Digital subscriptions provided by the City of Gulfport THE GABBER.COM No. 2783
October 20, 2022 - October 26, 2022
When the Seas Rise By Amanda Hagood
CATHY SALUSTRI
Portions of Gulfport are already experiencing periodic flooding. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says this problem is likely to increase in the future, with St. Petersburg experiencing 70 to 110 tidal flooding events per year by 2050.
In Gulfport, we love the water. Whether we’re fishing or boating, painting or paddle boarding, or just parking ourselves along the water’s edge to watch the sun set, the water is intimately connected to our town’s history and our identity as a community. “If you want to be near the water,” says Stacey Purcell,
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owner of Gulfport Realty, “you can’t beat Gulfport. It’s one of the last original Florida communities.” But the water is changing. Global sea levels inch up each year, and the Tampa Bay Climate Science Advisory Panel estimates that our region will experience between 2 and
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