I’m of European ancestry but I was born down the road from Egmont Key and have lived here all my life, almost 50 years. Global warming is probably playing a part. How much of that is made up of human activity or how much of that is under Human control is highly debatable. But a big part of the natural renourishment of our shorelines has been highly disturbed by the rivers that have been Dammed and alteration of so many other creeks and tidal flats. Tampa Bay is home to I believe the largest desalination plant in the Country. Why we aren’t building many more to use for all our fresh water needs I don’t understand. We use a lot of freshwater around the world. Why not make the oceans and Gulfs for that source to mitigate rising sea levels