[palmer]

However the rest of the article is pretty good, particularly the comment about an inch per decade of sea level rise. The author should have continued the thought about carbon taxes being wrong: for less than the cost of Sandy, NYC could have built themselves a surge barrier across the Verrazano narrows.

[Figment]

for less than the cost of Sandy, NYC could have built themselves a surge barrier across the Verrazano narrows.

For less than what US taxpayers will spend on Sandy damages, the US taxpayers could have built a surge barrier across the Verazano narrows. Fixed it for you

[Covenantor]

for less than the cost of Sandy, NYC could have built themselves a surge barrier across the Verrazano narrows.

And that would help the Atlantic coastline of Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Queens exactly how? Those being the sites most devastated by the storm surge.

For those unfamiliar with NYC, the Verrazzo Narrows Bridge connects Staten Island and Brooklyn at Interstate 278 on the above map.

[publius911]

However the rest of the article is pretty good, particularly the comment about an inch per decade of sea level rise.

Maybe not.
Real scientists not just out of podunk college may have a different take on things.

Devastating Rising Sea Level Fraud Rebuttal --- by a real Science Expert