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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
THE CALIFORNIA COAST GREW AND PROSPERED during a remarkable moment in history when the sea was at its tamest. But the mighty Pacific, unbeknownst to all, was nearing its final years of a calm but unusual cycle that had lulled dreaming settlers into a false sense of endless summer.
Elsewhere, Miami has been drowning, Louisiana shrinking, North Carolina's beaches disappearing like a time lapse with no ending. While other regions grappled with destructive waves and rising seas, the West Coast for decades was spared by a rare confluence of favorable winds and cooler water. This "sea level rise suppression," as scientists call it, went largely undetected. Blinded from the consequences of a warming planet, Californians kept building right to the water's edge.
But lines in the sand are meant to shift. In the last 100 years, the sea rose less than 9 inches in California. By the end of this century, the surge could be greater than 9 feet.
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 09 2019, @12:11PM (2 children)
Who owns real estate near the shore? Mostly rich people ; those same rich people who have huge carbon footprints and being the people ‘in power’ could have taken steps to head off climate change long ago.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 09 2019, @12:16PM
They will just move and adapt like has always happened. The only thing they have to fear is a sudden event, and even then they probably have multiple homes so a couple hours warning should be enough to avoid the worst outcome.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 10 2019, @12:05AM
The rich and powerful will protect the value of their seaside property for as long as they can, and when it's really too much to keep it up anymore, they'll write themselves a bailout so they can retain the value and acquire something more desirable somewhere else.
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