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After all, how far inland could a hurricane go? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I'm not saying to abandon the whole southeast, but something in the range of 15 million US homes are built in flood plains. A large portion of these are in Texas and Florida. It is absolute madness to keep building and rebuilding in these areas.

Even if we drop global CO² emissions to zero tomorrow, it will take more than a century to even begin to see trends reverse. In the mean time lowland areas will continue to flood over and over.