More than two thirds of Florida adults consider climate change a threat to future generations and say state and local governments should do more to address it, according to a poll released Monday by Florida Atlantic University.
The poll found 68 percent of respondents agreed with the statement that climate change “has them concerned about the well-being of future generations in Florida,” according to a news release from the university. Just 28 percent said state, county and city governments were doing enough to address it. source
It’s not a self-inflicted wound. I am so tired of this misinformation for the sake of pithy humor. Recognize oppression when you see it or you are on the side of fascism.
I think if you're in Florida, sell now and get out (sucks for whoever's willing to buy). Not just the parts that will be submerged, get out of the whole place because the policies/insurance/laws/taxes are going to go absolutely nuts for the whole state.
Sea level rise of 5 meters isn't happening in any of our lifetimes. Don't get me wrong, climate change and its resulting sea level rise are very very real, but even the most dire forecasts don't predict a 5 meter sea level rise in the next 100 years. Models of a high emissions scenario has the rise "only" going up 3.9 meters 126 years from now
Anyone on the florida coast knows it's not sea rise alone that will get you.
It's hurricanes.
I'm not on the coast, but let me tell you, the existential dread the last few seasons was real (and proven right with Ian), much less this upcoming season.
Another underappreciated point: most people who live right on the coast now are snowbirds in giant mansions, who can very much afford to lose their vacation home to a hurricane. They don't even live there most of the time.