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Map of the United States indicating high risk flood areas with sea level rise. [links]
See full version: Shocking New Maps Show How Sea Level Rise Will Destroy Coastal Cities By 2050
Map of the United States indicating high risk flood areas with sea level rise. [links]
A new Climate Central research report released this week finds hundreds of millions more people than previously known live on land at risk from coastal flooding linked to climate change. The largest vulnerable populations are most heavily in Asia.
By 2050, sea-level rise will push average annual coastal floods higher than land now home to 300 million people, according to a study published in Nature Communications. High tides could permanently rise above land occupied by over 150 million people, including 30 million in China. Without advanced coastal defense and planning, populations in these areas may face permanent flooding within 30 years. [links]
I ran a feature several years ago about billionaires already preparing for coastal flooding by purchasing mass amounts of farmland and inland properties to avoid this scenario. According to The Land Report, over 100 wealthy families own 42 million acres of land across the U.S. Each of the 20 individuals and families that own the most land hold over a half-million acres each. Among them: John Malone, Ted Turner, Stan Kroenke, Brad Kelley, and Subway founder Peter Buck, with many more new acquisitions happening this year.
The report findings are “based on CoastalDEM, a new digital elevation model developed by Climate Central. Researchers used machine learning methods to correct for systematic errors in the principal elevation dataset used until now for international assessment of coastal flood risks, NASA’s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). CoastalDEM-derived estimates of the global population at risk are three times greater than values produced using SRTM elevation data.”
It was also, for a while, the only place in Miami where one could toss back a drink. City founder Julia Tuttle insisted that alcohol would not be served in Miami. The Royal Palm was the only exception for a number of years, and even then, booze was served only for three months, during tourist season. more
If the architecture looks a bit familiar, it's because the firm Schultze & Weaver was also responsible for the Freedom Tower and the Biltmore hotel (plus other grand hotels such as New York's Waldorf-Astoria and the Breakers Palm Beach). Alas, the hotel simply couldn't compete when megaresorts such as the Fontainebleau opened. The Roney was demolished in 1968. A new Roney Plaza was built in its place, but it has since been known under a number of names, including the Gansevoort and currently 1 Hotel & Homes.
The McAllister Hotel
Location: 10 Biscayne Blvd., Miami
Architect: Walter De Garmo
Opened: 1917
Demolished: 1988
Despite standing just ten stories tall, the McAllister was considered Miami's first skyscraper when it was built in 1917. It held the distinction as Miami's tallest building for only eight years but held its designation as a Miami icon for decades. Designed by the first registered architect in Miami, Walter De Garmo (whose other buildings include the Miami Beach Community Church and the mansion that a Real Housewifes of Miami star demolished on Star Island), the McAllister was knocked down in 1988. It was replaced by a strip mall, but that was later demolished to make room for 50 Biscayne. here
The New Yorker
Location: 1611 Collins Ave., Miami Beach
Architect: Henry Hohauser
Opened: 1939
Demolished: 1981
Ah, the great art deco martyr of Miami Beach. In the '70s and early '80, some locals were ambivalent about the city's deco identity, and developers wanted to raze the old buildings in favor of more modern hotels. It was the destruction of the New Yorker, considered by some the masterpiece of local architect Henry Hohauser, that really sparked the historic preservation passion in Miami Beach. In fact, the Miami Design Preservation League uses an image of the New Yorker in its logo.
A third generation of Steadman also joined the ranks of Stan’s. Mark, Stan’s oldest son, joined the business after majoring in engineering in college. With three generations in the business, Stan’s believes in integrating family values into their service. With honesty, respect, and care, we give specialized attention to all of our customers to ensure they get the products they want and the service they deserve. more
Mark’s younger brother, Tony also came on board in the 1980s, providing additional technical support to keep the company on the forefront of technology. With the adaptation of technology, we have evolved from offering typewriter support to providing managed IT services, hosted cloud services, the sharpest and newest products, and internet service. We have maintained our community focus and family values while providing our customers with the best products out there.
Since 1960, the Steadman family has run Stan’s with a focus on the future. Our founder Stanley J. (“Jack”) Steadman opened the doors after he served our country in the Air Force. His business began when he brought his father, Stanley H. Steadman, on as a service technician. Stanley worked as a typewriter service technician, a man who was dedicated to helping people understand and work with the newest technologies of the time. From there, the business began selling adding machines, cash registers, and many kinds of typewriters. Stan's was one of the first providers to sell memory typewriters, electronic cash registers, and thermal fax machines. here
From our first day open until today, our company has embodied the ethical family values that set us apart. We focus on regional service to ensure that we can connect with our clients, understand their needs, and provide them with everything they need to succeed.
Sometime at the start of the summer of 2012, Gideon Gleeful opened up the Tent of Telepathy, a scam whose success (and whose ads, which often featured unflattering footage of Stan, damaged the Mystery Shack's profits) made Stan profoundly annoyed. The two soon ended up being business rivals.
Stan relaxes inside the protected Mystery Shack. [links]
Sometime during the month of June of 2012, Stan's great niece and nephew, Mabel and Dipper Pines, are sent from Piedmont, California [21] to stay with him for the summer. Stan has them help out at the Mystery Shack, often working alongside his handyman Soos and his cashier Wendy. Stan is not above using the twins, as it happened when he planned a family bonding day that consisted of helping him create forged dollar bills, which resulted in the three being taken to county jail overnight. However, he soon seems to appreciate having the twins around: in "The Legend of the Gobblewonker," he is eager to take them fishing with him, even making them fishing hats with their names, and spends the rest of the day angrily upset at their choosing to go monster hunting with Soos.