Wednesday, October 12, 2016

US areas most threatened

Interesting list of threatened areas.  The question is, what will these communities do to prepare and survive?  What will the rest of us do to bring the environment and economy back into balance to help safeguard all communities and natural resources?

Perhaps more pointedly, what will you do to sustain our planet now shared by over 6 billion people and billions of other forms of life?

US areas most threatened by global warming



According to a recent study published in Nature Climate Change journal, as many as 13 million people may live in the most vulnerable regions along the coasts of the U.S. by 2100 if sea levels rise by 5.9 feet (1.8 meter). The rising levels are one of the many effect of global warming. Study author and demographer at the University of Georgia Matt Hauer said, “If we don’t have adapted infrastructure to protect people vulnerable to sea level rise, we could see a migration that mirrors the Great Migration (when six million African Americans moved to the Northeast, Midwest and West between 1910 and 1970).” Let's take a look at the counties which are under the most threat.


Alameda County, California
Marin County, California
Orange County, California
San Mateo County, California
Galveston County, Texas
Jefferson County, Texas
Jefferson County, Louisiana
Lafourche County, Louisiana
Orleans County, Louisiana
St. Mary County, Louisiana
St. Charles County, Louisiana
St. Tammany County, Louisiana
Terrebonne County, Louisiana
Brevard County, Florida
Broward County, Florida
Charlotte County, Florida
Collier County, Florida
Duval County, Florida
Hillsborough County, Florida
Lee County, Florida

Manatee County, Florida
Monroe County, Florida
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Pinellas County, Florida
Palm Beach County, Florida
Sarasota County, Florida
St. Johns County, Florida
Volusia County, Florida
Chatham County, Georgia
Beaufort County, South Carolina
Charleston County, South Carolina
Atlantic County, New Jersey
Cape May County, New Jersey
Ocean County, New Jersey
Kings County, New York
Queens County, New York
Nassau County, New York
Suffolk County, New York
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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