Jon, thank you for writing about the situation in the Marshall islands. I have seen first hand that the ocean can rise up and wash across the most populated area of Majuro and cover the floors of peoples houses. They have nowhere to go. The atoll nations in the Pacific are an early warning which Hawaii should heed. Folks on Oahu, unless they are driving from Kaaawa to Hauula may be oblivious to the shoreline erosion problems that we face here for that highway is near failure and collapse at the waters edge. The highways division is struggling to patch it up, but their efforts are underwhelming for they are hampered by regulations which make it difficult to harden the shoreline, even in locations where public safety and health are at risk. Perhaps your article can help inform more folks that we need to have a different view of shoreline protection, we cannot just let things erode.