questionmark Posted July 10, 2014 #1 Share Posted July 10, 2014 (Reuters) - Coastal flooding along the densely populated Eastern Seaboard of the United States has surged in recent years, a Reuters analysis has found. During the past four decades, the number of days a year that tidal waters reached or exceeded National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration flood thresholds more than tripled in many places, the analysis found. At flood threshold, water can begin to pool on streets. As it rises farther, it can close roads, damage property and overwhelm drainage systems. Since 2001, water has reached flood levels an average of 20 days or more a year in Annapolis, Maryland; Wilmington, North Carolina; Washington, D.C.; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Sandy Hook, New Jersey; and Charleston, South Carolina. Before 1971, none of those locations averaged more than five days a year. Annapolis had the highest average number of days a year above flood thresholds since 2001, at 34. Read more 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Use your brain Posted July 10, 2014 #2 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Maybe all that ice melting in the arctic really is starting to have an impact 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babe Ruth Posted July 11, 2014 #3 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Climate change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted July 13, 2014 #4 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Well to be a bit of a ease dropper,I would for sure move the hell away from any costal area on this planet in the next ten years unless your building one Heck of a Boat ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolguy Posted July 14, 2014 #5 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I think its climate change and the polar ice is melting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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