I wish reporting on climate driven sea level changes would focus on the increase in the yearly max level. This is what most people care about: how much more until I’m getting flooded all the time.
Luckily for North Carolina, which in 2012 had the foresight to outlaw planning for this kind of thing, it surely won't affect them one bit. I imagine other states will follow this legislative delusion if they haven't already.
"[In 2012] Lawmakers in North Carolina, which has a long Atlantic Ocean coastline and vast areas of low-lying land, voted on Tuesday to ignore studies predicting a rapid rise in sea level due to climate change and postpone planning for the consequences."[0]
