Interesting piece in WaPo on compound flooding. Rainfall flooding near the coast gets worse when rivers can't drain due to higher sea levels. 🎁 link:

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idk seems bad wapo.st/44iCuEi

The new face of flooding

Alabama and the U.S. Gulf Coast region have seen a sudden burst of sea level rise, spurring flooding in low areas exacerbated by rainfall and high tides.

There are a handful of places which maintain flood control basins below sea level for this reason.

Thanks for the gift link. Renee is my colleague and we were just in south Mobile County last week!

Ah, my worst professional nightmare. Already have had it happen at least once up here in the PNW, needless to say, I don’t think the municipality got the hint that Nature Beat Us, Actually