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Should we drain the Everglades?

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hwc ◴[] No.45269769[source]
I used to live in this part of the country. There's an insane amount of disregard for the environment and climate. Yes, new buildings have to be reinforced against hurricanes. But they are still building new houses only a few meters above sea level, as if sea level rise wasn't already unavoidable.

And on the largest scale, there is a limit to the amount of fresh groundwater that wells along the South Florida coast can get. Once they exceed that amount, they'll be pumping brackish water seeping in from the ocean. Then they have to desalinate the brackish water.

But the last time I was there, they were still building new houses.

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fijiaarone ◴[] No.45270450[source]
How do you feel about Holland?
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hopelite ◴[] No.45272255[source]
I feel that Holland does not have hurricanes.

For context; only the hurricane we have a clear record of had 8.5 meter storm surges. I’m not sure, can the Dutch barriers hold that back?

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1. KaiserPro ◴[] No.45273982[source]
1953 was 5.6m above mean sea levels.

but parts of the Netherlands are -3 below sea level, it kinda evens out.

I think the other point to mention is that there isn't one barrier, there are a fuck load of them. (https://nltimes.nl/2024/09/03/tech-failure-nearly-caused-mas... but they also need to be close to work....)