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    ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILDHamilton Nolan
    8/02/16 4:37pm

    Thus killing all the Zika mosquitoes.

    Checkmate, climate scientists.

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      Quasar Funkʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILD
      8/02/16 4:38pm

      And a bunch of Floridians.

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      duckinthefaceat250knotsQuasar Funk
      8/02/16 4:39pm

      So win:win ?

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    tom.blerschHamilton Nolan
    8/02/16 4:36pm

    And that risk is not evenly distributed. The state of Florida is by far the most at-risk, with a full 1/8th of the state’s homes potentially ending up as scuba sites.

    An eighth of Florida disappearing?

    What’s the down-side?

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      ╰(　´◔　ω　◔ `)╯< Woke and Boketom.blersch
      8/02/16 4:44pm

      The downside is the panhandle crackers will now become millionaires. Imagine Duck Dynasty but with gators and thongs on fat people.

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      Alaska Frambopoloustom.blersch
      8/02/16 4:44pm

      According to experts it means 17 million people all of a sudden becoming homeless? Where would they go? This would be a refugee crisis about 20X bigger than the Syrian/Libyan/Afghan/Pakistan/India/Iraq/Lebanon/Jordan/Palestine/Iran/Turkey/Morocco/Sudan/Egypt/etc Refugee Crisis.

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    Denver is too damn highHamilton Nolan
    8/02/16 4:46pm

    I can see some climate denier walking out onto the beach in front of his home, looking at the other 7 nearby homes and thinking... my probability is pretty good!

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      XrdsAlumDenver is too damn high
      8/02/16 5:01pm

      For that kind of insight into the real estate market one would have to have a degree from a certain most luxurious, really beautiful “university.”

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      Denver is too damn highXrdsAlum
      8/02/16 5:33pm

      Only the best. And FAST. Gotta be fast. Where can I throw all my money?

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    ThatFatScatCat fucking loves muddy puddlesHamilton Nolan
    8/02/16 4:38pm

    Given that I live within minutes of Florida beaches in three directions, I guess I probably shouldn’t take my landlord up his offer to let us buy this house.

    Such is life.

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      ╰(　´◔　ω　◔ `)╯< Woke and BokeThatFatScatCat fucking loves muddy puddles
      8/02/16 4:51pm

      If you can talk him down on the price, it would be a good short-term investment for a burial at sea.

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      ThatFatScatCat fucking loves muddy puddles╰(　´◔　ω　◔ `)╯< Woke and Boke
      8/02/16 4:58pm

      Maybe. He’s only asking 95 on a purchase price of 125 in 2006, which I find kinda telling. But then again I don’t know a goddamn thing about real estate.

      It’s not worth it to me me either way, though. This place isn’t so bad, but the neighborhood leaves a bit to be desired.

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    SauceboyHamilton Nolan
    8/02/16 4:51pm

    Florida, feel free to pay for all that yourselves.

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      BCDFGSauceboy
      8/02/16 5:07pm

      Oh, they already do. Florida insurance rates are pretty fucking high. It’s partly why the state is so reluctant to raise taxes and why it’s so dependent on getting itself under the federal and international money spigot. Raising state taxes would show the real costs.

      To me, the real solution lies with the feds. Unfortunately, FEMA ends up becoming a feeding trough for construction companies to rip off taxpayers rebuilding shit that should not be rebuilt. FEMA’s response to predictable phenomena (like hurricanes on the Gulf Coast or earthquakes in California) has to stop being the creation of bubbles of economic activity, but active adjustment of population centers toward safer areas or making areas more resilient.

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      DolemiteSauceboy
      8/02/16 5:10pm

      Yeah, it gets a bit tiring hearing about “emergency relief” or other taxpayer-funded services provided to rich beachfront property owners that choose to own property in hurricane zones. Reporter standing in the aftermath: “Oh lord, the devastation! We haven’t seen anything like this in 6 years!”

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    99Telep☺dpr☹blemsHamilton Nolan
    8/02/16 4:48pm
    GIF

    As a part time Florida resident who understands that beyond the punch lines this state offers a true sub-tropical, even primeval, beauty that you won’t experience anywhere in the United States, I fully anticipate this loss like a gut punch.

    If you can, make your way to Florida Keys before the only option is to dive on them.

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      Promnight Dumpster Baby Fire99Telep☺dpr☹blems
      8/02/16 5:06pm

      You haven't seen primeval beauty until you have travelled through the landscape surrounding the Weehawken entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel, my friend.

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      99Telep☺dpr☹blemsPromnight Dumpster Baby Fire
      8/02/16 5:18pm

      I believe I read about this, what you say?: Lincoln Tunnel.

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    det-devil-ailsHamilton Nolan
    8/02/16 5:36pm

    AWESOME!!!

    Oh, yeah... That’s Richard Dreyfuss.

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      Jerry-Netherlanddet-devil-ails
      8/02/16 5:43pm

      YES!!! A great time-capsule of late-60s futurism ! Great call.

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      beantown01det-devil-ails
      8/03/16 11:01pm

      The irony is mind blowing...absolutely....mind blowing.

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    skefflesHamilton Nolan
    8/02/16 4:44pm

    So you are saying we need to increase climate change eightfold then?

    GIF
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      Eddie Rabbitskeffles
      8/02/16 5:01pm

      What I don’t get is how exactly Manhattan and Boston don’t also get destroyed in the process?

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      AnnieWalkerIsDeadEddie Rabbit
      8/02/16 5:16pm

      They do get destroyed along with places like Miami.

      http://choices.climatecentral.org/#12/40.7116/-7…

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    You might be wrong.Hamilton Nolan
    8/02/16 5:54pm

    Every so often, I remember that the crest of the hill a few blocks north of me is the old shoreline of the prehistoric lakebed I live on and then I’m less worried about the water level rising and sinking everything south of there. It’s not that it won’t happen, it’s just that the planet itself will be fine, even if people will have to scramble.

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      Hillary_was_behind_9/11You might be wrong.
      8/03/16 9:36am

      Now, quit it with the sensible talk dammit! This is a place for unfounded conjecture and fright inducing bullshit!!

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      You might be wrong.Hillary_was_behind_9/11
      8/04/16 11:19pm

      What? People who own property that will be underwater probably should be frightened. It’s not unfounded bullshit that’s inducing that, it’s well-established reality.

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    CakeisbetterthanPieHamilton Nolan
    8/02/16 5:45pm

    Wanna invest in my startup?

    It’s called Bloop, and we specialize in building cofferdams around condos.

    Oceanside property is a growth industry, says mother nature!

    You say climate disaster, I say climate OPPORTUNITY!

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      Why do I have to explain this to you?CakeisbetterthanPie
      8/02/16 6:00pm

      Why not just build a boat around the entire condo. when the flood comes, you just disconnect your utility lines and sail away.

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      CakeisbetterthanPieWhy do I have to explain this to you?
      8/02/16 6:22pm

      Shhh....my investors may be reading this.

      GET YOUR OWN STARTUP IDEA

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