Coastal
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Atlanta magazine has a very interesting and concerning story this month on Georgia’s barrier islands and marshy coasts and the communities that are located there. I have been to Jekyll Island, St. Mary’s, Tybee Island, and Darien, and have seen how close these communities are to the ocean. The article discusses what steps the residents…
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“Sunny day flooding” is a term for flooding that occurs when no rain is falling. It could occur when rain falls upstream of an area and the streamflow from that rain overflows the banks of the stream. In this article, it is flooding that is occurring from rising sea levels along the coast of Florida…
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Commercial oystering in the Southeast has been around for a long time, and most states have a big industry in producing oysters. But in Georgia, only about 32,000 pounds of oysters were produced in 2016. Why? Because unlike other Southeastern states, Georgia does not allow commercially farmed oysters. All catches must be made from wild…
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National Public Radio has an interesting story this week about recent impacts of rising sea level on one of the oldest farms in the US. The farm is located in the Eastern Shore of Maryland and was started by land grant in 1666, long before the US was even a country. Now rising sea levels…
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Long-time residents of Georgia may remember the devastating floods of Tropical Storm Alberto in July 1994. The rain was so intense that Georgia’s one-day rainfall record was set during that storm, with 21.10 inches recorded at Americus for a 24-hour period ending on July 6, 1994 as the storm stalled over the state. In spite…
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The University of Georgia has published a toolkit for coastal communities to assess their public service outreach abilities in times of flooding. This 71-page step by step guide will allow towns and cities along the coast determine their vulnerabilities to coastal flooding from hurricanes and rising sea level and determine what methods of outreach are…
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The National Park Service has issued a number of new maps showing the impacts of storm surge on NPS sites such as Biscayne Bay FL, Assateague Island VA, and Fort Sumter SC. As you can imagine, there are quite a few sites for the Southeast since we have such a long coastline. For more information,…