This article in Friday's Seattle PI states that under worse case scenario, the Puget Sound may be 2 feet higher by 2100 based on a report released Thursday by scientists with the University of Washington and state Department of Ecology:
"The calculations took multiple factors into account. In the plus column are the increased water coming from melting glaciers and ice caps, including the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, and the expansion of the oceans as they warm. Changes in wind patterns can push more water ashore, raising sea level. Geological factors, namely plate tectonics, can shove land masses upward or sink them. In general, the Northwest coast is slowly rising while as you move southeast, the land sinks.
Adding that together, the average scenario shows by 2050 no sea level rise for the northwest portion of the Olympic Peninsula, a 5-inch rise for the central and southern portion of the coast and a 6-inch rise for the Puget Sound region".
At the very least, this could be a good time to inspect your bulkhead for possible damage to make sure it can weather our storms. The last few have been close calls for our home...a few more inches of water coming over would have done it for us.
Should a Beach Drive bulkhead fail, it could be detrimental to many nearby homes.
Who do you recommend for bulkhead repair or inspections?
