The Mayor of Tangier Island went on CNN’s Town Hall event last night and told former Vice President Al Gore that he did not see any evidence of rising sea levels.
Mayor James Eskridge admitted he was not a scientist “but was a keen observer.”
And he asked Gore why Eskridge “had not seen any signs of it.”
Eskridge said what his home town needed was a sea wall to fight erosion.
Gore responded by saying that he knew of Tangier Island’s erosion problem and said it was due to the rising sea levels.
Eskridge drew national attention when he received a phone call from Donald Trump who discovered that the residents there were strong supporters of the President.
During that conversation Trump said he believed that the island would be around for a long time.
