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Game of Floods - Windy Point
Part 1: Read Your Assigned Role
Select your assigned role from the list below. Click the link to read the background information. Write out answers to the discussion questions, and submit them to your teacher.
Windy Point Part 2
Part 2: Potential Flood Threats & Flood Adaptation Strategies
Assignment: Read the potential flood threats and flood adaptation strategies for Windy Point below. Discuss the pros and cons of each flood adaptation strategy within your group. Make sure to consider cost. In your notebook, rank the Flood Adaptation options from the chart below in order from best to worst, and provide a rationale. Submit your rankings and rationale to your teacher.
Windy Point is a wealthy, densely populated neighborhood. Some people live there year round, but there are a lot of summer homes as well. Resilience depends on the tax revenue collected from the homes. Climate Change will affect Windy Point in several ways.
Threat 1: Sea Level Rise
Scientists predict that the sea level in Long Island Sound will rise between 1.5 and 3.5 feet in the next 50 years. Here is what Windy Point will look like if this happens. Blue areas are underwater; green areas are low-lying and wet. These maps show sea levels during normal weather (no storms). If the sea level rises, then significant parts of Windy point will flood during normal high tides.
Threat 2: Storms
As a result of climate change, storms in Connecticut will be more frequent and more intense. Windy Point is already at risk from big storms, and bigger storms combined with seal level rise will greatly increase flooding. If a category 3 hurricane hit, most of Windy Point would be under at least 9 feet of water. Windy Point is a dangerous place to stay during a storm!
Once you have submitted your rankings and rationale to your
teacher, you are ready to join the Town Council!
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