The Washington Post
tells us Boston was once
“Famous for its role
in America’s war
for independence,
(but now)
this city is now fighting
the rising seas.”
“Mayor Martin J. Walsh (D)
has vowed to spend
more than $30 million
a year, equal to
10 percent of Boston’s
five-year capital budget,
to defend the city
from a watery future
that is expected
because of c
limate change.”
“The sea that surrounds
Boston crept up nine inches
in the 20th century and is
advancing ever faster
toward the heart of the city."
"According to a report
commissioned by the city,
the ocean might climb
as much as three feet
above 2013 levels by 2070,
the report said.”
Note that Boston's
Mean Sea Level
has been going up
at a relatively
steady rate
since the record
began in 1925:
The most rapid increase
was from 1921 to 1950,
long before greenhouse
gas warming was an issue.
After hitting
a peak in 2010,
sea levels
have actually
been dropping.
Long-term tide gauge
records all around
the North Atlantic
basin show a similar,
steady long-term
upwards trend.
In Boston,
the Post notes,
“half the city is built
on low-lying landfill.
Among the vulnerable
spots are commercial piers,
Logan International Airport,
low-income neighborhoods,
the South End, the New
England Aquarium and
pricey apartment buildings
in the newly redeveloped
Seaport area.”
Boston also built
public housing projects
on landfill “particularly
vulnerable to flooding” .
The Post admits
“The forecast numbers
all have substantial
margins of error”
( which is true )
... before insisting
“even the smallest
sea-level rise
is threatening.”
( which is not true ).
The rate of sea level
increase for most of the
20th century was around
+1.4 millimeters a year,
according to a NOAA
website ( Commerce
Department ).
The Boston mayor
wants to raise
Main Street in the
Charleston
neighborhood
by two feet,
to create a
flood barrier,
put watertight doors
on some rail tunnels,
build up waterside parks,
etc.
He must love climate
virtue signaling, and
wasting taxpayers'
money !