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Check out today's special section (!!!) on sea level rise! The California coast is eroding, beaches vanishing, homes and roads flooded out by water. Our choices are grim, but I studied them all and talked to a bazillion people to see what's at stake latimes.com/projects/la-me… 
Everyone I met seemed to acknowledge the problem: The ocean is now rising higher and faster in California, but everything built before we knew better is fixed in place with nowhere to go. Pacific Coast Highway. Dream homes in Malibu. The surfliner... latimes.com/projects/la-me…
…But the “what do we do” part has been paralyzing. I worked with dream team @swetha_kan @TerryCastleman @LATimesGraphics @benmuessig to help translate these difficult choices and tradeoffs into a VIDEO GAME. (The @latimes made a video game!! 😱😱😱) latimes.com/projects/la-me…
You are in charge of this coastal town. Can you save it from the rising sea? Play the @latimes Ocean Game and tell me what you think! Should we be doing more games like this one as a form of explanatory storytelling? latimes.com/projects/la-me…
And @Carolyn_Cole ‘s photos are 👀👀👀 Yes, this exists in California today.... As one coastal official told me: Sea level rise is a crisis happening now, not later
I learned so many fascinating facts while reporting this story on sea level rise. Like how beaches work, where sand comes from, and the histories of so many towns. My editor @benmuessig is the best, and helped me explain everything in the story latimes.com/projects/la-me…
When words failed us, @LoElebee @thomas06037 stepped in with stunning graphics and maps (check out Tom’s slider flood maps in the story! latimes.com/projects/la-me…)
Here’s the link again to today’s story on sea level rise (Huge shoutout to @vnessamartinez and @priyakkumar for the amazing web build!!). Or support print journalism and pick up a copy of the @latimes special section today! latimes.com/projects/la-me…
