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Related: About this forumLodestar’s Poll: Three possible responses to rising waters
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1127&pid=93782Engineers say there are three possible responses to rising waters: undertake coastal defense projects; adapt with actions like raising roads and buildings; or abandon land to the sea. Lacking a national strategy, the United States applies these measures haphazardly. If you lived on the coastline, had a business there or other interest, which policy would you choose?
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Undertake coastal defense projects | |
1 (10%) |
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Adapt with actions like raising roads and buildings | |
0 (0%) |
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Abandon land to the sea | |
9 (90%) |
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Lodestar’s Poll: Three possible responses to rising waters (Original Post)
OKIsItJustMe
Nov 2015
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Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)1. Any kind of defense is temporary at best.
In the long run the sea will win, no matter how hard we fight it.
Lodestar
(2,388 posts)2. That was my thinking about New Orleans after Katrina
I know people who left for good and others who went back to rebuild.
I certainly understand that sense of place. Particularly such a unique
community as can be found in New Orleans. And who knows how long
it will be before the rising sea makes it unlivable.
I don't live on the water so really can't
say how I'd respond. It might take a couple of mini disasters to scare
me off, but I do think it wouldn't take me long to give it up to nature
and move inland.
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)3. I'm reminded of King Canute... nt