[blackdog]

The highest point above sea level in the state of Florida is / was 24' above. That was in 1977 when I went to flight school there.

I vacationed there at the same Vero Beach location last year and the reefs were more exposed at low tides and the beach water line was not any closer. That's more than 35 years of rising sea levels, which had not shown any rising sea levels.

Hmmmmmm............

[Conan the Librarian]

Actually, the highest point in Florida is 345 ft above. Mt Britton near the Alabama boarder.

I live about 14 ft above sea level in coastal Georgia for now. Have noted no rise on the beach road that will flood during storms, but, hardly ever otherwise. At high tide it’s about 1 foot above the water level.

Soon, we plan on selling out and buying a sailboat, living in a local marina. I’ll be AT sea level then and I’ll keep track.

[SES1066]

The highest point above sea level in the state of Florida is / was 24' above. That was in 1977 when I went to flight school there.

Given that I live in the Tampa Bay area and do not require flood insurance because I am higher than 65 ft above MSL, I think you dropped a significant digit here. The highest point in the Florida Peninsula is at Bok Tower in Lake Wales at 324 ft MSL while the very highest point is in the Panhandle west of Tallahassee at Britton Hill (345 ft).

Given that a storm surge from a hurricane can easily be 25-30 feet, your number would mean we all build on stilts even inland. The interior of the peninsula ranges up from 150 ft MSL.