Let’s say, for example, Florida from alligator Alley down everyone has to leave. Where exactly should all these people go and what do you with all the houses and business buildings left behind? And if there are just empty cities sitting around someone is gonna move into them, legally or otherwise, and then what?
I think a better solution would be government funding of retrofitting homes to better handle the disasters they can potentially face. Florida for example could make steel reinforced concrete block standard required construction, roofs anchored to the foundation, impact resistant windows and doors and roll down storm shutters. All that in lieu of sticks, nails and a prayer that nearly every new building in Florida is currently built on. Far more practical than “everyone leave Florida forever”.
It’s not realistic to beep fighting the ocean. The earth is mostly void of people. The effort to make a new city, especially one planned to be resource efficient will be much cheaper to move people.
I believe the same issues played out in New Jersey with their Blue Acres program. Iirc they would offer loans for upgrades or buy-outs to move, often the upgrades would fail a few years later so in the later versions of the programs it is buy-out only. NJ Blue Acres
Eh kick out the profit driven insurance companies, and bring in state insurance.
That doesn’t solve the underlying problem, which is that some places have a very high yearly probability of disaster.
How do we help the people struggling leave these areas? I’m sure many are buried already and can’t incur more costs.
Let’s say, for example, Florida from alligator Alley down everyone has to leave. Where exactly should all these people go and what do you with all the houses and business buildings left behind? And if there are just empty cities sitting around someone is gonna move into them, legally or otherwise, and then what?
I think a better solution would be government funding of retrofitting homes to better handle the disasters they can potentially face. Florida for example could make steel reinforced concrete block standard required construction, roofs anchored to the foundation, impact resistant windows and doors and roll down storm shutters. All that in lieu of sticks, nails and a prayer that nearly every new building in Florida is currently built on. Far more practical than “everyone leave Florida forever”.
It’s not realistic to beep fighting the ocean. The earth is mostly void of people. The effort to make a new city, especially one planned to be resource efficient will be much cheaper to move people.
I believe the same issues played out in New Jersey with their Blue Acres program. Iirc they would offer loans for upgrades or buy-outs to move, often the upgrades would fail a few years later so in the later versions of the programs it is buy-out only. NJ Blue Acres