Miami Will Be Underwater Soon. Its Drinking Water Could Go First

Post by leereeves » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 5:05 PM UTC

pstuart wrote: post #120

leereeves wrote: post #115

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According to NASA [1], global sea levels have been rising at a fairly steady 3.2 millimeters per year since 1993. According to NOAA [2], the "relative sea level trend" in Miami Beach is 2.39 mm/year. At those rates, in 100 years, the sea will have risen about one foot, not six. 1: https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/ 2: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/

Only if that rate remains steady, and it very well may not.

Post by maxerickson » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 5:08 PM UTC

sizzzzlerz wrote: post #111

maxerickson wrote: post #69

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Private insurance works for earthquakes and tornadoes.

Until a massive quake wipes out an entire region, at which point, the insurance carriers declare bankruptcy because they won't be able to pay off all the policies. And that is already factoring in the exorbitant premiums being paid and high deductibles on the policies. With tens of thousands of claims, home owners will get pennies on the dollar if they get anything at all.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 5:10 PM UTC

leereeves wrote: post #115

fabricexpert wrote: post #80

This article is kind of infuriating. Just bring the facts up and talk about them, instead of describing people. I think this is one of the more critical parts (along with the stuff about water supply getting contaminated): > Barring a stupendous reversal in greenhouse gas emissions, the rising Atlantic will cover much of Miami by the end of this century. The economic effects will be devastating: Zillow Inc. estimates…

According to NASA [1], global sea levels have been rising at a fairly steady 3.2 millimeters per year since 1993. According to NOAA [2], the "relative sea level trend" in Miami Beach is 2.39 mm/year. At those rates, in 100 years, the sea will have risen about one foot, not six. 1: https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/ 2: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/

Post by blang » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 5:10 PM UTC

sizzzzlerz wrote: post #111

maxerickson wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Private insurance works for earthquakes and tornadoes.

Until a massive quake wipes out an entire region, at which point, the insurance carriers declare bankruptcy because they won't be able to pay off all the policies. And that is already factoring in the exorbitant premiums being paid and high deductibles on the policies. With tens of thousands of claims, home owners will get pennies on the dollar if they get anything at all.

Post by vorpalhex » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 5:11 PM UTC

graeme wrote: post #104

vorpalhex wrote: post #47

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As much as it'd be great to just point a finger and say "You should of known better!", houses are the bulk of most folks assets and the last thing we need is to turn a few small cities worth of people into homeless refugees. So realistically they'll get a bail out so they can at least recover somewhat. It will still be a loss for them, it'll be a loss to everyone who pays taxes, but it's still better then the alterna…

Why? With this attitude, we'll keep building more vulnerable cities at the coast, effectively subsidizing doomed construction.