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Re: Sea level rise will swallow Miami, New Orleans, study finds

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emptypost@hotmail.com wrote:
> A sea wall around both downtown Miami and the Brickell condo area might be reasonable. (There's another condo area along Alton Road and along West Avenue out on the barrier island.)
> 
> But the geology of Miami and much of Florida is such that the water can just bubble up from the ground. So water would have to be pumped out of the sea-wall area.
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> The next step is a sea wall along the I95 route but that's a lot of water to pump.
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> 
> Palm Bay Fl, elevation 19 feet
> Vero Beach Fl, elevation 13 feet
> Fort Pierce Fl, elevation 16 feet
> Stuart Fl, elevation 10 feet
> West Palm Beach Fl, elevation 13 feet
> Boynton Beach Fl, elevation 9 feet
> Boca Raton Fl, elevation 13 feet
> Pompano Beach Fl, elevation 13 feet
> Fort Lauderdale Fl, elevation 9 feet
> Miami Fl, elevation 6 feet
> Kendall Fl, elevation 13 feet
> Homestead Fl, elevation 3 feet

Flevoland, Netherlands, -3 meters

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Jim Pennino

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