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WHY are we still building on barrier islands and ocean beaches in the southeast?

๐—ข๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ.๐—ฆ. ๐—š๐˜‚๐—น๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ. ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฃ๐—ผ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ โ€œ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ.โ€

In 14 years, sea level for Dauphin Island has risen 6.7 inches. In 58 years, 11 inches. Yes, itโ€™s rising faster.


https://wapo.st/3QopozF

Map showing location of Dauphin Island, AL, at the mouth of Mobile Bay.

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