25% of Florida Keys houses gone and 65% damaged by Hurricane Irma, will they rebuild given that big hurricanes will become more common and the sea level is rising? ... http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/12/us/fl ... index.html
I guess they will rebuild until the insurance companies refuse to insure, or premiums get too high.
From 2015 ... http://www.flkeysnews.com/news/article79621892.html
Florida Keys problems is that it is very flat, and much of Florida is reclaimed wetland.
Hurricane Irma - rebuilding a house of cards
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Re: Rebuilding a house of cards
Most of the America mainland side of the Gulf is made up of deltas, lagoons, bayous and wetlands. For the size of the population it's quite amazing really.Matt Flynn wrote:Florida Keys problems is that it is very flat, and much of Florida is reclaimed wetland.
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yep - if you fkuc with nature it will eventually bite you
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Two more hurricanes roughly following Irma's path, and Jose moving north ... http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/17/ameri ... index.html
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Re: Hurricane Irma - rebuilding a house of cards
Wonder how this compares with a normal year in the gulf?
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Puerto Rico, already in deep economic sh.t after defaulting on its debt in 2015, smashed by Hurricane Maria ... http://www.news.com.au/technology/envir ... 337e6b5a0e
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