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Decision-Support System to Assess the Impact of Sea Level Rise on

Critical InfrastructureScott Samson

John VanderZwaag

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Critical Infrastructure

“Assets that are essential for the functioning of a society and economy” (DHS)

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Accessibility

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Gulfport – April 28, 2016

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GeoCoast

• Interactive tool for local decision makers

• Assess security of and accessibility to critical infrastructure

• Simulation of inundation and impact on transport routing

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15-ft SLR

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5-ft SLR

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10-ft SLR

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15-ft SLR

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Routes and Flooded Areas

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“And do you notice once again a prediction of 100, 150, 2,000 years from now? Not next week, not next year, not next decade, even. No, no. The prediction is when you will not be alive to know whether or not anybody was right or wrong. . . .

It's just absurd, and it's all based on bogus, bohunkcomputer modeling. There's not one shred of scientific data.”

Rush Limbaugh (October 14, 2015)

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Scott Samsonssamson@gri.msstate.edu

John VanderZwaagvanderz@gri.msstate.edu