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Tomorrow, a hurricane is set to reach landfall over Tampa, FL. The storm surge is forecast to be 10-15 feet in that area, and 5-10 feet across many other coastal cities like Cape Coral. This is in an area where people have built their homes along canals and in lowlands abutting the ocean.

In addition to that, there is the potential for 12 inches of rain at roughly the same time. 12 inches of rain in an area that was just inundated with rain from Hurricane Helene a few weeks ago. 12 inches of rain in an area with a lot of impervious surface coverage (as all of the US has due to overwhelming car dependence).

I hope the people of that area make it out in time, and do not stay out of stubbornness or conspiracy thinking.

Afterwards, I wonder what's going to happen? Will all the homes be rebuilt? At whose cost? How many times will this happen in the coming years as sea level rises and hurricanes become stronger?

There is no “adaptation” to 15 feet storm surges and 12 inches of rain. There is only fleeing the area. Right now it's for the short term. At what point will it have to become long term?