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They wanted to move the town for over 40 years, but now they're "reeling" from climate change? Something doesn't add up there. > "It has been grappling for de
by strictnein 10y ago
They wanted to move the town for over 40 years, but now they're "reeling" from climate change?
Something doesn't add up there.
> "It has been grappling for decades with the loss of buildings and infrastructure caused by storm surges, and it has shrunk over the past 40 years — more than 200 feet of the shore has been eaten away since 1969"
Sounds like they're just tacking on "climate change" to garner more attention to a pre-existing issue.
- LeifCarrotson 10y agoShoreline gets eaten away by more than climate change. In many places, the shoreline is constantly shifting. Waterfront property is risky!
- strictnein 10y agoYeah, that's my point. They're not reeling from climate change, they're reeling from building a city in a really bad spot.
- athenot 10y agoBut when you live off the sea, you need to be next to the sea.
- Florin_Andrei 10y agoIt seems like the spot was bad to begin with, and now climate change is accelerating the erosion.
- mattkrause 10y agoThe shoreline has probably changed a lot in the 400 years since that area was settled. Also, the IPCC report contains a graph showing that temperatures have been increasing pretty steadily since the 1930s, so it's entirely possible that this is due to climate change.
- DominikR 10y agoThe sad part is that people would rather beg the government for decades to pay for relocation instead of just taking matters in their own hands and move to another place.
- tn13 10y agoLet us not allow facts to come between a good story that supports our agenda is more like it. Climate changes helps secure funding, support and clickbaits.