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by dd36 2748 days ago
Flooding in Miami is the new normal.
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The problem with saying its all climate change, is it is not.

Development is great at reducing land permeability which means any precipitation flows faster into creeks raising water levels faster.

Land use changes are a huge problem we have almost no control on.

We literally have full control of land use changes through zoning and city codes.
Heh, if only. The first rule of zoning in many towns is increasing property value. The wrong incentives are in effect.