Storm surge is the enemy, and SLR and Subsidence its accomplices.

http://qz.com/228284/the-ocean-is-swallowing-up-virginia-so-rapidly-that-its-leaders-are-forgetting-to-bicker-about-climate-change/

A quick synopsis of Norfolk's problems and the impact on the nation as a whole, this article does a good job of showing the worst-case scenario with all three factors at their scariest levels: subsidence, storm surge, and sea-level rise. It's main point: Norfolk is slowly becoming more and more susceptible to storm surge (the real threat).
A touch of neener-neener politics..., makes me wonder how the right would report this. Would they call it a committee on frequent flooding rather than sea level rise?

Tea Party on Global Warming Hoax

http://www.tpnn.com/2014/03/17/weather-channel-founder-explains-the-history-of-the-global-warming-hoax/

Long presentation with a low budget, trying to disprove arguments supporting humans' role in climate change.

The Economic Argument

I would appreciate more numbers here to grasp the economic impact (both in doing and NOT doing something), but a good example of the economic argument supporting mitigation efforts: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/opinion/sunday/lessons-for-climate-change-in-the-2008-recession.html?_r=1

Simulation as visualization of theory

"Theory is an abstraction of reality, a way of framing, modeling, and understanding what is observed to be happening (Littlejohn and Foss, 2011)" (Sellnow and Seeger - Theorizing Crisis Communication).
Thought: are games/simulation a theory of what they simulate?

Not real can tell us about real

Oryx and Crake, Atwood,  p. 102: "in the beginning,  there was chaos. Show us chaos, please oh snowman! Show us a picture of choas! They'd struggled with pictures at first. Is it real? No, it is not real. What is this not real? Not real can tell us about real."

Rhetorical situation.

Jimmie Killingsworth on why environmental discourse is linked to ancient concerns with communication and deliberation.  Provides rationale for my class/dissertation. 

LiDAR

Compare to other flood maps. Looks like the most photorealistic on the market.