I don't live on the east coast or the gulf Coast and haven't flown much since Covid except to Hawaii. I did drive as far as Lake Louise in Canada and Banff and Calgary in June and July of 2022, however. So, I'm not witnessing what the oceans are doing from Maine to Texas to their areas.
However, I have been to most places in California on the coast over the last several years since I live near the ocean near San Francisco and I drive down to Santa Barbara right now which is presently raining cats and dogs here around Midnight between Friday and Saturday and it's supposed to cloud burst until around 7 am and then we have about a 50% chance of rain most of the time until Sunday morning around 4 Am and the rain will be pretty sporadic after that. However, I wouldn't want to be in flood plains from Santa Barbara South to San Diego because if it is raining that hard in Los Angeles and Orange Counties there is sure to be some flooding tonight and tomorrow where roads likely will be closed and possibly mud slides as well between Santa Barbara and San Diego. I'm glad our gardener sand Bagged our sliding door and one of our bathroom doors to the outside too so the house and carpeting doesn't get flooded in this extreme rain until morning. It's sort of like watching river of water come off our roof. But, likely we will be okay because we live up on a hill rather than down in one of the Valley Flood Plains. So, we likely are okay here in the short and long run.
However, starting a couple of years ago I have been watching parts of Maui and Kauai going under the ocean in various places along the west coasts of both islands especially places like Poipu and Kaanapali. So, if you stay there right on the ocean it might be good to be on the 2nd story or above during a storm either place on Maui or Kauai with palm trees sometimes being killed by the salt water or washed entirely into the ocean various places. I cannot even imagine what Lahaina must look like now during a heavy rainstorm with no one living there anymore either. Likely the ashes of the fire are washing more into Lahaina Boat Harbor more with each intense storm of the year.
Here in California I tried to visit Refugio beach on my way south from the San Francisco Area but didn't want to walk that far because the road is closed. I saw surfers braving muddy paths to surf there still though.
Where I live nearer to San Francisco on the ocean (about 1 mile inland) I take our dog walking along the beaches whenever it is safe enough to do this even if there are storms (as long as I'm watching what the surf is doing full time and watching for sneaker waves which come up higher and can wash you easily into the ocean. You have to be prepared to run if you see a sneaker wave coming during a storm or else you will be swept out to sea and at present ocean temperatures up north you likely have no more than 1/2 hour to 1 hour to survive without going into hypothermia unless you are wearing a wet or dry suit to stay warm enough to be in there in the first place.
I have been watching cliff areas wash into the sea now where I live up north in the SF Area especially these last two years which likely are two of the wettest years since 1995 when even some river bridges washed into the sea along the coast.
So, watching the ocean knaw away at the coasts from Maine to Washington state and in Hawaii is becoming more and more normal ever year now. And places where you can no longer get home insurance along the ocean will likely be abandoned one by one from Maine to Washington State from now on too and this might be also true of Hawaii too.
However, California and Hawaii have high altitudes. California goes up to well over 14,000 feet in many places and the coastal range along the California coast often goes up to 3000 to 5000 feet. So, California and the Hawaiian islands are still going to be there just some coastal areas will not be.
Even in 2022 and before I found the waves were crashing onto the lowest road closest to the ocean between Lahaina and Kihei even then. However, now they have built higher roads too high for the waves to crash onto now between Kihei and Lahaina and Kaanapali and points north on the west side of the Island
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