I went back on CNN last night to talk about the recent flash flooding all over the country and the world.

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So if you live in a place that is more prone to serious weather events do you think it’s less likely that things like this would happen? Asking cause I am buying a house on top of a flood plain that’s survived six decades of hurricanes in North Carolina. But terrified it won’t survive the next decade.

I get it. My parents just moved to a house even closer to the water on Long Island. A lot depends on the rate of sea level rise in the years to come. I expect there will be more options for dealing with storm surge in the years to come. But a helpful thing may be looking at these maps from Climate Central:

Yeah it’s the same deal with my parents’ new place

Looks like I would be okay until a 5M rise. I am inland a bit so storm surge is not an issue but I am right above a creek that floods with heavy rain.

I get it. My parents just moved to a house even closer to the water on Long Island. A lot depends on the rate of sea level rise in the years to come. I expect there will be more options for dealing with storm surge in the years to come. But a helpful thing may be looking at these maps from Climate Central: 

https://coastal.climatecentral.org/