by admin | Dec 17, 2017 | News
The effects of sea level rise are appearing so fast in Charleston, South Carolina, that the city’s sustainability project manager, Carolee Williams, says most people have no time to holler from one side of the climate change political divide to the other: “There might...
by admin | Nov 27, 2017 | News
Flooding is Charleston’s top Priority One might ask what do New York City and Charleston, S.C., have in common? At one point the two were voted the friendliest cities in the United States. And, according to articles in the Nov. 19 New York Times and The Post and...
by admin | Nov 18, 2017 | News
While we were sleeping, tides and costs kept rising By Steve Bailey At the current rate of spending, the city is on pace to complete its plans to control flooding in 240 years, give or take a generation. This according to the city’s own numbers. In the 30 years from...
by admin | Nov 3, 2017 | News
‘A huge shift in our mindset’ – Charleston looks at how best to treat flood-prone homes By Robert Behre rbehre@postandcourier.com In a move that one Charleston preservation leader called “a sea change,” the city will be more receptive...
by admin | Sep 17, 2017 | News
Here’s your future: A tropical storm surge sends Charleston an urgent message By Tony Bartelme and Glenn Smith tbartelme@postandcourier.com gsmith@postandcourier.com Irma’s surge hit as if the sea had been shaken, a 4-foot slosh that poured over The Battery’s walls...
