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Rising Sea Level
St. Armands Key is a low lying island in Sarasota Bay. Most residential sites are only five to seven feet above the mean high tide. New construction must now be built with most living space being elevated from grade resulting in taller houses. A rising sea level will affect the ability of people to live here and will increase the chance of water damage from the storm surge caused by hurricanes.
July 9, 2019 | Herald-Tribune Article: Armoring coast against sea level rise could cost big money in Sarasota and Manatee |
August 7, 2020 | Herald-Tribune Article: Grant will fund study on Sarasota County's vulnerability to sea level rise |
August 13, 2020 | Sarasota Magazine Article: State Grant Will Help Sarasota County Plan for Sea Level Rise |
February 15, 2022 | Sarasota Magazine Article: New Report Predicts More Than a Foot of Sea Level Rise for Sarasota-Manatee |
January 2, 2024 | Email from the Executive Director of the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program: click here Key excerpt: As a quick way to summarize what this might mean for us, our tidal range is about 18” here, on average. Which means, in the year 2050, the average sea level will be about where today’s high tide is, and the average high tide in the year 2050 will be about 9 inches stacked on top of that. |
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St. Armands Residents Association
P.O. Box 2482, Sarasota, FL 34230
e-mail us at: st.armands.residents.assn@gmail.com