Where's the Beach? New York Times Publishes Data-Free Story About Miami's 'Rising Seas'

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Where's the Beach? New York Times Publishes Data-Free Story About Miami's 'Rising Seas'
P.J. Gladnick
March 3rd, 2021 5:00 PM
 

The seas are certain to rise in Miami, or so says the New York Times in their story on Tuesday by Christopher Flavelle and Patricia Mazzei, "Miami Says It Can Adapt to Rising Seas. Not Everyone Is Convinced."

Could it be that "not everyone is convinced" because they have yet to see proof that the sea is actually rising? The article certainly presents no such proof.  Although the story is chock full of projections of future sea level rise, the reader can not find any evidence that the sea has, well, actually risen in the past which would indicate a trend into the future. Nothing.

The very first sentence of the data-free story begins with a bold projection based on computer models, not on anything that has happened in the the past:

    Officials in Miami-Dade County, where climate models predict two feet or more of sea-level rise by 2060, have released an upbeat strategy for living with more water, one that focused on elevating homes and roads, more dense construction farther inland and creating more open space for flooding in low-lying areas.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2021/03/09/wheres-the-beach-new-york-times-publishes-data-free-story-about-miamis-rising-seas/

[Sled Dog]

It's really weird that only Miami is enjoying rising seas.

Nobody else along the Other Left Coast is noticing the bigger ocean, and nobody on the Left Coast is, either.   Long Beach isn't any wetter than it's ever been, and I've talked to people who's living memory of the area went back to the 1930's.