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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I'm already telling people to get out of Florida*. I expect multiple Katrina-level events over the next 15 years. "Florida refugees" is going to become a common phrase.

Orlando might be more likely to survive than Miami or Tampa, but do you really want to be in the city surrounded by devastation?

We, as humans, seem to have lost the ability to plan more than 20 years into the future. Florida is still building in areas that are going to be crushed, and the only reaction is from insurance companies.

We're not trying to prevent it. We're not building any kind of defenses or contingency plans. We're not encouraging people to move out. We're not preventing people from moving in. In fact, we're building new and encouraging people to move IN to Florida. It's full on head in sand.

[–] Num10ck 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

look at their leadership. look at their voters. look at the short-term profit potential.

[–] Dkarma 4 points 1 year ago

Look at the percentage of these purchases that are foreign investors making cash offers and I think u start to see why the insurance companies leaving isn't having the effect it should.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

If that massive icesheet in Antarctica gives way, Florida will be under water.

At the rate we're going, I think it will take a cataclysm of that level before people will realize how important this thing is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man I have like 5 family members and friends just move to Florida. They were tired of the high taxes and politics of California. At least they won't burn in a wildfire though!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder if FL is attracting a certain type of moths to a flame... recently had a neighbor move to clearwater