The Invading Sea is kind of an aggregator site that posts Florida climate-related articles from other sources. It's non-partisan, so you'll read a lot of Republican and conservative views here as well. (They tend to be the ones whistling past the graveyard and insisting everything is fine.)

Anyway, this is a recent, brief, op-ed from Tampa Bay Times. It's almost charming in its matter-of-fact tone. Don't want to start a panic, do we? Might adversely affect property values!

"Hardening we can afford." Yes, "affordability" will be an issue. A constraint. The fact that Florida has completely ignored the challenge until only recently has allowed the problem to grow in magnitude such that any meaningful interventions are largely unaffordable. There's too much built environment in too many vulnerable places.

But hey! Property taxes! Right?

Right???

Originally posted at Nice Marmot 10:21 Thursday, 19 December 2024