Yet people keep moving there. The city’s skyline has grown in tandem.
Miami’s boom runs headlong into a harsh yet inescapable truth: It’s “ground zero for climate change,” said Sonia Brubaker, chief resilience officer for the City of Miami.
Climate risk is “always on our thoughts,” said Habibian, 39, who moved to Miami-Dade County about six years ago.
They have another 70 or so years until it’s underwater. Build baby build!
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They deserve what’s coming to them
it might not be totally underwater for decades, but if your house floods 2-3 times per year because of king tides or big storms, what’s the difference? if your streets aren’t passable for weeks at a time, what’s the difference? mass real estate devaluation by the end of this decade, totally worthless by 2040.
The average person is quite stupid. Don’t mean to be crass, but look around you. Can you really deny it?
The lack of any strategic thinking in the face of overwhelming evidence makes me really not sorry for anyone impacted by their own decisions, but that does suck for their kids.
Sea level rise won’t get them in their lifetime.
But a loss of drinking water from sea level rise, unaffordable home owners insurance and massive hurricanes will.
All coastal areas. California, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. That’s why insurance companies are leaving
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Daniel Habibian worries about [climate change](https://www.cnbc.com/climate/).
His clothing boutique in Miami Beach’s iconic South Beach neighborhood sits just a few blocks inland from the Atlantic Ocean.
[Rising seas](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/12/coastal-land-is-sinking-doubling-the-potential-damage-of-rising-seas.html) threaten to swallow much of the Miami metro area in the coming decades as the world continues to warm and faraway ice sheets melt. By 2060, about 60% of Miami-Dade County will be submerged, [estimates](https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/scientists-warn-south-florida-coastal-cities-will-be-affected-by-sea-level-rise/) Harold Wanless, a professor of geography and sustainable development at the University of Miami.
Yet people keep moving there. The city’s skyline has grown in tandem.
Miami’s boom runs headlong into a harsh yet inescapable truth: It’s “ground zero for climate change,” said Sonia Brubaker, chief resilience officer for the City of Miami.
Climate risk is “always on our thoughts,” said Habibian, 39, who moved to Miami-Dade County about six years ago.
More: [https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/26/miami-is-ground-zero-for-climate-risk-people-move-there-build-there-anyway.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/26/miami-is-ground-zero-for-climate-risk-people-move-there-build-there-anyway.html)
They have another 70 or so years until it’s underwater. Build baby build!
/s
They deserve what’s coming to them
it might not be totally underwater for decades, but if your house floods 2-3 times per year because of king tides or big storms, what’s the difference? if your streets aren’t passable for weeks at a time, what’s the difference? mass real estate devaluation by the end of this decade, totally worthless by 2040.
The average person is quite stupid. Don’t mean to be crass, but look around you. Can you really deny it?
The lack of any strategic thinking in the face of overwhelming evidence makes me really not sorry for anyone impacted by their own decisions, but that does suck for their kids.
Sea level rise won’t get them in their lifetime.
But a loss of drinking water from sea level rise, unaffordable home owners insurance and massive hurricanes will.
All coastal areas. California, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. That’s why insurance companies are leaving
Time for Uncle Sam to say no.
And good luck with that.