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‘Alarming’ Ocean Temperatures Suggest This Hurricane Season Will Be a Daunting One
(www.nytimes.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2024
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Please let this be the year that Florida finally sinks.
It's not going to magically sink; parts of the state have enough elevation to remain above sea level even if we melt everything.
What might happen is that coastal properties become uninsurable, which will make it all but impossible to obtain loans or build new buildings.
I thought Florida was already uninsurable.
There's a high-cost state-run insurer of last resort (Citizens Property Insurance Corporation) which is still in operation. The right set of storms could break that.
If it’s anything like my state they are carrying way too many people and it’s just a ticking time bomb.
It won't even need a big set of storns. It will just need the constant slightly elevated and worsening conditions we've been seeing, with more frequent major events. A failure of attrition , literally and figuratively.
Let it take Bezos and Hannity, too! Please!
Mar a Lago is in FL, too. Wouldn't it just be the icing on the cake if Trump lost his precious golf club? Perhaps with him inside?