aA “Built atop spongy marsh and old tidal creeks filled with sawdust”
A report by Yale School of the Environment found cities are going to lose the costly battle to hold back the sea.
“It’s a nightmare,” says Ana Zimmerman, who moved her family to higher ground after her James Island home flooded twice.
“wall-off the historic downtown with an 8-mile-long seawall that would cost nearly $2 billion. ”
“In Miami, the Army Corps is studying a 13-foot-high flood wall … Most of the estimated $8 billion price tag would be covered by federal taxpayers … ”
“In Galveston, Texas, the Corps has proposed placing a massive Dutch-style surge gate … estimated cost has ballooned from $2 billion to $37 billion ”
“In New Jersey, the Corps last year published a preliminary plan … Cost estimates range from several billion dollars up to $15 billion.”
“In New York, the Corps proposed building a huge seawall across Lower Manhattan … somewhere between $62 billion and $119 billion”
“In America, we have yet to come to terms with the fact that climate change tells us there are some places where growth is no longer possible.”
“a big wall of distraction”
“Miamians seem to have this horrible concept of permanence of place, even though Miami has only been around a hundred years ”
” the National Flood Insurance Program, which is $20 billion in debt”
“Americans keep flocking to the coast, and builders keep accommodating them. ”
“We’re continuing with more building on a peninsula that’s sinking”
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