As a record-setting hurricane season retreats from memory, what lessons do coastal communities need to hold on to as they prepare for future years? Building higher, stronger and further back always pays off. While there’s not much you can do in the face of a landfalling Category 4 hurricane, your best chances for coastal survival…
Hurricane Matthew poses a major threat to the U.S. southeast coast, thanks to its strength, breadth and forecast duration traversing the Atlantic coasts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina (as of current predictions). Projected to approach the southeast Florida coast as a Category 4 storm, forecasts show it moving northward in close proximity to the…
Is your coastal community concerned about sea level rise (SLR)? If so, good – and a recently published article may help you make plans to respond to rising seas. Writing in the most recent issue of “Shore & Beach,” James Houston, Ph.D., looks at Florida’s east coast as a laboratory for adapting to SLR, making…