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I have seen many threads here regarding climate change and rising sea levels. Not sure when and how will it happen.
I am asking a different question it is floods due to heavy rain and I suppose it is due to better or slow drainage of excess water. Is this more common in south, mid or north beach of MB city or more of Collins ave. vs Alton rd (bay vs ocean).
In general one has to pay good fortune to get garage parking spot and I think most of them are underground. How people who live live here deal with floods?
I have seen many threads here regarding climate change and rising sea levels. Not sure when and how will it happen.
I am asking a different question it is floods due to heavy rain and I suppose it is due to better or slow drainage of excess water. Is this more common in south, mid or north beach of MB city or more of Collins ave. vs Alton rd (bay vs ocean).
In general one has to pay good fortune to get garage parking spot and I think most of them are underground. How people who live live here deal with floods?
Most parking is not underground. In fact, I am not aware of any parking underground. That said, there are some older buildings (in particular) where the parking is at or near (+/-) sea level and some flood during King Tides, etc.
The "Miami Beach Rising" projects that are elevating roads by a few feet put additional buildings in a position where their garages and some ground floors are sitting below street level. The presumed goal of those projects is to keep roads from flooding during King Tides and trust the pumping infrastructure that's connected to the drainage to keep both the roads and the adjacent properties "dry" for the time being. Will it buy us 30 years, 50 years or more? Time will tell. I will tell you that it's worked pretty well in keeping the roads dry in the Sunset Harbor neighborhood, which notoriously flooded to the point that I wouldn't take my car out and drive there or through it.
In the south beach area the bay side is lower and more prone to flooding during KingTide. The Sunset Harbor area which flooded often has been raised as well as some areas in Alton and west between 5th and 17th and so far it has worked and I haven't seen the flooding since they were raised. 11 th street is being raised now in sections.
Not sure about mid each or north beach
It's funny, even though they raised the roads in some areas, the businesses still get flooded during heavy rains and that adds to more problems. When it comes to the $400-$500M pumps they added, although they're helping, they only last 10-15 years, once again showing when it comes to infrastructure, North American cities are always thinking short term. When it comes to the mid-beach area, I remember 40-44th street being flooded during high tides.
Yup and that pisses me the **** off, never thinking of the long term. So what if it costs more in the short term when it lasts longer and is done properly.
I'm in North Miami / 151st area. My street was flooded so badly that only SUVs were really making it out this morning. Our publix parking lot at 146th and Biscayne was mostly flooded with few spaces available to park in by the grocery store entrance.
I hear Palm Beach is having just as bad time with the King Tides as South Beach does.
Ask yourself one question. Are the flood waters fresh or salt water. If the water is salt water then climate change is upon you. If it is fresh water then the city has a huge drainage problem. Since more than likely it's fresh water (because if it were salt cars would rust and streets and buildings would suffer from salt decay) then being alarmed over something that is still in debate as to cause and effect would be irrational.
Many of the streets in Miami Dade county have the same problem. Sweetwater goes underwater every summer. Areas around the airport get flooded. Where I live in west Kendall anytime it rains SW 104th st becomes a river. This has and will be an on going problem until someone decides how to solve the drainage issue. I think one of the biggest contributors is the fact that landscaping companies don't rake leafs. They push them back into the grass and when it rains they wash out and clog the drains.
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