All the climate propaganda is getting to some people it seems. In this case they’re not taking any chances – the ‘hills’ they are heading for turn out to be in ‘some parts as much as 11 feet (3.35 meters) above sea level’. At least they should have a commanding view of the coast. 😎
Climate change is prompting Miami’s rich to abandon the oceanfront and head for the hills, says DW.com.
That’s bad news for the people of Little Haiti, a ridge-top immigrant community suddenly sitting on hot property.
Climate refugees aren’t usually spotted driving a Bentley through a low-income neighborhood, searching for a new place to call home. But in Miami, one of the most energetic real estate markets in the United States, property prices on the oceanfront are no longer the city’s main draw.
Instead, the area attracting the most attention is on the ridge where the city’s original settlers built the railroad — the most elevated land in Miami.
A recent Harvard University study tracked the property values of more than 100,000 single-family homes across Miami going back to the early 1970s. It showed that values of homes along Miami’s coastline have been dropping, while those at higher elevations are increasing.
Flooding is becoming more and more frequent in Miami, with so-called king tides — a non-scientific term used to describe unusually high tides — affecting some of the city’s most desirable locations.
Sea levels are predicted to rise by 13-34 inches (33-86 centimeters) over the next 40 years.
Heading for the hills
Some wealthy residents have reacted by looking to higher ground, in a trend that’s being called “climate gentrification.” And it’s putting growing pressure on residents in neighborhoods like Little Haiti, where property developers are offering buyouts and landlords are raising rents.
“The neighborhoods that currently are being gentrified are in higher areas, occupied predominately by people of color,” said Yoca Arditi-Rocha, executive director of the CLEO Institute, a non-profit dedicated to climate change education and advocacy for vulnerable communities.
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Biscayne Aquifer
The Biscayne Aquifer is located just below the surface of the land in South Florida. It is made out of porous rock with tiny cracks and holes. Water then seeps in and fills these tiny cracks and holes.
This water is often referred to as groundwater or the water table, and provides virtually all of the water that is used by South Florida residents, visitors and businesses. This water is generally clean due to the effects of natural filtration.
The water is actually flowing like an underground river at a very slow rate. Generally it travels in an east-southeasterly direction at a rate of only about two feet per day. However, where there are very large openings or man-made canals the flow rate can increase substantially.
Because this drinking water supply is so close to the surface (barely a few feet down in most places), it is especially prone to contamination. [bold added]
https://www.miamidade.gov/water/biscayne-aquifer.asp
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Florida swamps include a variety of wetland habitats. Because of its high water table, substantial rainfall, and often flat geography, the U.S. state of Florida has a proliferation of swamp areas, some of them unique to the state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_swamps
“Sea levels are predicted to rise by 13-34 inches (33-86 centimeters) over the next 40 years.”
actually it’s about 7 to 12 inches over the next 100 years at the 90% confidence level
Sorry, but I call fake news especially considering the source. We are not told anything about the actual numbers of people moving from their waterfront houses just that outsiders are buying up the cheap places and because of that the slum landlords are raising rents. This is typical of supply and demand for space and has nothing to do with climate change but everything to do with older people wanting to live in a warmer climate.
Things are so bad you can buy a beachfront condo for a giveaway $15.5 million.
https://www.zillow.com/oceanfront-miami-beach-fl/
Or you might prefer to live ‘up the hill’ near the train line
Climatologist counters climate-disaster predictions with sea-level report
In her latest paper, Ms. Curry found that the current rising sea levels are not abnormal, nor can they be pinned on human-caused climate change, arguing that the oceans have been on a “slow creep” for the last 150 years — before the post-1950 climb in carbon-dioxide emissions.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/27/judith-curry-sea-level-study-disputes-climate-disa/