Not only do sea levels rise, but higher temperatures mean the ground is more liquid and infiltration proceeds more quickly because the liquid expands and becomes more fluid at higher temps. There is more erosion because the mechanical action (seepage) and chemical action (reaction with limestone) is increased with higher temperatures. Corrosion proceeds at a faster rate crumbling foundations and rusting reinforcements, bolts and hangers. That may have been a factor in the collapse that killed 98 people.

Wall Street in NYC has more flooding issues these years.

Miami Beach is right on the ocean, built on limestone. There are many buildings in a row, a lot of weight. Other places are on more solid rock or not so near or low.

Venice, Italy, comes to mind too.

I believe local high ocean temperatures near Florida are behind some of the sea level increase. You see more of this in FL than in the Northeast US or Europe.

I'm not an expert on this by any means, and if someone who is wants to address this I'd welcome them.

of crap it came out of. How fitting.

Over here, on the west coast of Florida, and even after all our hurricanes in the last two years, they are right back building on the barriers. It’s not sustainable for so many reasons and one is the astronomical costs for insurance that we all pay for this cycle of building up, blowing away environment.

It's on the Florida west coast . . . south of Tampa, IIRC.

Anyway, was some ridiculous pile - 14 bedrooms, 26 bathrooms, two extra houses, a yacht basin and dock, and of course the whole thing was right on the barrier island.

And it can be yours for something like $294 million.

$295 million ! 708 feet of beachfront and Gulf views, 231 feet of a yacht basin for up to 6 boats.
No need to say it’s a very exclusive zip code down there!

Do people still live in them? Who cleans up after them when they fall in?

Yes, such a shame.

So Republicanville is sinking, and much of this is due to a lack of building codes that the conservatives didn't want?

n/t

all of this inconvenient reality just vanishes, right?

As one of chimpy's minions said (paraphrasing), "We create our own reality."

These idiots act as though reality doesn't matter.

Just Mother Nature redrawing coastlines around the world, helped along by climate change.

Your million dollar penthouse might not be worth much once the word gets out it is part of a major widespread sinking and leaning problem.

Does 'code' specify foundations should go down to bedrock, and not build if that isn't possible?

Climate change is a myth, right?

The strange part is: Water, the sun, and fire have a double meaning. Humankind can't live without any of these valuable resources.

They can be our friend, and our enemy. That's up to us for the most part. We caused global warming, and now we pay.

And with Trump in there, Mr. drill baby drill, guess which direction we're heading?

I've said it for decades. We're killing ourselves a slow death. And apparently, over 50% of people in this country don't believe it. Look at the water situation. It's just a matter of time until we totally pollute all of it. Imagine life without water. Yeah, no one survives that. And even today, no one is making clean water a priority.

The property sellers in Florida - especially Miami but anywhere south of Orlando - are counting on our IGNORANCE. Anyone who actually knows how dangerous and unstable the ground is, would never invest their retirement money in South Florida property.

See, it's level now.

in South Beach. I set him up with an agent there. When he came back, I asked him how it went. He said he won't be buying property there, as "the entire area will be under water in 10 years". Oh, did I forget to mention this guy is an environmental engineer?

P.s. Not to mention the infiltration of sea water into fresh water.

Anyway, what's for breakfast?

Talk about paddling up sh*t creek! Good luck to all.