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Sea levels are starting to rise faster. Here’s how much South Florida is expecting (www.miamiherald.com)
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[–] HuddaBudda@kbin.social 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

The same kind of flooding that hit Brazil I expect to hit south Florida within the next year.

Florida does have a rigorous pumping systems due to hurricanes. So we will be able to pump the extra water out.... eventually. That being said, flooding will still persist for days at a time.

Though I am sure our elected officials won't just pretend that climate change doesn't exist..... and will put effort into upgrading that pumping infrastructure....

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

is the pumping system up to the same standards as Texas’ electric grid?

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 4 points 5 months ago

Not funny! 100's of thousands of people are currently in the dark because a thunderstorm came through 4 days ago!. JK. Maybe if enough people make fun of the joke of an electrical grid Texas has, it'll be improved.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago

Individual storms are random enough that I'm very hesitant to make that kind of short-term statement.