Denying Climate Change until you're Underwater

[Michchamp]

Today's example comes from Norfolk, VA.:

Climate change is beginning to take a toll on real estate in the coastal city, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) southeast of Richmond, as insurance costs soar and residents resort to putting their homes on stilts or opening up space underneath for the water to flow through. While most of the U.S. is in a housing rebound, prices in Norfolk fell 2.2 percent in October, according to the Virginia Beach-based Real Estate Information Network.
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But this can't be true, because we know Climate Change was just a conspiracy by Al Gore to publicize his movie, and a bunch of scientists to... well... it's not exactly clear what conceivable gain they would receive from climate change, but it's not important to think this through logically.

Along the Virginia coast, flooding has become such a part of everyday life that residents are responding by raising their properties about 10 feet (3 meters) off the ground, towering over neighbors in treehouses atop gray cinder block beds. It costs from $80 to $100 a square foot, and takes about two to four months to lift a home and complete the construction underneath, according to Jim Matyiko, who co-runs the Southeast division of Expert House Movers.
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That's a lot of effort to live in an area that will eventually be uninhabitable.

 

[Gulo Blue]

The estimates of the sea level rate of change is around 3 mm/year. If you can manage erosion and tolerate 1 m of sea level rise, you should be good until at least 2100.

 

[Michchamp]

The estimates of the sea level rate of change is around 3 mm/year. If you can manage erosion and tolerate 1 m of sea level rise, you should be good until at least 2100.

well... and tolerate more flooding and storm surge every couple years

 

[tigersofjustice]

IMO incredibly stupid to have your primary residence anywhere near sea level at this point.

If you do, better have a ton of insurance. Best off just getting a house inland a bit high off the ground and visiting the public beach.