Parallel to this, the next tsunami is approaching, threatening to inundate the real economy.

If detected early enough, solutions can be found to diffuse tempestuous crowds before they inundate fragile new institutions.

In graphic detail, Gore demonstrated how a 20 foot rise in the sea level would inundate much of Florida, Shanghai, and Holland.

A more immediate concern is the immense number of people who will need to be resettled when reservoirs inundate the region s densely populated valleys.

Melting polar ice will cause rising seas to inundate low lying fertile delta regions on which hundreds of millions of people grow their food.

And large players have plenty of cash with which to speculate, especially given the United States Federal Reserve s decision to inundate the world with a sea of liquidity.

A 20 foot rise in sea levels (which, not incidentally, is about ten times more than the United Nations climate panel s worst case expectations) would inundate about 16,000 square miles of coastline, where more than 400 million people currently live.