That is what happens when 10s of millions of people live and continue to build within 50' of an ocean/body of water. Yes it is rising, but we continue to build and people continue to buy along the coast, so it seems no one cares about our rising taxes. The costs are going up because of us humans continuing to live and build on the water just for it to be destroyed in a storm. Mother nature over the course of our history has won way more than we have.