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Water & Subsidence, Part 2 – Hampton Roads and Norfolk Naval Station

By Dick Posted on May 13, 2015 Posted in Greening the Proposed Education/Formation Building Tagged with Baltimore City, blue roofs, flooding, hampton roads, Navy Department, New York City, Norfolk, Norfolk Naval Station, sea rise, self-raising flood barrier, stacking tides, storm drain infrastructure, stormwater tree trench, subsidence, U.S. Navy

Setting on the nation’s largest know geological impact crater, the Hampton Roads area is sinking at an average rate of 4mm/yr. Sea rise, along with subsidence, is creating a planning challenge for the Navy Department as well as city and …

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Flooding. And, a Nobel.

By Dick Posted on October 14, 2014 Posted in Sustainable Environment, Sustainable Lifestyles Tagged with flooding, LED lighting, Smith Island, That Sinking Feeling, tidal flooding projects for U. S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico

Couple of interesting pieces in newspapers last week. Flooding– A study by the Union of Concerned Scientists warns of cities at risk of regular flooding in years to come. Some may view UCS as left-leaning politically. Perhaps you can edify me …

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Water & Subsidence, Part 2 – Hampton Roads and Norfolk Naval Station

Flooding. And, a Nobel.