Miami and Miami Beach, how's the flooding down there ?
in reference to: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article2564166.html
Report: Tidal flooding to be more frequent in Miami, Key West as seas rise
Tidal flooding in Miami and Key West will increase dramatically over the next 15 years as seas continue to rise, according to a study released Wednesday just as annual high tides begin creeping toward Miami Beach.
Using data collected earlier this year in the White House’s National Climate Assessment, the Union of Concerned Scientists looked at Miami and Key West, along with 50 other communities deemed vulnerable to rising seas driven by climate change. By 2030, researchers concluded, Miami could flood eight times more frequently. By 2045, the number could increase steeply to about 230 floods per year. Key West could fare far worse, with 45 floods a year, or more than three a month, by 2030.
“That level of inundation is going to be game changer for us in South Florida,” said Nicole Hammer, assistant director of climate change initiatives at Florida Atlantic University, who helped write the report’s section on Florida. “We won’t be able to function the way we do now unless we take pretty aggressive measures to begin to adapt.”
With some cities already experiencing flooding up to four times more frequently than in 1970, the authors decided to take a closer look at the forecast for communities from Freeport, Maine, to the Texas coast under scenarios mapped out in the National Climate Assessment. The assessment, released earlier this year, was the Obama administration’s attempt at compiling an authoritative report on climate change, the president’s science advisor, John Holdren, said last week.
yes, this is from October but still relevant.
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Climate change skeptic Rick ("I'm not a scientist"
Scott was just reelected with a like-minded Tea Party legislature.