But, for me, what all this means is that when a storm does come, it’s starting at a higher point and buildings that maybe weren’t as vulnerable 30 or 40 years ago are now. We’re still decades away from being a daily or even monthly type of problem. But even then, it’s easy to notice the waters reaching further inland to a point that it had only previously reached during Hurricane Sandy, for example. Often, I can look out during an extra high tide event and say, “Well, that’s a new high!” even when there’s no storm and nothing causing it other than a king tide. But over the years at this desk, I haven’t had any doubts about climate change. (Tom Kleindinst, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)ĭave: I’m very fortunate to have made a home out of this building that we call, "the Hangar." I get to look out on the main WHOI dock and see everything going on in our immediate environment. Tell us about sea level rise from your unique vantage point.ĭave Derosier is the director of facilities and services at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Oceanus: You work just a few feet above the resting sea level in Woods Hole. We sat down with him to talk about how he and his crew of 70 help ready the institution for impending storms and what insights he’s gleaned as the community prepares for at least 2 feet of sea level rise in the next century. But in that time, deeper reaching king tides and stronger hurricanes have made him weary about future conditions in Woods Hole. Now it’s become WHOI facility director Dave Derosier’s vantage point for risings seas.Īfter 17 years of working at the institution, Derosier has been thankful to experience only a handful of monster hurricane threats-most notably the 2012 superstorm, Hurricane Sandy, that delivered more than 6 feet of storm surge along New York and New Jersey. Because of that, it’s still precariously perched less than 5 feet above the water level, atop Dyer’s Dock. Adjacent to Water Street in Woods Hole there’s a small edifice that used to be a hangar for water planes in the 1960s.
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