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To: locogringo who wrote (899102)11/6/2015 9:59:34 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 1575274
 
" Facts and truth letting you down?"

I'd say the response of the deniers is letting everybody down.

Miami Beach’s battle to stem rising tides

The city’s effort, so far a success, is test of engineering solutions to sea rise

‘Street of the future’ has two tiers and is very expensive

If climate projections hold true, entire region will face flood-control overhaul

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The sea started boiling up into the street. A major Miami Beach road was under water. Tourists sloshed to hotels through saltwater up to their shins, pants rolled up, suitcases in one hand, shoes in the other.

But one corner of Miami Beach stayed perfectly dry. In Sunset Harbour, which has historically flooded during seasonal high tides, the water was held at bay last month by a radically re-engineered streetscape that will be put to the test again this week with another king tide.

The design — featuring a street and sidewalk perched on an upper tier, 2 ½ feet above the front doors of roadside businesses, and backed by a hulking nearby pump house — represents what one city engineer called "the street of tomorrow."



miamiherald.com