Population in low areas – and some are below sea level – expect sea walls and other expensive fixes. This is to the great benefit of construction companies.
Or you could just pass a law making it illegal to talk about sea level rise, like North Carolina did.………………………………http://abcnews.go.com/US/north-carolina-bans-latest-science-rising-sea-level/story?id=16913782
California,among others, thinking back to Palo Verdes penninsula, and along the Gulf coast, and of course Atlantic coast, have tried decades of “beach stabilization”, which has failed, or typically, made things worse by “protecting property”, erosion is erosion.
Rising tidal levels due to bigger sea changes, are a bigger, meaner, animal, and like previous errors, we, as humans, are causing it.
Among the brilliant moves of course, is building on barrier islands, watching those houses float away in hurricanes, and INCREASE damage further inland!
wvmacleod over 8 years ago
Yes, let’s move the 44% of the global population that lives within 100 miles of the coast inland.
wvmacleod over 8 years ago
http://coastalchallenges.com/2010/01/31/un-atlas-60-of-us-live-in-the-coastal-areas/
larryrhoades over 8 years ago
feverjr Premium Member over 8 years ago
Or you could just pass a law making it illegal to talk about sea level rise, like North Carolina did.………………………………http://abcnews.go.com/US/north-carolina-bans-latest-science-rising-sea-level/story?id=16913782
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
California,among others, thinking back to Palo Verdes penninsula, and along the Gulf coast, and of course Atlantic coast, have tried decades of “beach stabilization”, which has failed, or typically, made things worse by “protecting property”, erosion is erosion.
Rising tidal levels due to bigger sea changes, are a bigger, meaner, animal, and like previous errors, we, as humans, are causing it.
Among the brilliant moves of course, is building on barrier islands, watching those houses float away in hurricanes, and INCREASE damage further inland!
Yep, keep moving the castle kid.