are completely disconnected from what is happening down state. Miami will likely be the first big city that is abandoned to flooding that gets worse every year.

It won't be the last.

I remember a big project to fix beach erosion in Miami Beach in the late 50s, so this has been going on for a while. The beaches were changed from a small strip of sand to a wide, almost Daytona like beach over the course of a winter. I'm a little surprised that it's lasted this long. However, sea rise in Florida has been going on for a long time.

Yes*

* Unless they build levees.

The underlying rock is porous limestone and the rising see water will rise up through it.

It means it's time to sell your house if you live in that area before the bottom falls out of the market and it becomes a ghost town.

and it's not going to change with the presidential candidates stance on dirty energy and fracking... not that it would even help in this late hour.

What will probably start happening to low lying costal areas like this is they will start to lose their value. People won't want to move there and risk losing everything. It will end up mostly poor people, the Gov. will abandon investments on infrastructure and flood protection and it will be a ghost town in perhaps 50 years then washed away.

But I'm betting they won't. The denial is just talk.

This is pretty fascinating:

will find a way. That said, humans must stop polluting the earth.

Slightly different area but still very vulnerable:

With or without rising sea levels!