Trump Waikiki under water

Many Trump properties all over the world are susceptible to Sea Level Rise.  Especially those in the islands of Hawaii.

According to the report “Probabilistic 21st and 22nd century sea-level projections
at a global network of tide-gauge sites” [Kopp et all] Hawaii will suffer catastrophic sea level rise over the next century. Trends in the last 5 years shows such a rise beginning to occur.

NOAA Honolulu Station.PNG
A snapshot from the plotted data from Key West Tidal Gauge from December, 1968 to December 2016. The last 5 years shows a possible spike in SLR.  It will be curious to see if this trend continues.

Kopp et has the following Sea Level Rise predictions for Hawaii:

2030 – 21 cm (0.7 ft)
2050 – 44 cm (1.4 ft)
2100 – 141 cm (4.6 ft)

What does this mean? Well for Trump Waikiki that means it has a few good decades left before it is completely submerged.

Trump Waikiki from Eli Sands on Vimeo.

So what though? No one is going to care for another 60 years at best. Well, look at our current infrastructure. The highways, pipes, and buildings that we are using now are that old, some are much older. This is the world we could be leaving to future generations if we don’t start designing our built world for this future.

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