How Much Will The Sea Level Rise In Your Neighborhood? This Map Will Show You

[ashling]

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/21/3428860/sea-level-rise-zip-code-map/




Residents of coastal communities in the U.S. can soon search for how much sea level rise is expected to affect their regions by zip code, using a new interactive map.
The mapping tool, which was launched in 2012 in New York, New Jersey and Florida, is expanding across the East Coast, Pacific states and the rest of the coastal U.S. this summer. The program, called “Surging Seas,” uses data from federal agencies to map sea level rise by zip code, adding in details such as population density and property value. The program also maps out flood risk for regions by decade, and breaks down who and what is most at risk in each region from rising sea levels — Caucasian vs. Hispanic populations, for instance, and schools vs. homes and libraries.

[bvar22]

1. Looking forward to our Beach Front property in Arkansas!

I really should delete this.
There is nothing funny about what we are facing.

[Brother Buzz]

2. To hell with beach front property

I'm digging a marina in my backyard and will convert my house to a combination bait shop and Oyster BBQ house: Brother Buzz's Bait, Bivalves, and Brew.

[FSogol]

3. Woot! Two Pale Ales for me, while I look over your menu....

[Brother Buzz]

5. We don't have a written menu

So I'll pour you a pair of Sierra Nevada Pale Ales while you watch this:

[ashling]

6. Arkansas is a stretch

[bvar22]

7. Actually, it isn't.

The Mississippi Valley will be underwater all the way to Memphis.
The Eastern 1/2 of the state of Arkansas is essentially Sea Level, and will be underwater.
Beachfront will be Hot Springs and the Ouachita Mountains according the the projected flooding maps I have seen.

[ashling]

8. I knew that much of it is in the delta/bottomland

but I didn't realize that it was that low

[Art_from_Ark]

11. There actually was beachfront property in Arkansas at one time

The area that is now known officially as the Gulf Coastal Plain, and locally as "The Delta", was once under the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

But that was like, 50 million years ago, give or take a few years

[hobbit709]

4. Sea level would have to rise over 450 feet to affect me.

[pipi_k]

9. Not real worried

My house is about 100 miles inland from both CT and MA shorelines plus it's at about 1350 ft. altitude.

[TransitJohn]

10. Guessing zero.

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