Posted on 10/09/2024 7:26:39 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
Americans often pull up roots in search of better jobs and cheaper housing. But in recent years, those moves have drawn more people into regions with higher risk of natural disasters, which have become more destructive because of climate change.
Hurricane Milton, a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday afternoon, is on a path to hit the Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida, area late Wednesday or very early Thursday morning. Yet the metropolitan region has grown by 39% since 2000, boosting its population by an additional 1 million residents during that time.
Last month's Hurricane Helene devastated parts of western North Carolina, including the city of Asheville, the population of which has increased by 13% since 2000, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The region attracted new residents during the past few decades by appealing to retirees, remote workers and other professionals pursuing Asheville's highly rated quality of life.
The population growth of Tampa and Asheville are part of a trend noted by economists, demographers and scientists: Regions facing heightened risks from climate change drawing in more residents. The juxtaposition of growing populations and intensifying natural disasters, in turn, creates the risk for even greater losses to human life and property.
High-risk counties outgrow low-risk areas The populations of high-risk counties have grown at a rate that's 3 percentage points faster than low-risk counties over the last three decades, according to research from economists Agustin Indaco, Francesc Ortega and Xinle Pang.
"Our results show that, in general, the U.S. population is not retreating from high-risk areas," they noted in a 2023 paper published in Econofact. "In fact, there's increasing agglomeration in areas with high climate risk."
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those moves have drawn more people into regions with higher risk of natural disasters, which have become more destructive because of climate change.
Let's ignore the possibility that they want to escape high taxes, crime, loss of freedom, etc.
Well, sea level is certainly going to rise in the next 24-36 hours. Prayers up!
Aimee from SeeBS.
Maybe they have become more destructive due to more development within the hurricane prone areas.
“Gee, we are going to build our next mansions and office towers in tornado alley,” says the group of 2,500 movers and shakers. “What could go wrong”?
Did they include Obama on this list? Because he has more beach property than anyone I know of
Importing them to America from every craphole on the planet wasn’t the brightest idea. All of these freeloaders came from the sh**holes they created and brought that crap with them here to America. Remember when America worried about “carbon footprints”? America’s is now five times bigger with the DNC/UN’s “immigration” project. Your kids and grandkids are going to suffer from your ignorance and stupidity.
From rags to riches, and all because he tried to destroy the country that benefited him.
If a hurricane ever needed to hit a sea side home it’s that one....closely followed by taterheads.
You must worship our pagan gods or else.
“Hurricane Milton, a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday afternoon, is on a path to hit the Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida, area late Wednesday or very early Thursday morning. Yet the metropolitan region has grown by 39% since 2000”
IOW when people are given a choice they’d rather possibly face a cat 5 hurricane than live in a draconian democrat city/state that’s a crime ridden shit hole and is slowly financially bleeding them dry.
Obama is not the only rich lefty in that category. Unlike us peons, they will be well insured and/or bailed out if necessary.
LOL...just a few days ago, there was an article that said the EXACT OPPOSITE, that people are fleeing areas with bad climate ju-ju and going to nice places without hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, lightning, mosquitos, mild winters and not-too-hot summers, and no mountain lions or bears to eat you.
The rich politicians aren’t buying in Florida because they are well insured. They know it’s all a bunch of bull$hit.
Weird b3cause the left are assuring everyone. Or gaslighting I mean, saying that “climate refugees are escaping to the us for relief from climate change”
I don't think the motive was to benefit the middle and lower classes.
bkmk
Don’t forget Zuckerberg’s 1,400-acre compound named Koolau Ranch on Kauai.
They don’t expect the media to call them on their BS theories.
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