
>Imagine leaving the faucet on in your bathtub ( I don't have to
>imagine that one, I've done it). The volume increase will be pretty
>linear until the tub is full. But once you start filling up your
>bathrom (and your basement) I think you loose the colinearity.
>
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