I just watched a film on sea water rising, ironically only a few days after the tsunami. The film made me cry & cry & cry & cry.

Lauren McKeon,
To the stars through difficulties, 2011
(Luggage Store Gallery:
BULLET TRAIN LA/SF Round Tripp show, 3/12 to 4/16/2011)
This film was part of the
San Francisco Ocean Film Festival. The atoll islands of
Poluwat are not far South from my home islands of Guam & the Northern Marianas. Back home, I've already seen the waters rise, and beaches washed over. One of Guam's smaller surfing beaches is now underwater in less than 7 years. They've even installed a pier. This rapid change is very, very scary.
During director Steve Goodall's Q&A, he confessed he was distraught over the fate of the Poluwat islanders, as he has heard no word from them since the tsunami disasters. I wholeheartedly pray they survived it.
A quote from one of the island leaders, "
We ask if you can include us in your plans for the future."
For more information on this movie, which will view on PBS btw, please check out the website:
www.someplacewithamountain.org. They are in need of helping hands...