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I think the effects on Florida will be far worse than most other places in the US. The difference with crazy Florida is that the official state government does
by hristov 3y ago
I think the effects on Florida will be far worse than most other places in the US. The difference with crazy Florida is that the official state government does not actually believe in climate change. Thus, they are less likely to do the necessary things to minimize climate change losses.
They are still building massive apartment buildings on the waterline, expensive luxury houses on sandbars that are projected to be under water in 50 years, etc.
They are helping global warming put them under water by building heavy buildings on the sand by the beach so that the buildings compress the sand down while the ocean goes up.
Most of Florida is already near ocean water level, which means they are in real danger of having the seawater wash over most of their land and completely destroy all of their sources of drinkable water. To prevent that they should be investing in dykes and barriers, etc., but of course they are not, because they do not believe in climate change.
Also, talking to Floridians, I gather that they have this naive childlike belief that whatever happens, the federal government will bail them out. It is a little ironic because most of them are staunch conservatives that do not believe the federal government should be doing much, and that people should not rely on government in general, but they still believe that the federal government will fix whatever climate emergency comes along.
There is some historical reasoning behind that. The federal government did do a lot to make Florida livable. But the current climate emergency is such a major problem, it is not clear the federal government will have the will to spend the enormous amounts of money necessary, nor whether they will be able to solve the problem even if they could spend the money.