Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 12/17/16


Sean Becketti, chief economist for Freddie Mac, was quoted recently noting that, “It is only a matter of time before sea-level rise and storm surges become so unbearable that people will leave, ditching their mortgages …” I believe that Becketti is right, and that within 50 years, a great part of our islands, especially the low, narrow Outer Banks, on a very gently sloping land surface, will become largely uninhabitable.

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