Augustus (UR) The Settings are set now time to Collect

I am extremely excited to say that with the help of Dr. Woodall I have been given to place both the data loggers in really awesome places. The first Location is the US Coast Guard Station at Ponce Inlet and the second being at Canaveral National Seashore! This is so big because other people are recognizing our research as an important issue and by giving us the permission they must also be interested in the results!

That's really all the new news to report, other than that I have just really been working on my poster which I think is perfect now after many many drafts, but as I said in a previous post, science is all about failing and coming back to try again.

So Victoria Goncharova asks Do you have an estimate of how many years it would take (given the increase is 3.2 cm or more) for Flagler Beach to start worrying? Do you think our area should start making precautions like Miami before it's too late?

So for this questions I'll refer you to a cool resource I found in the research of my project. It's an interactive water level map created by NOAA. It allows you to see water level increases over the years. So by using most experts and NASA's current estimates we could see an increase in water level of a foot or more in about 10 years. So according to the prediction map, with 1 foot of extra water, parts of Flagler Beach would already start to become permanently flooded, especially with parts of Flagler being in low- lying areas you could see more flooding in those areas. I think all of coastal Florida should start making preparations for this, it's always better to be proactive than reactive and by preparing early we can all be ready for when or if this does happen, not only that it will only benefit us when faced with another Hurricane to help first responders get to areas that would normally be flooded and to keep damages to a minimum.

The areas in green are low lying areas, in light blue are new areas that would be affected by only 1 foot of water