How Soon Will the Seas Rise?

Re:How Soon Will the Seas Rise? by michaelbuckbee on Monday October 20, 2025 @01:03PM (#45646277)

I think the point was more that even if you're on a coast a lot of other problems are more likely to impact you first: higher energy and more frequent hurricanes, insurance, costs, etc.

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Re:How Soon Will the Seas Rise? by jghn on Monday October 20, 2025 @01:11PM (#45646376)

It's not as a-vs-b as this. Rising sea levels will increase the damage of those more frequent hurricanes long before one's house falls into the sea. And that increases insurance costs, and so on. The whole thing is a single system with a giant feedback loop.

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Re:How Soon Will the Seas Rise? by jncfhnb on Monday October 20, 2025 @01:47PM (#45646857)

It could be an a vs b thing if a effectively finishes the conversation before b gets going.

A lot of areas won’t make sense to insure due to storm risk well before they’re at risk from literal sea level risk.

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