Bad Combo for Florida -- Least Prepared and Most Vulnerable

"Florida takes the prize for being the least prepared of all [for sea level rise], especially given its extreme vulnerability. The state effectively has no building setback-from-the-shoreline requirement, and yet it is bound to experience numerous powerful hurricanes in coming decades, storms that will have been intensified by global warming, and it has hundreds of miles of high-rise-lined beaches." - excerpt from The Rising Sea by Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young, Copyright 2009 Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young. Quote appeared in this AlterNet.org article.