Miami, the great world city, is drowning while the powers that be look away

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20. I'm conflicted on this article

This article is about 6 months old and I remember when it came out.

On one hand, it is always encouraging to see the media sound the alarm.

On the other hand, this article is a little over the top. I happen to be an engineer working directly on projects of this nature for Miami Beach so I am very familiar with the problems.

The issue I have with this article is that it is a little over dramatized. But this is exactly the problem. The issue is deadly serious but not really dramatic. It is a slow motion disaster but it doesn't really have the dramatic visuals that will sell newspapers.

I actually give the City of Miami Beach a lot of credit for being one of the first to attack the problem head on. They are currently designing the City to withstand 2' of sea level rise. But they are in denial about what happens beyond two feet.