Will reserve comments for later, but really -- this is the FIRST time the Miami Herald has asked the relevant questions on rising sea levels, falling real estate values.
This dangerous story was tasked to veteran reporter, John Dorschner. He does a good job of it for the most part. What took so long? LOL.
I'll write more about the story, tomorrow, but for the time being point out one rather startling omission: the fact that Miami Dade County is planning a $1.5 billion investment in wastewater infrastructure that doesn't take into account ANY SEA LEVEL RISE.
That investment -- when it occurs -- will have happened only as a result of federal Clean Water Act litigation by Biscayne Waterkeeper.
This dangerous story was tasked to veteran reporter, John Dorschner. He does a good job of it for the most part. What took so long? LOL.
I'll write more about the story, tomorrow, but for the time being point out one rather startling omission: the fact that Miami Dade County is planning a $1.5 billion investment in wastewater infrastructure that doesn't take into account ANY SEA LEVEL RISE.
That investment -- when it occurs -- will have happened only as a result of federal Clean Water Act litigation by Biscayne Waterkeeper.
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Be careful. The sub title I read was why to build west outside the UDB then read a bit more. I'm hopeful the movement head to the central part of the state and not west in Miami Dade County.
Three names to think about, why the Herald never reported this story: Alvah Chapman, David Lawrence, Alberto Ibarguen.
It's called a subliminal smokescreen, where the problem finally becomes SO obvious, even to the deluded lemmings, they dare to acknolwedge the problem, while subliminally saying "look over there", with a touch of "it won't really be all that bad"... NEVER MIND the parallel Lauderdale NOT-a-sentinel bullshitorama article of round up the usual bogus downplaying lowball suspects...
the herald is a cheerleader for the real estate industry. tomorrow they will likely publish a story that says values are up based on some bogus statistic and it's time to buy and sell.
Wealthy will split to better areas leaving more real estate speculators. Zero percent owner occupied neighborhoods.
No, really this sea level rise is not a problem if you don't believe it to be true. It's based on projections - based on science- but why should we believe scientists? Especially when sales are sales.
The real problem is that the planning horizon for dealing with the realization of the projections is 50 years - the lifespan of infrastructure we are building now like sewer systems, roads and bridges, public buildings like museums and stadiums and convention centers. So if we don't act like now for a future 50 years from now we won't be ready. That's why we are doomed to drown.
So what if Miami goes away within 50 years? We are obsessed with our sea level rise problem of being flooded out when Climate Change created problems around the globe are much more serious - life and death serious- famine and disease, species extinction, global economic collapse, displacement of millions, extreme weather calamities like in the Phillipines. It's a planetary collapse and we are concerned about our lifestyles?
Get with the planetary program Miami! Your problems don't amount to a hill of beans in the scheme of things.
What do we need to do now to save our city of the future? And what would all cities need to do now to save our planet of the future?
Retreat to higher ground.
If Miami area gets hit by a major hurricane storm surge, first response will be to rebuild everything (see New Orleans, New York and New Jersey archived news feeds after a hurricane). A year later people will abandon property because insurance will not cover full amount of damage. The threat of sea level will make it near impossible for future growth after a coastal storm surge hits. Coastal condominiums owners will have the worst time as they need a certain percentage of owners to dissolve the association. Stuck paying for a shell of a property. The doomsday scenario doesn't need dramatic rise in sea level only an event which shows weakness in coastal property ownership.
Good point.
Rising sea levels are a danger and it could cause storms, hurricanes and tsunamis and could dent the Miami Real Estate value
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