• tsonfeir
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    7 months ago

    You would think climate change would make them leave a place that is going to be under water because of climate change.

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      7 months ago

      I had the same thought! Besides imminent flooding, we’re expecting horrible volume and severity in hurricanes over the next two years due to El Niño in conjunction with the warming Atlantic ocean temperatures and the breakdown of the Gulf Stream/AMOC. Not to mention all of the insurance companies that are pulling out of the state after deeming support as fiscally non-viable.

      These people are in for a rude awakening.

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      7 months ago

      They can afford to do that when it gets bad enough that it will no longer be comfortable for them. And until then, they can pay for it to be comfortable for them when it will no longer be so for everyone else.

      They can do the Ted Cruz thing and go down to Cancun when things look bad in Miami.

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        7 months ago

        Well, anyone who wants to live in Florida deserves to live in Florida.

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            7 months ago

            No one is gonna help the poor.

            Realistically, their options are revolt and die or obey and die.