On N.C.’s Outer Banks, scary climate-change predictions prompt a change of forecast
The 39-inch forecast was “a death sentence,” Kelly said, “for ever trying to sell your house.”
.. Now, the state is working on a new forecast that will look only 30 years out and therefore show the seas rising by no more than eight inches.
.. If the state ever activates the Web site that lets potential investors search by address, Kelly said, “all of a sudden, those properties would be worthless.”
.. he said, “it doesn’t seem reasonable to invest today’s tax dollars and punish the public for a problem that is 100 years away and may not exist. We aren’t arguing with science. We’re just trying to be reasonable.”