Posted on 05/07/2018 6:51:12 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
If Floridians residing in coastal communities presume sea level rise is a turn-of-the-century problem for future generations, a group of scientists is delivering a weather forecast they may consider unsettling.
Five Florida communities - Cape Sable (the southern point of the peninsula), Key Biscayne, Key West, the Lower Keys and the Middle Keys - could experience recurring tidal flooding unrelated to any storm events by 2035, according to their study. Three of those locations - Cape Sable, the Lower Keys and Middle Keys - already find themselves partially submerged at times but the forecast says their frequently inundated areas will roughly double in size within the next 17 years.
If the scientists’ forecasts are even regarded as ballpark, the ramifications could be far reaching. Property values, real estate sales, tourist-oriented economies, insurance rates, local governments’ bond ratings, business revenues and more could be adversely affected, and much sooner than many people expect.
As the century rolls on, if their forecasts prove accurate, Floridians getting mortgages on waterfront property may want to consider whether their homes will even be accessible or habitable by the time they make their final payment.
Those who want their grandchildren to inherit their homes with views of a scenic shoreline - even a canal - may wonder whether their heirs could discover encroaching tides taking possession instead.
“We are at an unbelievable crossroads,” Glickman said. “We can deal with this. This is a clarion call for action. We should not make it (potential flooding) worse. Business as usual is not a pretty picture.”
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Glug, glug....
He said that by 2010 the poles would be melted and FL would be underwater!
You mean it didn't happen?
Florida is sinking because so many old people move there to retire. The Keys may even “flip over”. /s
The rest of Florida prays Dade, Palm Beach and Broward counties will be submerged beneath the waves.
Obvious Leftist solution: raise taxes to control the sun!
As my dear, departed Uncle Roy used to say, "If a bullfrog had wings, he wouldn't bump his fanny when he hops."
If the scientists’ forecasts are even regarded as ballpark,
IF I win the lottery, I'm going to buy....
‘Cause I’m the taxman!
George Harrison RIP.
where do I get one of these cushy “climate research” jobs?
You don’t even have to think, just write up that the world is sinking due to evil corporations, and they need to give all their money to the government.
I’m trying to understand how Archimedes Principle does not apply to this “science”.
Seriously, the entire Atlantic Ocean is at normal levels except in FLORIDA!!! WHAT?
Can somebody tell my why only Florida? How is that possible?
“As the century rolls on, if their forecasts prove accurate,”
So far the forecasts have been inaccurate (1970 to present).
Go suck swamp water “group of scientis.”
5.56mm
I wish everyone believed the “climate change” garbage.
Then I could actually afford coast property!
That is exactly what I was thinking. If all this is true then the betting money should be in alignment with the "settled science".
It’s a medium to long term event called subsidence.
What a relief that the rise in sea level is only happening in Florida. If it were to rise along the entire eastern seaboard or gulf coast...then we would have a problem. But I think we can deal with a sea level rise that ONLY affects Florida.
The sea level has actually ben rising on average since the continental glaciers started to melt at the end of the latest Ice Age. At some point the oceans will cease to rise as the temps start to go inexorably down again. The ice will return sometime between next Thursday and, say, 50 thousand years from now.
“”Nothing has changed since the good LORD made the Earth.””
Actually allot of things have changed. The Permian Basin out in west Texas was once under water, now it’s 2000+ ft above sea level. Islands that were once exposed are now several hundred ft below seal level. Sea levels are rising right now but not from what the global warming crowd want you to think. The Mississippi river dumps 300 million tons of sediment into the gulf of Mexico yearly. That’s one river on one continent, just imagine what they all deposit. 27 million tons of sand are deposited into the ocean yearly by the Sahara desert. That displaced water only has one place to go.
Pure 🐂💨💩
“Three of those locations - Cape Sable, the Lower Keys and Middle Keys - already find themselves partially submerged at times “
They have and always will. Water has been a developed Florida’s nemesis since the Spanish settled at St. Augustine.
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