Climate expert: “Washington, D.C. faces significant risk of record high floods”

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Climate expert: “Washington, D.C. faces significant risk of record high floods”

By Jason Samenow September 16 at 11:27 am

A rise in local tidal waters – fueled by global warming – virtually guarantees record flooding in Washington, D.C. over the next century, concludes a new analysis on sea level rise and flood risk.

The analysis from Climate Central – a non-profit science communication organization based in Princeton, N.J. — finds that the cumulative risk of a record-setting flood grows by the decade as sea levels rise.

“I would say the headline is that Washington, D.C. faces significant risk of record high floods within the coming few decades,” says Ben Strauss, Climate Central’s vice president for climate impacts.

[Louisiana1976]

1. Whoever's President then will have to build an ark.

[elleng]

2. So.I'm.glad.we.sold.the.house???

But.I'm.on.a.river.in.MD.now!.

[tularetom]

3. They're already preparing for it even while they deny it's happening

Check out this report by Reuters:

http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/waters-edge-the-crisis-of-rising-sea-levels/#graft-video