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Self-inflicted wound
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this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2024
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I think if you're in Florida, sell now and get out (sucks for whoever's willing to buy). Not just the parts that will be submerged, get out of the whole place because the policies/insurance/laws/taxes are going to go absolutely nuts for the whole state.
I hear Aquaman is ready to scoop up all of those underwater properties!
My aunt and uncle are buying a house there this year now that the kids are out of the house. We're already only an hour away from the gulf, not sure what else they're trying to find.
The poster who posted this is not very smart and is just pushing outrage, like they always do.
Read the graphic. The light blue is 5m (over 16 feet) and the other blue is 10m (over 32 feet). The estimate rise is about 2 feet in 2100. So not even the first area.
I hate to downplay the threat of climate change, because it is the biggest existential risk we've ever faced, but people like the OP do a disservice to the risk by posting these intentionally misleading graphics. And pushing things like "omg you have to be dumb to buy a place in Florida" (at least based on this graphic) is something that will likely backfire too.
It's the same dumb shit that conservatives use to claim that it isn't an issue because rich people are buying beach front property.