Sunk: Connecticut’s Growing Flood Risk

Submitted by CTInsideInvestigator t3_1180zxf in Connecticut

In Connecticut, around 61% of the state’s population lives in an area threatened by coastal flooding. Projections provided by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) show that the state is at risk of losing up to 24,000 acres of land to rising sea levels in the next 50 years. As towns and cities look to the future, there is a deep history and an increasing sense of urgency to act.

https://insideinvestigator.org/sunk-connecticuts-growing-flood-risk/

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PlayerOneDad t1_j9evbbc wrote

After I saw a house float away from Reef Road in Fairfield after Irene, I'd never buy property within 5 miles of the coast.

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[deleted] t1_j9ezmru wrote

So where's the map to plan in advance for my waterfront property?

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PlayerOneDad t1_j9fu6qo wrote

Replying to mkt853 (#1,900,011)

In the past. As the water rises, that will change. And it isn't just about water in the house. Services and utilities go down in those communities the higher the water comes up.

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realbusabusa t1_j9g0jm4 wrote

This is a slowly unfolding catastrophe. It will have a large impact in CT. Think about the property tax base alone and the impact of that being washed away.

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Ftheyankeei t1_j9gkbm6 wrote

How much of this bullshit is directly attributable to the Kochs and other funding sources for the Yankee Institute, which operates the Inside Investigator, fighting investment in climate change mitigation?
Fuck off, by the way.

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