Harold Wanless: "Rising Sea Levels will be too much, too fast for Florida." By Geniusofdespair
In
the Conversation Miami Scientist
(professor and chair of the Department of Geology at the University of Miami) Harold Wanless said:
This degree of sea level rise would make nearly all the barrier islands
of the world uninhabitable, inundate a major portion of the world’s
deltas, upon which hundreds of millions of people live, and leave
low-lying coastal zones like southeast Florida increasingly difficult to
maintain infrastructure services for and increasingly vulnerable to
hurricanes and storms.
And:
To consider the risk in present investments is beyond sobering. By the
middle of this century most of the barrier islands of south Florida and
the world will be abandoned and the people relocated, while low areas
such as Sweetwater and Hialeah
bordering the Everglades will be frequently flooded and increasingly
difficult places to live. Florida will start to lose its freshwater
resources, its infrastructure will begin to fail, and the risk of
catastrophic storm surges and hurricane flooding will increase.
3 comments:
FPL wants to build two new nuclear reactors at Turkey Point. How much time and money will be wasted arguing the points? Lots and lots and lots.
We are the last generation that will be able to buy a house in South Florida.
The insurance companies know the score and they are out in the lead on this issue. Long before the seas take over, no one will be able to afford the insurance or a mortgage.
Sell your house now and leave because once everyone figures it out it will be too late and you won't be able to sell.
I have a two-year plan to get out...
I am waiting for Hialeah Beach and Kendall by the Sea.
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