"I don't think that I would be buying ocean front real estate anywhere from Bangor, Maine to Brownsville, Texas, or for that matter real estate with 200 miles or so of the coast."

  1. Bangor is not on the ocean. It is inland, at an elevation of 58 meters.

  2. Why? Because of the tsunami risk? Rising seas? Hurricanes? Please clarify.

  3. Maine is not Texas.
The entire U.S. East Coast, not just the Gulf Coast, is vulnerable to hurricanes.

The Northeast U.S. may get hit with a triple whammy--summer hurricanes; more winter storms & colder winter weather and problems with heating oil and natural gas supplies.