FL Will Be 1st State To Swing On Climate: 22 Of 25 Cities Most At Risk Of Sea Level Rise In FL

[appalachiablue]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127134729

X-post from Environment & Energy.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Huh. Who'd'a thunk it?

22 of 25 cities most at risk of sea level rise are in Florida? I mean, what are the odds?

A former math teacher at a junior college I attended in the late 1990's (he's my age, plus or minus maybe two years and I'm 71) retired to the Florida keys. I honestly can't imagine what he was thinking.

[dhill926]

2. moving to Key West this spring hopefully...

might end up going down with the ship I guess....

[sandensea]

3. But the Jim Crow and Adolfo Calero types won't budge - until the water is pouring into their homes

Then, of course, many of them will attempt insurance fraud.

[carpetbagger]

4. No, the Cincinnati factor is still strong

An old term coined by Bob Graham referring to people who moved from Ohio to Florida, but still subscribed to Ohio papers, supported Ohio churches and schools, sent their kids there, and in general didn't feel when they went to the ballot box that they had skin in the game regarding the quality of schools, towns, and life in Florida.

The current set of retirees could care less about the state in 2050.