I like your comment because it could be interpreted in either way. Of course less than 30 years for some communities.
Rising sea level is one thing, and that goes together with damaging tropical storms. All it takes is one or two storms to devastate a coastal city. Then either the federal government says there will be no disaster relief funds here in the future, or the insurance companies will refuse to cover the area. Either of those would effectively end serious rebuilding efforts.
That’s not to say everyone will immediately disappear. If you build a concrete bunker in a relatively high place, you could stay there for decades to come. But the bulk of the community would leave and never return. If you’re looking for a related example, check out the small communities built near Kilauea in Hawaii.
The Dutch constructed enormous flood control projects to shut the country off from the sea. The Afsluitdijk and the Delta Works reduced the country’s coastline from 1,400 to 450 km. The measures needed to maintain its flood control works to accommodate sea level rise by 2100 are estimated at a cost of over €1 billion per year.
Look at a map of Florida and tell me how you’re going to close its coastline off from the sea.
This is not some small European country. This is AMERICA the powerful, dammit! We will build a wall around Florida, and we’ll make the sea pay for it!!!
I don’t doubt you’re right, but 30 years? C’mon. You and I know that’s just fantasy.
I like your comment because it could be interpreted in either way. Of course less than 30 years for some communities.
Rising sea level is one thing, and that goes together with damaging tropical storms. All it takes is one or two storms to devastate a coastal city. Then either the federal government says there will be no disaster relief funds here in the future, or the insurance companies will refuse to cover the area. Either of those would effectively end serious rebuilding efforts.
That’s not to say everyone will immediately disappear. If you build a concrete bunker in a relatively high place, you could stay there for decades to come. But the bulk of the community would leave and never return. If you’re looking for a related example, check out the small communities built near Kilauea in Hawaii.
Or check out the Dutch and their below sea level communities.
The Dutch constructed enormous flood control projects to shut the country off from the sea. The Afsluitdijk and the Delta Works reduced the country’s coastline from 1,400 to 450 km. The measures needed to maintain its flood control works to accommodate sea level rise by 2100 are estimated at a cost of over €1 billion per year.
Look at a map of Florida and tell me how you’re going to close its coastline off from the sea.
This is not some small European country. This is AMERICA the powerful, dammit! We will build a wall around Florida, and we’ll make the sea pay for it!!!
But more seriously, point taken.
Looking at the map, what florida needs is a giant condom.