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https://www.ocregister.com/2017/04/26/ocean-might-swallow-california-sooner-than-you-think/ https://www.ocregister.com/2017/04/26/ocean-might-swallow-ca...

• gus_massa 8y ago
  From the article: > A slow-moving emergency is lapping at California’s shores— climate-driven sea-level rise that experts now predict could elevate the water in coastal areas up to 10 feet in just 70 years, gobbling up beachfront and overwhelming low-lying cities. There is a map that show what part will be flooded with an increase of 10 feet. It's not the whole state. Some cities will be fine. Some cities will be doomed. > A consensus of scientific research makes catastrophic projections that, in the worst case, will be reality by the end of this century: [...] More than 42,000 homes in California will be under water—not merely flooded, but with seawater over roofs. For comparison, there are like 40 million people living in California, so a good guess is that there are 10-20 million of homes there. So 42,000 sink homes are only 0.5%-0.25%, but it's a lot if it's your home.
  • Gibbon1 8y ago
    California generally has a steep coastline, but none the less a lot of housing exists in low lying areas. That said California's policy makers are already trying to figure out what they are going to have to do.
• dekhn 8y ago
  that's erosion. If we really care we hire the Dutch to build a seawall.