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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Jim, 100 feet of elevation is still pretty much flat.
We do aerial photography for anyone with money. We were working on a project in Florida for a client based in Denver. We were just the flying service, and they were dealing with a surveyor to put down aerial targets for us. We had a conference call and the surveyor mentioned the highest elevation on the survey area was 12 feet. The Denver folks are used to working in elevations in thousands of feet. The Denver group all chuckled at a high elevation of 12 feet.
So yea, Florida has some hills and a high elevation 345 feet. Pretty dang flat.
Oklahoma has the world's tallest hill, Cavanal Mountain 1,999 feet. We have some actual mountains as well. No ocean views however.
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Oh, I know, there is a lot of low lying areas. I am just pointing out that there are also a lot of areas much higher than that. My house sits over 30 feet above sea level and I am about 3/4 mile from the inter coastal (River / Lagoon) if I heard 20' surge:
A. I would already be gone since that comes with a Cat 4 or 5 storm
B. I would not have to worry about rising water storm surge where my house is.
That was my only point, not everywhere in Florida is 6-12 feet over sea level. I am in a unique area where there is some elevation, yeah not a mile up but 100 feet is decent for a coastal community.
I think the north shore of Long Island, where I grew up, is the same way the south shore is close to sea level.