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OKIsItJustMe

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7. My first reaction was 8 Inches!? That can't be right!

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 12:27 PM

Sep 2024

If you had a similar reaction…
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0670.1

Rapid Decadal Acceleration of Sea Level Rise along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts during 2010–22 and Its Impact on Hurricane-Induced Storm Surge
Jianjun Yin

Online Publication: 12 Jun 2023
Print Publication: 01 Jul 2023
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Assuming 8” of rise from 2010-2022 (it was actually more than that) by 2024, ir would be more than 9”.

That’s simply astounding! I don’t see how efforts to stabilize the Mississippi delta could deal with that!

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