That's a pretty impressive chunk of real estate. It looks like at least a third to a half of the southern part of Alanma is at risk. While I knew that most of Florida and much of coastal Texas is at risk from rising sea-levels, I had only thought that only 20 miles or so of Alabama's modest-sized coastline was in peril.

The politicos' attitudes trouble me. I can understand the stupid from the northern part of the state, but I'm baffled by the attitudes of the pols where the water is likely to rise.

agreeing with those liberal scientists and environmentalists.

I live in the central part of that blue area, only 90 miles north of the Gulf.
Elevation here is 419 feet above sea level.
That blue zone tells us nothing of how much sea level rise there would be, and in what amount of time, so it is pretty useless.

Further down in the article is a pic of Dauphin Island, a barrier Island in the Gulf.
THAT spit of sand is home to true "insandity".
Barriers Islands actually "move" as tidal action tears down and rebuilds the sand along the shore.
Dauphin Island is slowing moving east to Mississippi Sound.
Worse yet, at 7-10 feet elevation at highest point, it gets submerged during most hurricanes, and Katrina actually cut it into 2 pieces, stranding the eastern side of houses.
Very expensive houses, btw..which for some crazy reason insurance companies keep paying to be re-built.
Mobile gets flooded a lot, in fact heavy rains in April created massive flooding.
The aptly named Water Street in Downtown Mobile is only 10 feet above sea level, while areas further to the west are as high as 211 feet.

Alabama politicians are a hidebound lot, not overburdened with too many brain cells.
and "change" is is not normally found in Southern DNA, as a rule.
Gonna be interesting around here in the next few decades.
But it is not necessarily sea rise in climate change that is the immediate problem. Poor drainage, poor flood control, and more severe storms bringing much more rain are causing more frequent flooding.
Then there is always the possibility of another Katrina, which would be disastrous to any place along the gulf.