New York City New Sports Franchise

Should New York City get a new sports franchise my nomination for team name is the New York Surge. Hurricane Sandy and the flooding of the city’s subway have contributed to this thought process. Kudos to Mayor Bloomberg for being one of the few American politicians to have the cojones to actually go public and link climate change to recent weather events. Why as a group have they been so slow to believe the climate change outlook and acknowledge its impact? Part of the answer is that the deniers get so much press, so much more than their position warrants, because of the moneyed interests behind them. But having a hip, forward thinking name like “Surge” recognizes a reality. World sea levels are rising and the flooding of the subway, just the first of many floods to come. Unless…… Well, in Rotterdam the Dutch in that port city are already introducing floating buildings for new developments. Since so much of The Netherlands is below sea level as it is, well they might. World wide, coastal cities could do well to follow their example and prepare for surges to become common place.