Rising tides in San Francisco Bay demand unified solutions

Mercury News ^ | Lisa M. Krieger

[SampleMan]

Will they sell me the soon to be flooded bay front property for a huge bargain? Yea, I didn’t think so.

[smokingfrog]

http://pacinst.org/publication/the-impacts-of-sea-level-rise-on-the-california-coast/

[Cyman]

Wait a minute, if SF bay is hit with an increase of 8 inches of water level AND that was caused by global warming, how come no one else is reporting that same 8 inch increase in sea level? I live on Mission Bay in San Diego affected by the same tidal pattern and I don’t see any increase in water level and I have shore fished for the last 15 years.

[bgill]

California is both flooding and in a drought.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

...sea-level rise will inevitably change the character of the California coast, and that adaptation strategies must be evaluated, tested, and implemented...vulnerability to sea-level rise will be heightened among Californians who do not have a vehicle, do not speak English, or who live near hazardous waste facilities. Low-income households and communities of color are over-represented in these more vulnerable groups.

Naturally...how could it be otherwise? Let's see, if sea level is going to rise four feet in the next hundred years and I don't have a vehicle, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?? Help me!!

[smokingfrog]

Start walking back to Mexico now?

[smokingfrog]

You didn’t notice because it only went up 1.17238 inches in the last 15 years.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

No entiendo, amigo

[norwaypinesavage]

Sure looks like a major problem to me. It’s been dropping for the last couple of decades. At this rate, it’ll be empty in a few centuries:
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?stnid=9414290