Kennedys hardest hit?
No loss.
Sure, I realize there are tidal forces, wind/current considerations, even local variations in gravity. But what they are talking about is utter nonsense. If the *apparent* rise is faster in one place than another, it is probably due to local relative subsidence of land, not rising seas.
Morons.
Money would be better spent just disposing of trash effectively
Ocean levels have been rising for over 15,000 years. And they just figured out that if they come up with some crazy story so they can tax people because the Ocean levels are rising.
Anyone who thinks GW $$$ is going to go to States to repair coast is a fool.
Its going to go to the UN and they are going to use it as a slush fund for global political gain.
Back in the 90's a friend of mine who lives on a canal that feeds into Lake St. Clair (S.E. Michigan) had to spend about $10K to build his seawall to protect against the flooding due to record high lake level.
Since then, he and his neighbors have had to fork over mucho dinero to dredge out their canal so they could put their boats in the water due to record low water level.......Water goes up, water goes down, water goes.....etc.
Massachusetts will have to spend more than $18 billion to fortify its coastline against rising seas and monster storms fueled by a changing climate, according to a new report.
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And how much is additional, and neither proper normal maintenance nor backlog nor from typical and expected sea level rises?
...and you can still get a great 30 year fully amortized loan in the those areas. Go figure.