When Will the Next Superstorm Sandy Strike Your City?

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	ECONUNDRUMS YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL DILEMMAS SOLVED   MOTHER JONES July 29, 2013   THIS WEEK'S ECONUNDRUM When Will the Next Superstorm Sandy Strike Your City? Scientists often refer to the "100-year flood," the highest water level expected over the course of a century. But with sea levels rising along the East Coast—a natural phenomenon accelerated by climate change—scientists project that in our lifetimes what was once considered a 100-year flood will happen every 3 to 20 years. And truly catastrophic storms will do damage that is unimaginable today. Roughly 123 million of us—39 percent of the US population—dwell in coastal counties. And that spells trouble: Fifty percent of the nation's shorelines, 11,200 miles in all, are highly vulnerable to sea level rise. What's in store for your neck of the woods? (Hint: It's not just coasts that are vulnerable to flooding.) To find out, read Kate Sheppard's in-depth investigation into our ever-encroaching seas. [READ MORE]     MORE ENVIRONMENTAL & HEALTH COVERAGE Watch This House Being Raised Out of the Floodplain Gloucester County, Virginia, has spent $11.8 million in FEMA grants to raise 61 homes out of the floodplain. Another 42 families are in line. [READ MORE] The Alberta Oil Sands Have Been Leaking for 9 Weeks "Nobody really understands how to stop it from leaking, or if they do they haven't put the measures into place." [READ MORE] MOST ACTIVE DISCUSSION Is Ginni Thomas' Expanding Activism a Problem for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas? Her fierce political advocacy with Groundswell revives conflict of interest questions surrounding her husband. [READ MORE]     MORE FROM MOJO McDonald's to Employees: Get a (Second) Job Plus, a McDud of a "healthy" new sandwich. [READ MORE]   ADVERTISEMENT Protect Alaska's Sea Otters Sea Otters Need Your Help today! Click here to find out how you can help and to learn more about Friends of the Sea Otter   Become a fan of Econundrums on Facebook.   Read the Blue Marble Hi. Thanks for signing up for Mother Jones' Econundrums newsletter. Wait, that was your cat? Smart cat! If you don't want to get Econundrums, or to make changes to your subscription, click here. And lock up the cat. MOTHERJONES.COM Mother Jones 222 Sutter Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94108