One hundred and eighty-seven volunteers across coastal Virginia, including 18 on the Middle Peninsula, collected more than 22,800 GPS high-water marks with the Sea Level Rise apps to report the impacts and extent of king tide “sunny day” flooding from Oct. 17-20 during the annual Catch the King community science GPS data collection event.
Some highlights include nearly 2,000 data points on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, and over 5,000 pins in Norfolk. “This data is improving our understanding of how king tide flood events of today can help predict ‘normal’ flooding conditions of the future,” stated a release from Wetlands Watch.
Catch the King was founded as a collaborative effort to give members of the public an opportunity to engage personally in climate change adaptation.
The 2024 King Tide data can be found at www.vims.edu.
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