Miami is sinking beneath the sea—but not without a fight.

[lordsummerisle]

When I started this job, people kept asking me, ‘Why do we have so much flooding now?’ and I said, ‘Well, there’s just one problem: The whole city’s four feet too low—that’s all!’” But as Miami Beach city engineer Bruce Mowry, the person responsible for maintaining and improving the island’s public infrastructure, steered his car through the Flamingo Park neighborhood this past January, his typically cheery mood dimmed. “You know, I drive around a lot, looking at all these streets and trees and homes and thinking about what’s coming,” Mowry said. “If we get the four feet of rise that’s predicted, all of this area will be two-and-a-half feet underwater.”

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/123216/miami-sinking-beneath-sea-not-without-fight

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Worse yet.......a 4 foot tidal surge is much more likely, sooner.

Doesn't take many of those to leave permanent damage, cause Fla. is basically built on a sand spit.

[FSogol]

2. From Rock Against Bush: Sink Florida Sink by Against Me

And we sink, and we drown
and what is lost can never be found
well these arms did swim,
until the lungs pulled in
panic was lost in a deep understanding
that you will see what is wrong with everything
what is wrong with you and me
they make all the right reasons to fuck it up
you're gonna fuck it up