The Nightmare Scenario for Florida’s Coastal Homeowners

Christopher Flavelle: “What matters, he guessed, will be the first time a mast fails to clear the bottom of one of those bridges because the water level had risen too far. ‘These boats are going to be the canary in the mine,’ said Cason, who became mayor in 2011 after retiring from the U.S. foreign service. ‘When the boats can’t go out, the property values go down.’”