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There was a beach that ran parallel to this bluff.

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Even on high tide, you could walk down there and it was a

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it was really wonderful.

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And so this is the little piece that I'm trying to hold on to.

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But I don't know, it’s probably not going to be here much longer.

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When sea level rises,

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there will be no beaches left.

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It'll be just like here.

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Water’s all around us here in Mobile.

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I grew up in mobile. It's my home.

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It is a great historic city.

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We are an industrial city, we are a port city.

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But we're also seeing our sea levels rise.

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We're seeing bigger, more powerful storms,

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and we're seeing a lot more flooding on a more regular basis.

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The tide is up.

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The waves are up because of that strong south wind,

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and you know the causeway is very low.

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The bay is very shallow.

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So, behind me you see a typical situation.

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The eastbound lanes of the causeway

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closed.

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We're connecting with stakeholders in coastal communities to understand

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their needs and provide them with the best possible information

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to prepare for the changes that they're seeing along their coastlines.

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When we work with the City of Mobile,

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we want to make sure that they have all the science they need

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to make really great decisions for the future.

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So we rely on all the NASA data to

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show us what our future projections of sea level rise 

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could be around here.

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Critical infrastructure and land use planning,

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it's a really expensive prospect.

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So what you want to do

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is build it to last at least 50 to 100 years.

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NASA's sea level rise data

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that shows what we're going to see coming

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enables us to plan, to build once

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and for that build to last 50 plus years.

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Sea level rise is a challenging problem, but the more we know

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the better we can prepare and adapt to our changing environment. 

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NASA's consistent sea level rise data

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is the best way and the best tool for us

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to make sure that we spend our money carefully and wisely

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so that the future generations

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get to enjoy our beaches and bays and rivers

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just as much as I did.