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Chesapeake Bay Journal (Fri 6 Jan, 2012)
Sea level along Chesapeake rising faster than efforts to mitigate it - Coastal neighborhoods and cities are experiencing record flooding and destruction
Staff quoted: Bill Boicourt
Imagine living in a neighborhood where people check the tide gauges to figure out where they should park their cars. A place where front yards sprout wetland plants and smell like marsh grass, where city leaders debate spending millions of dollars to raise yet another street, and where prospective homeowners consult computerized flood maps to determine if it's safe to buy a house.