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And this was all with the permission and help of adults

Hawaii students mark Honolulu’s streets to raise awareness about climate change

State and community leaders, along with hundreds of Hawaii students, grabbed boxes of chalk and hit the streets on Saturday to raise awareness about climate change.

Around 10 a.m. on Saturday Gov. David Ige, community leaders, and students from 40 schools across the state drew blue lines in chalk to mark sea level rises at 15 different locations in Hawaii.The event was part of the Blue Line Project, an environmental initiative that raises awareness about the negative impacts of climate change.

The event was hosted by the Blue Planet Foundation, a community group that focuses on raising awareness around sustainability, climate change and clean energy efforts in Hawaii.

“The blue line that students chalk today won’t last long. But the impression it leaves will be indelible,” said Jeff Mikulina, executive director of Blue Planet Foundation, in a news release. “We are a force of nature. The actions we take today will literally shape our coastline tomorrow.”

The project is meant to highlight the Aloha State’s vulnerability to sea level rises due to its location in the Pacific Ocean. The lines drawn around the state were representative of data gathered by the Hawaii Climate Commission.

According to Blue Planet Foundation recent studies suggest that, in a current student’s lifetime, Hawaii’s sea-level could rise by a meter.

“Could”. OK. A meter is 39 inches

That’s official data from NOAA. Slightly below half a foot of sea rise per 100 years, which is, as I’ve mentioned many, many times, is below the Holocene average of 6-8 inches of sea rise per century. There’s a heck of a difference between 6 inches and 39. It’s equivalent to .1524 meters.

Hilo shows about a foot of rise per century. Kahului shows .73 feet. Mokuoloe shows .47 feet, but, rather a shorter measuring base. And Nawiliwili is .54 feet. This is all average, and one would expect a sea rise of above a foot per century during a Holocene warm period. There’s nothing man-caused about it. What these adults are doing is scaring kids, indoctrinating them, without actual facts.