How should we plan for a 2m sea rise?

[rov1200]

http://news.bbc.co.uk.../sci/tech/8460089.stm

1. Allow the intrusion of flood waters in low lying areas
2. Just defend our vunerable towns and cities
3. Strengthen our sea defences on many parts of the coast even where there is little population
4. Use stilts to build housing above sea levels
5. Do nothing, pretend it will never happen losing millions of hectares of land even though the population may reach 70m

Any solution will take £bns so what could be cut to pay for it?

[rov1200]

Tonyted you might find it a bit crowded

[Gromit]

Stilts?

[R1Geezer]

If it's going to happen then there's very little that can be done, a 2m rise could not be defended against, effectively. So we are looking at 5 regardless.

[Seadragon]

I'm going with option 5.

So no cuts need to be made.

You see - end of problem.

[123everton]

6 Buy water wings and live on a boat.

[jno]

I live on a hilltop, so what I'm really going to need is guns and high walls

[rov1200]

Birdie I don't think you are correct. Have you ever seen the Boston stump where sea levels are routinely marked?