Minor flooding, which currently happens about once a month in Atlantic City, could happen every two or three days by 2050, scientists at a resiliency conference said Monday.
Speaking at the New Jersey Coastal & Climate Resiliency Conference at Seaview Hotel and Golf Club, government scientists, climate experts and volunteer environmentalists assessed how ready the state is, not just for the next Superstorm Sandy-level weather event, but for lesser storms and other events including heat waves and droughts.
“The biggest lesson we learned from Sandy is that we need to think proactively,” said Nick Angarone, New Jersey’s chief resiliency officer. “We don’t want to be in a position simply to react and try to recover from a major storm that way.”
