Since the 1950’s, some parts of Florida have experienced as much as 12” of sea level rise and another several feet is expected over the next 100 years.
Watch this video (below) about about Sea Level Rise. If unable to view, see link here.
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I was driving through Miami a few months ago and found out they have sunny day flooding. There was water in the streets up to the window of my car. Sunny day flooding (without any influence of high tide or a hurricane) is a distinct signal that the oceans are rising. Glaciers and icebergs are melting and flooding will adversely affect hundreds of millions of people. This could occur globally over the next number of years. We must reduce global carbon emissions. Pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement is absolutely ludicrous. Clean energy is the solution longer term.
South Florida is at a risk of storm surge from Irma. But hopefully, the deep water off shore will help limit the storm surge height. This is because the amount of water the hurricane piles up can flow downward into the deep ocean instead of getting piled up on land. See image above. However, across Georgia and southern South Carolina, the surge can be as high as 20 feet. I expect by the time Irma heads closer to Georgia, it will be closer to a category 3. If Irma stays a bit further east into the open water and not a direct hit over southeastern Florida, more devastating effects will be felt further north and Irma could be a cat 4 when moves near Georgia. —Jim Roemer
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