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Originally Posted by surftheiop
Where I live a good bit of the property is less than a meter above sea level, so how is it a "big nothing" if the sea rises a meter and covers the property??? Also the issue is what was once a 1000 year flood now will become a 100 or even 10 year flood. How are we all going to continue to get insured in the long run?
It's not doing a meter for 100 years. If the worst comes true. If we do zero mitigation.
In 40 years when it's up maybe 30cm, nothing will have changed. Except your house will have devalued (by natural aging) while you'll still have prime waterfront property.
That's without even counting the engineering advances we will have. For hundreds of years the Dutch have actually reclaimed the sea on a large scale- before bulldozers or even engines - and lived below sea level. You think we won't be able to cheaply do soil injection in 50 years to raise everything up half a meter?
Not to mention, building technology will have advanced so far that you'll be wanting/needing to rebuild anyway, as your old house will be the equivalent of an 70s brick apartment.
There is just zero to think about or worry about here.
As for 1000 year floods, no, these are caused by storms, so dropping things down a little doesn't make it worse. The houses right on sea level right now manage to get insured. Your house in 50 years will be just like them. It's all just horse **** and hysterical hype.