Rising Seas Threaten 30 Year Mortgage for Coastal Residents

Camper6 said:
Yes it can but it averages out between melting and freezing. All you can go by is the average rising sea level. 3.2 mm per year so far.
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Yes, 3.2 mm isn't much....only about 1/8th of an inch. However, over an extended period of time, that builds up. Here's a chart showing the rise over the past century, and if that trend continues, another century will see some marked effects on many coastal regions. If more Melts than Freezes...which appears to be the case...a lot of coastal cities will face some serious problems.

https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-sea-level

Here's another chart showing the increase in Coastal Flooding over the past 50 years, vs. the 1950's....

https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-coastal-flooding
 

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Don M. said:
Yes, 3.2 mm isn't much....only about 1/8th of an inch. However, over an extended period of time, that builds up. Here's a chart showing the rise over the past century, and if that trend continues, another century will see some marked effects on many coastal regions. If more Melts than Freezes...which appears to be the case...a lot of coastal cities will face some serious problems.

https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-sea-level

Here's another chart showing the increase in Coastal Flooding over the past 50 years, vs. the 1950's....

https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-coastal-flooding
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Your predictions and assertions are safe and so are mine.

At least for me. I'm close to 90. So I won't be around to see it.

I can show you all kinds of websites countering the ones you are posting but as I said. I don't believe in trading websites.
 

Camper6 said:
Your predictions and assertions are safe and so are mine.

At least for me. I'm close to 90. So I won't be around to see it.

I can show you all kinds of websites countering the ones you are posting but as I said. I don't believe in trading websites.
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I'm guessing millions maybe billions won't be around if the time frame is close to reality. 200 or more years from now. For me it's a toss up. Will the earth run out of resources to sustain life for the estimated rise in population to over 8 billion or water rising to drive millions inland to live where?
 
Knight said:
I'm guessing millions maybe billions won't be around if the time frame is close to reality. 200 or more years from now. For me it's a toss up. Will the earth run out of resources to sustain life for the estimated rise in population to over 8 billion or water rising to drive millions inland to live where?
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Mother Nature takes care of overpopulation in all species. There are all kinds of people who live right on the water.
 
Camper6 said:
Mother Nature takes care of overpopulation in all species. There are all kinds of people who live right on the water.
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I guess your right. Ever since God stopped killing people somehow the population has to be reduced. Or maybe flooding the earth is going to happen again. Sure hope there is a good man named Noah with a family not opposed to incest in the future.
 
Liberty said:
Our neighbor on the acreage next door owned a "second line" beach house in Galveston. After hurricane Ike came through in 2008, his beach house became "first line - right on the beach", but the state declared it unlivable as it would be taken in the next hurricane probably, so they bought it from him and tore it down. Hurricanes and storms are what is changing the coastline around the Galveston area. Wouldn't buy anything on the beach in Galveston unless it was behind the seawall with sufficient storm sure protection.

Of course, like our business contractor used to say "I can always build a house on the sand...there's always someone that wants to buy it." They have no idea.
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I'm sure people will still buy. I stream these oceanfront home buying shows and some are years old. I often wonder if any of those featured who were so excited and happy about their purchases wound up with damaged homes or lost them to major storms. Too bad about your friend's house. My former supervisor lived in Ortley Beach part of Toms River, N.J. He was on vacation in Mexico when Sandy hit. He got a call from neighbors but was not concerned. When he and his wife finally got home after a layover in Texas due to the storm, his house was completely obliterated. Don't know if he got anything from insurance (I doubt it), but they were well off enough that they just went and bought another house. I believe that one is several miles from the beach.
 
Don M. said:
The West Coast will probably see some of the same issues as the Eastern seaboard in coming decades....especially any oceanfront communities. Seattle and San Diego may be the most heavily populated areas at risk starting near the end of this century. One of the largest California concerns I have read about is the San Joaquin Valley in Central California. That area is where a major share of the U.S. fresh produce is grown, and its low elevation could be flooded in coming decades, resulting in quite an impact on some of our food supplies.
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I remember my college geography professor predicting that California would become an island someday. I went to college late, so that was about 35 years ago.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I remember my college geography professor predicting that California would become an island someday. I went to college late, so that was about 35 years ago.
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California sits right on one of the "plates", and some day the San Andreas Fault is going to shift, big time, and much of California may well become an island. The Earth is full of potential "risks"...if/when Yellowstone erupts again, it will wipe out a good portion of the Western US. No matter how "advanced" humanity becomes, we are still at the mercy of Mother Nature.
 


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