Deluged by floods, America’s ‘oldest city' struggles to save landmarks from climate crisis

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Deluged by floods, America’s ‘oldest city' struggles to save landmarks from climate crisis

St Augustine, Florida, was founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers. Flooding has been a threat for centuries and is worsening with rising tides

www.theguardian.com

St Augustine, Florida, was founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers. Flooding has been a threat for centuries and is worsening with rising tides
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Rising sea levels as a result of man made global warming is clearly visible in the flooding of low-lying coastal cities.

 

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Deluged by floods, America’s ‘oldest city' struggles to save landmarks from climate crisis

St Augustine, Florida, was founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers. Flooding has been a threat for centuries and is worsening with rising tides

www.theguardian.com

St Augustine, Florida, was founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers. Flooding has been a threat for centuries and is worsening with rising tides
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Rising sea levels as a result of man made global warming is clearly visible in the flooding of low-lying coastal cities.

I lived in St. Augustine for a couple of years and it's a weird place. The old downtown area is like a touristy San Fran, interesting but decadent, while the rural areas are like Redneck Alabama. Unfortunately, the changing climate has swallowed up many of civilization's historic sites over time.

 

[Risky Thicket]

Between being over touristed, overdeveloped, and facing increasingly rising tides St. Augustine ain't what it used to be. Many years ago it was quaint, very laid back, and a very easy place to live.

We lived there for years, many years ago, and loved it. The city "leaders" were just beginning to permit developers to tart out St. George Street when we left (escaped) and moved to Ponte Vedra.

We have great memories of what St. Augustine once was. We've been back a few times and decided finally not to return. Now the tides have destroyed beachfront property on Vilano (once known as North Beach to locals) and now renamed South Ponte Vedra by developers.

If you've never been it is still worth a visit - IF you can find a place to park.

 

[grip]

Between being over touristed, overdeveloped, and facing increasingly rising tides St. Augustine ain't what it used to be. Many years ago it was quaint, very laid back, and a very easy place to live.

We lived there for years, many years ago, and loved it. The city "leaders" were just beginning to permit developers to tart out St. George Street when we left (escaped) and moved to Ponte Vedra.

We have great memories of what St. Augustine once was. We've been back a few times and decided finally not to return. Now the tides have destroyed beachfront property on Vilano (once known as North Beach to locals) and now renamed South Ponte Vedra by developers.

If you've never been it is still worth a visit - IF you can find a place to park.

I lived there during the early '80s and owned a business on St George Str. We got tons of walk-by traffic but didn't sell shit. It was called the Sunglass Shack, where we sold high-end sunglasses before the Sunglass Hut.

The area was becoming over-commercialized even back then. It's so packed now, you struggle to travel 2 miles in an hour. And the people are nuts the way they walk in front of moving cars.

 

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Maybe they should send some denialists down there to claim that it isn't happening.