According to this article, Vancouver, Canada officials have put out a report that lays out options for dealing with sea level rise. Three generic strategies evaluated are: Adapt, Protect, or Retreat, the last of which means that for some parts of the city, people might just need to "get out of the way". In that case, the city would buy up homes and remove infrastructure over a period of several decades. It's not an easy thing to ask for people to leave their homes decades before an area is flooded.
By the year 2100, 13 square kilometers of Vancouver (containing around 4,000 households worth $7 billion) will be on floodplains so action needs to be taken soon to protect them. Areas like Jericho Beach and the Fraser River are already experiencing more frequent flooding.
First, Vancouver will publicize its plans then gauge public reaction. The world will be watching.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Monday November 28 2016, @02:10PM
Of course they vary. And the global tidal bulge can cause variations of several feet. But this is nothing new or extreme, and has damn little to do with global warming (which in any event, is ... well, read Dr.Roy Spencer's book.)
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.