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Marius25

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10. It's not just sinking that's the problem.

Reply to Tickle (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 22, 2022, 06:31 PM

Apr 2022

It's also increasing storm strength and soil erosion.

There's a reason home insurance prices are skyrocketing in Florida. I've heard some quotes as high as $14,000 a year on a $400,000 home.

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Watching the weather channel and how coastal areas will be under water soon.. Disney [View all] Peacetrain Apr 2022 OP

Those of us living in Florida Deuxcents Apr 2022 #1

I've been hearing that florida is going to sink for 50 years now Tickle Apr 2022 #2

It's not just sinking that's the problem. Marius25 Apr 2022 #10

Yes I have heard their Tickle Apr 2022 #11

Disney isn't in a coastal area. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2022 #3

Oligarchs always think dictators will never turn on them. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #5

WDW is in the middle of the state. 92' above sea level Roland99 Apr 2022 #4

The panhandle is on the Gulf, won't it go underwater too? Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #6

Not really, no. Only areas immediately near the coast. Here's 6m/19' sea rise Roland99 Apr 2022 #7

Looks like a little bit. I am surprised, it is on the water. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #8

Hillier that way :) Roland99 Apr 2022 #14

Disney is actually fairly protected from sea level rise. Marius25 Apr 2022 #9

Disney Island. roamer65 Apr 2022 #12

It really is in the interest of NY, New England and Great Lakes states to secede. roamer65 Apr 2022 #13