Here is a novel declaration. So far, it is a state-declared emergency. I wonder what FEMA would do with a request like this? I welcome your comments.
Louisiana’s Governor Declares State Of Emergency Over Disappearing Coastline
It is interesting to note that Bloomberg News is one of the few business communications companies to be sympathetic to climate change matters. See: The Nightmare Scenario for Florida’s Coastal Homeowners, Demand and financing could collapse before the sea consumes a single house.
From the Homeland Security News Wire: Cities inland could be reshaped by migration from sea-level rise
See new NOAA Technical Report #83, Jan. 2017. Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the U.S. ; 75 pp. [Thanks to Chris Jones for the citation.]
See also this related article from HS Newswire: Sea levels in U.S. Northeast to rise faster than global average
At least one regular reader takes issue with this matter, but the Diva finds the scientific evidence compelling.
Coastal resilience:Accelerating sea level rise requires collaborative response
Recent estimates suggest that global mean sea level rise could exceed two meters by 2100. The projections pose a challenge for scientists and policymakers alike, requiring far-reaching decisions about coastal policies to be made based on rapidly evolving projections with large, persistent uncertainties. Policymakers and scientists must thus act quickly and collaboratively to help coastal areas better prepare for rising sea levels globally, say climate change experts.
From Bloomberg News: Trump Rejects Climate Change, but Mar-a-Lago Could Be Lost to the Sea . “Floridians in Palm Beach spend millions to deal with rising seas.” An excerpt:
Donald Trump shelled out $409,759 for property taxes in 2016 on Mar-a-Lago, his oceanfront club above billionaire’s row in Palm Beach, Fla. Some of those tax dollars will go toward combating the ravages of climate change, a phenomenon the president-elect has dismissed as a hoax. Trump tweeted in 2012 that “the concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese” to make U.S. industry less competitive. In early December he told Fox News that “nobody really knows” whether climate change is real. He’s picked Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a staunch denier of climate change, to run the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Intensified by Climate Change, ‘King Tides’ Change Ways of Life in Florida
King tides, which frequently flood South Florida even when the
sun shines, are the most blatant example of the interplay between
rising seas and the alignment of the moon, sun and Earth.
A Sharp Increase In ‘Sunny Day’ Flooding. Global warming and rising seas are increasing the amount of tidal flooding on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Flood levels are different from city to city, but the trends are similar
Boston and NYC have had many traditional rivalries, such as those between the Red Sox and the Yankees. Recently, there have been a series of articles about the climate change and coastal risks in both of these major northeastern cities. The NYTimes writes about climate change in the NY area frequently.
Far less is known and talked about publicly for the Boston area.Recently the local public radio station took on the topic. See: Why New York Is Better Prepared For Flooding Than Boston. A new research report from Univ. of MA/Boston indicates greater problems than have been discussed publicly to date. See: Climate change could be even worse for Boston than previously thought. The direct URL to the Climate Research Boston report is here. Both a 19 page summary and the full 60 page report are available at this location.
Following up on the last post, here is a U.S. example. From the NY Times, this article and accompanying photos. The location is Louisiana. See: Resettling the first American Climate Refugees.
A related article from the NOLA press is Fate of LA Coast Could be Determined by Antarctica Ice Melt. Interesting map in the article.
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