Alarmist report: Rising sea level allegedly means huge Bay Area impacts

The San Francisco Bay Area will bear the brunt of a predicted sea-level rise of 3 to 4 1/2 feet by the end of the century, a new report warns.

American Thinker Blog: In Aug '06, AFTER releasing An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore buys San Francisco Bay area luxury condo

Gore is a businessman these days —— sitting on the boards of Apple Computer Inc. and Current TV, the cable and satellite channel he started with investor Joel Hyatt —— "and those take him (to the Bay Area) pretty regularly for board meetings and the like," said his spokeswoman, Kalee Kreider.

It also helps explain why Al and Tipper Gore recently bought a luxury condo at San Francisco's St. Regis tower at Third and Mission streets.