Houses Lifting

We watched in class a long video on how the water is rising as the Atlantic's ice is melting away causing the sea level to rise in the oceans. Norfolk, Virginia is taking some action to protect their homes by rising their homes on wooden stilts and cinderblocks. You might have seen this happen in Florida as well for hurricanes and other disasters causing flooding and houses to be flooded. Personally when I go to the outer states that are on the lines of the ocean I see more and more houses being built because of sudden  flooding and hurricanes. It is very sad to see all this happening around the costs and how the beaches are going away. Fun fact with my personal life and this article, my brother who is in the Navy is stationed at Norfolk, Virginia and is on deployment right now about to be in Greece(I am very jealous lol.)
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  1. Jessica S.March 6, 2021 at 1:09 PM

    It is sad to see our beaches disappearing, even though I would never go to an ocean to experience it, it is beautiful to see. I think it is good that houses are taking precautions by rising their houses to protect from future damage due to storms. It is cheaper to rise houses to protect the ones next to the water rather than losing it all in a bad storm. Just hearing this article reminds me of the movie “Series of Unfortunate Events”, when the aunts house is up extremely high on wooden stilts to protect from the water. It is kind of a scary site to see honestly.

    Jessica Seaton

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