(September 22, 2014 at 7:24 am)Rhythm Wrote: It's unlikely that the dock is underwater due to sea level rise. Very little in Florida has existed long enough to experience that (aside from St. Augustine, obvs). 100 years at the current rates would only give us 3.9 inches - and if that dock was less than 3.9 inches over the water when it was built then even the pansy florida waves would have come over it from the very moment of it's construction.
It's more likely that it has a poorly built foundation (or the sands have shifted from under the pylons) and the owners don;t feel like putting the cash down to float it. Which could be said about the entirety of the state, of course.
Well, if the docks are sinking they are going straight down, level, and are taking the parking lot along without cracking anything. And the docks all up and down the New River (so far as I have noticed) are sinking at the same rate. You may be right though, I know the sea level rise is a phenomena that stretches out over decades. Yet, for the near 3 months we have been here, nearly every high tide covers the docks. Even those who have been around here for a long time are talking about.
We will be moving along soon, so it is more a curiosity to me than anything else. After 40 years of flying and now living on the water, the climate change deniers are just a mystery to me.
