Comment Re:It could be illegal. (Score 1) 136
Talk about a biased article. I am NOT saying I agree entirely with what happened, but the reality is that there was a moratorium on relying on the previous (2010) sea level report which predicted 39 inches of sea level rise. New standards for prediction are to be decided upon by 2016. The new standards do not look past 30 years.
I personally do not believe that any climate predictions we have right now are worth shit 30 years out, so I don't have a problem with this.
The NC coast, being surrounded for the most part by outer banks (as opposed to sea islands) are an interesting case. Erosion has long been a problem, and will continue to be a problem. I dare say a bigger problem than sea level rise.
Oh well, I guess we'll see in thirty years!