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The ecology/geology around there is pretty complicated (whats left of it)
Land loss to flooding and wetland loss is huge. A combination of sea level rise, increased flooding (more canals = more water into the back marsh that used to not get flooded) equals trouble for the land behind said wetlands...
Imagine the back of ninigret, quonnie or winnapaug ponds during a hurricane. They are mostly FEMA A zones with some FEMA V zones (V zone = 3ft waves during a storm)
Now imagine the same place WITHOUT the barriers that seperate the pond from the ocean... much different scenario... same thing down there when you lose wetlands; you lose your natural buffer that dissipates the storm energy. it's a scary place to live, and will continue to be no matter how big the leavees are or how good the pumps are....
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