Miami Is Entering A State Of Unreality
theatlantic.com
theatlantic.com
The last high water event which affected Miami as they do every few years was the result of heavy rains hitting during high tide. When water has nowhere to go it stays. Living at sea level has consequences.
That may be a foreign concept to a lot of the transplants from other states that have not experienced a hurricane yet. Despite the annual fear-mongering by politicians and weathermen most Floridians and especially those in Miami and the Conch Republic have grown to accept the normalcy of the occasional flooded Street as we have the occasional 200 mph coconut taking out windows and buildings
Signed, a New Orleans resident
I'm more concerned about the amount of forever chemicals and hormones in all cities Water Supplies that is ignored by the very same people living in those Waterfront Houses
so there's that
Things can get worse though right? I’m not like super bullish on climate change hysteria but do wonder if there will be a tipping point on some of these low lying areas. Out of curiosity I looked at hurricane severity over recorded history and they haven’t been getting worse over time. So maybe it’s nothing but if heat records are a secondary indicator, primary indicators could start turning at some point.
Like Venice has flooded all the time forever and it’s also getting demonstrably worse.