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Sorry for the people there, hope they get by. But the way we are treating this world, FL may have a 1 on 20 million year flooding event in about 100 years. I

by jmclnx 4y ago

Sorry for the people there, hope they get by. But the way we are treating this world, FL may have a 1 on 20 million year flooding event in about 100 years. I have many friends who moved down to FL and bought a house. They love it there but when they ask me to move I say no-way. First I like winter and the other I think buying property there is like tossing $ out the window. I believe your heirs (children) will not benefit from your investment. Sadly right now, I am of the opinion we will blow right by 2C, nevermind keeping at 1.5C :( My soon to be bumber-sticker" "Why move to FL when FL is coming here".

bearjaws 4y ago
I find it very interesting that throughout the internet, the problem of rising sea levels & climate change is seen as exclusively a Florida problem. If one thing goes wrong with Florida's weather, it is seen as abandon ship, meanwhile in California, Arizona, Tornado Alley, Texas, New York, "once in 100" year events have happened every year for the last decade... Climate change is coming for everyone, over two billion people[1] live at sea-level. Its clear to me at this point we're all going to be impacted substantially and yet somehow people keep talking about Florida as if we "fix FLorida" and everything magically gets better. It almost seems like a scapegoat for other states climate issues. [1]: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.95.24.14009 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.95.24.14009
- lanstin 4y ago
  Bangladesh and Florida are two of the most vulnerable areas. Not only is Florida likely to be inundated entirely by a three meter rise, it is mostly fairly porous sandstone so if you want to build walls around your cities, they are super expensive and deep. Also Florida seems to be trying to increase the root causes of their own demise, so it’s sort of different than watching innocent people struck by tragedy; it’s people getting hurt by their own actions. More drama.
dfxm12 4y ago
NSF research from 2.5 years ago agrees that 1-in-X year flooding is becoming more frequent: https://beta.nsf.gov/news/once-lifetime-floods-become-regular-occurrences https://beta.nsf.gov/news/once-lifetime-floods-become-regula...

by jmclnx 4y ago

bearjaws 4y ago

I find it very interesting that throughout the internet, the problem of rising sea levels & climate change is seen as exclusively a Florida problem. If one thing goes wrong with Florida's weather, it is seen as abandon ship, meanwhile in California, Arizona, Tornado Alley, Texas, New York, "once in 100" year events have happened every year for the last decade... Climate change is coming for everyone, over two billion people[1] live at sea-level. Its clear to me at this point we're all going to be impacted substantially and yet somehow people keep talking about Florida as if we "fix FLorida" and everything magically gets better. It almost seems like a scapegoat for other states climate issues. [1]: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.95.24.14009 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.95.24.14009

lanstin 4y ago
Bangladesh and Florida are two of the most vulnerable areas. Not only is Florida likely to be inundated entirely by a three meter rise, it is mostly fairly porous sandstone so if you want to build walls around your cities, they are super expensive and deep. Also Florida seems to be trying to increase the root causes of their own demise, so it’s sort of different than watching innocent people struck by tragedy; it’s people getting hurt by their own actions. More drama.

dfxm12 4y ago

NSF research from 2.5 years ago agrees that 1-in-X year flooding is becoming more frequent: https://beta.nsf.gov/news/once-lifetime-floods-become-regular-occurrences https://beta.nsf.gov/news/once-lifetime-floods-become-regula...