I spent part of the summer in Fort Myers, where Hurricane Ian destroyed huge portions of the coastal areas and barrier islands (most of Sanibel and Fort Myers B

I spent part of the summer in Fort Myers, where Hurricane Ian destroyed huge portions of the coastal areas and barrier islands (most of Sanibel and Fort Myers Beach). Most of a year later these islands look like a war zone - they're still knocking down buildings and rebuilding miles of structures. If another hurricane hits in the next two years, I just don't see any of those built-up coastal areas being economically viable to rebuild a second time: they will just have to become lightly-inhabited nature preserves. And we're still only halfway through this year's storm season, with huge amounts of energy stored up in record-warm gulf waters.