Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/10/18/florida-gop-finally-admits-tha.html
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Or not. Either way. If you try to build a city in a swamp and then not actively promote for reduction of carbon emmissions I don’t have a lot of sympathy. NOLA: I’m lookin’ at you too.
Said it before, and I’ll say it again: if you buy property in the US with a long-term goal of living there 30+ years from now, you need to buy in Pacific NW, Rockies, or NE. Everywhere else will be on fire, under water, a tundra, or a desert.
I have parents in Tampa who are ~3 miles inland but only ~2 ft above sea level. I don’t think they’ll make it another 40 yrs so I’m not too worried about them.
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Everybody thinks they can get rid of the ‘hot potato’ just before Florida sinks into the sea.
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Last I checked, Minnesota is also an excellent option. Lots of fresh water distributed throughout the state, so it’s rather safe from any Immortan Joes trying to hoard the Aqua Cola.
ETA: And the winters will become much more bearable.
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Agree about Minnesota. I have a relative whose job is trying to move him to Phoenix. I told him he’s insane and that Minnesota looks a lot better. (Actually I don’t like him much and part of the reason he likes Arizona is for its far-right ethos, so I should just let him go. Enjoy the nightlife, because that’s gonna be the only life.)
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Shenandoah Valley in VA is pretty sweet in this respect too, but shhhh! keep that to ourselves!
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And I’d be willing to bet that Mr. Scott get re-elected the next go around… smdh
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“I just feel it’s a duty we owe to future generations to at least have planned for this to some extent,’’ he said. “What can we do in this environment? I don’t know. But we have got to push that envelope.”
How about you issue a public apology for giving us a doomed future, donate all your money to climate relief and ecological recovery efforts and resign in disgrace you bunch of bloodsucking hacks.
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Um, try four decades (at least).
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Yeah, right up until the big one hits and your land is now under water, on fire, or now on a different continent. Oh, and those lush green forests? Turns out climate change is making it easier to turn them into black, ash-filled wastelands.
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That’ll be the day I go back to Annandale.
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So these close-minded idiots didn’t give two fucks about climate change until the day THEIR multiple properties became impacted. Sounds right.
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Zillowing now 
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(Tried to warn you)
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There’s a political party in the U.S. who think it’s a moral failing to care about anyone other than yourself.
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…if you don’t mind the risk of your children being carried away by mosquitos, that is!
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Don’t overlook the cities of the Great Lakes. They are likely to have a more tolerable climate, access to fresh water, low risk of wildfires, low seismic risk, and generally have the physical infrastructure for a population several times what they have now.
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