The govt should offer relocation package ....who the fuck wants memories of destruction .....it's stupid to stay....... you know you are going to get fucked again...... its just a matter of time .....why re build ....... when you know it's going to get fucked .....if it gets fucked once ....it will get fucked again ....especially in south Florida ......hurricane prone sandbar of insanity .........i would not even waste my money..... or time .......I have never understood the logic of living that close or investing that much into an ocean view ........ Yes!!!!!! Its all fun and sun..... For everyone until you get fucked ...... Proper fucked ..... But real estate investors love the comish .......and the sell of ocean front ....... And as we as human being.flock to the ocean is not the same ......I don't know if it's cyclical or maybe every hundred years ......there has the be a cleansing ......all I know is when it comes around ...... ...we. Keep trundling forward fucking up the planet every year those babies are going to get more and more vicious ........they are saying on ten years Florida will get major flooding ..... Its getting humped now ..... Miami beach gets it in the arse ..... That and other things ........ I like a saunter by the sea ...... That's it ...... Still if you like the risk and have the money ........ Its all good
Is it a mistake to rebuild in climate danger zones?
“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates.
What’s happening
In the wake of major disasters like Hurricane Ian, which devastated large swaths of the Florida coast and caused at least 84 deaths last week, the goal of rebuilding what was lost often becomes a unifying mission for local residents and the country as a whole.
Both President Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who are on opposite sides of most issues, spoke recently of the enormous task that lies ahead if communities that experienced the worst wind damage and flooding are going to be revived. Their statements echo sentiments from political leaders after other disasters, including previous hurricanes, major storms elsewhere in the country and wildfires in Western states.
With climate change increasing the severity of hurricanes and wildfires, among other natural disasters, the sheer scale of rebuilding efforts has become enormous. Hurricane Ian alone is believed to have caused as much as $57 billion in damages, according to an estimate from the risk management firm Verisk. Since 1980 there have been more than 330 weather and climate disasters that each have caused more than $1 billion in damages, according to a database maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The costs are only getting bigger. In the 1980s, weather-related damages averaged about $20 billion per year. Over the past five years, that figure has reached almost $158 billion a year.
The escalating costs — let alone the extraordinary logistical and human challenges — of reviving communities after these increasingly common events has led many experts to raise an uncomfortable question: Should we rebuild in places that face a high risk of being destroyed again by a climate-fueled disaster in the near future?
Why there’s debate
Though they universally express sympathy for people who would be asked to abandon their homes for good, a number of experts say that it’s simply not feasible to keep pouring resources into communities that are directly in the likely path of future hurricanes and wildfires. They argue that people in these areas must stop treating major disasters as random events and instead accept the reality that climate change has made more catastrophic weather all but inevitable.
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