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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."

Here in reality, I actually live on an island. And our 100-yr flood lines just got moved in, meaning 2000 houses that weren't considered at risk of flooding are now having to deal with flood insurance or lack thereof.

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You would still need to change floodlines if the ocean levels are constantly increasing, so I'm not sure what your point is with this post.

Yes, sea levels are constantly rising -- at exactly the same slow, steady, manageable rate they have been rising for as long as we have been measuring them.

Modifying flood insurance coverage maps isn't anything new, either, but any changes being made should not be blamed on an INCREASE in the rate of rise, because there is no INCREASE in the rate of rise.

Whatever the reason for the change in flood zone lines -- less risk tolerance by the insurers, more accurate mapping, over-development, etc. -- it shouldn't be because of a change in the rate of sea level rise, because there isn't one.

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