Officials take action against looming threat to idyllic US community: 'We underestimated how much ... outreach we needed'

Officials take action against looming threat to idyllic US community: 'We underestimated how much ... outreach we needed'

Nantucket's bustling waterfront is facing a multimillion-dollar renovation as rising sea levels threaten the historic charm of the idyllic Massachusetts community.  What's happening? Easy Street is already flood-prone, but high-tide flooding is projected to be four feet above its basin by 2050, according to The Inquirer and Mirror.  As the public is against abandoning the waterfront to rising seas, officials are in the process of developing a co…