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I'm worried my tiny province in Canada (PEI) will be gone maybe in a 100 years or at least eroded substantially. About 224km (140 miles) long by 60km (37 miles) wide 140,000 people.

The island is all sandstone there is no native rock here the highest point is 142m (466 feet) but the average height I'd say is a metre/a few feet above sea level.

There are places around the island where 30m (100 feet) have washed away just within the last few decades. None of what washed away was replaced by the government it just keeps washing away never to return.

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Sounds like it's not a great place for a permanent long-term settlement.

Being below sea level hasn't particularly bothered the Dutch. Half of Holland is at least a meter below sea level.

Of course, in the 1200's when they started, they didn't have climate change conferences and carbon credits.

The Dutch also didn't have the wide open spaces of half a continent to relocate to, but instead were rather cooped up.

Where are you going to move to?

I'll be OK but if I ever find a woman crazy enough to have kids with me I'd be worried for their future here.

I think the local government should allow us to reclaim lost shore line or even build out more. It's one thing to slowly lose shore from the rising sea but to also lose the land itself is twice as bad. Usually storm surges pound the shore and large sections of a cliffside collapse but not necessarily right at the shore.

Something similar to my situation was a segment on the local news where people on Manhattan island were interviewed about the rising sea level. I guess some parts of Manhattan near sea level are going to have a park build to act as a storm surge buffer. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-york-superstorm-climate-cha...

I did not expect to see another islander on here. I saw a tool or report a few years ago that would show how much of the island would remain with different sea level rises but I cannot find it now.

I think UPEI had some tool which showed something like or maybe it was sea level not so much soil loss, Wade was pushing it in Paris at the climate conference.

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