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hatrack

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3. Good luck, Norfolk . . . .

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Feb 27, 2021, 02:05 PM

Feb 2021

IIRC, DelMarVa is located at one of the outside bends in the current (so to speak), such that it piles up there.

Sea level in Norfolk is already up 1.5 feet during the 20th century, which is about 2X the rate for the rest of the country.

Further slowing means further piling up, and they're already in trouble trying to keep ahead of clear-day flooding.

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/11/flooding-in-low-lying-norfolk-virginia-now-a-chronic-problem/

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