Skiing's Future

[raisingarizona]

I think the insurance companies will be an important part of the solution.

When the cost of expensive behavior is levied, things change.

Yup, but at that point it may be too little too late. Interesting times for sure tho.

 

[Gorehoar]

The state of Florida is a house of cards. Primarily a swamp sandwiched between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. No income tax, no state support. Roosevelt should have made the whole place a bird sanctuary when he had the chance. Glad you made it out okay. Sell now while you still can.

 

[Milo Maltbie]

The state of Florida is a house of cards. Primarily a swamp sandwiched between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. No income tax, no state support. Roosevelt should have made the whole place a bird sanctuary when he had the chance. Glad you made it out okay. Sell now while you still can.

QFT

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[jasonwx]

Damage and storm severity wasn’t my big take away from the article. The most interesting aspect to me is how insurance companies are going to fail as more and more natural disasters occur.

Climate change impacts are here and now.

Most of these failures are due to over building on flood plains and other areas that are prone to natural disasters.

 

[Harvey]

Most of these failures are due to over building on flood plains and other areas that are prone to natural disasters.

Not sure exactly what a flood plain is, or when it was last defined, but Florida has tens of thousand of square miles below 10 feet above sea level, and much of it is densely populated.

 

[MarzNC]

Not sure exactly what a flood plain is, or when it was last defined, but Florida has tens of thousand of square miles below 10 feet above sea level, and much of it is densely populated.

For most, if not all, coastal areas there is information available for knowing what land is at most risk when there are high waters. That could be a surge from the ocean side or river flooding. Historical flood levels and modeling are used. If you need to buy flood insurance, you can bet the insurance company knows how much risk is associated with your property based on history. But like actuarial tables for life insurance, it's hard to predict an actual event like a heart attack or a hurricane landfall location.

For example, NC has a website dedicated to floor risk:

Flood Risk Information System

Here's a risk map for part of Wilmington, NC

 

[jimmypete]

For most, if not all, coastal areas there is information available for knowing what land is at most risk when there are high waters. That could be a surge from the ocean side or river flooding. Historical flood levels and modeling are used. If you need to buy flood insurance, you can bet the insurance company knows how much risk is associated with your property based on history. But like actuarial tables for life insurance, it's hard to predict an actual event like a heart attack or a hurricane landfall location.

For example, NC has a website dedicated to floor risk:

Flood Risk Information System

Here's a risk map for part of Wilmington, NC
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[jimmypete]

I was interested in global warming very early when Hanson from NASA predicted it in the 1980's, it is remarkable how most macro-predictions are coming true from when they were made in peer reviewed journals, yes the media and some pundits got some things wrong but the scientists were mainly spot on, sad, I have enjoyed skiing all my life , as have my kids, but I don't hold out much hope for East Coast skiing for my grandkids

 

[Campgottagopee]

but I don't hold out much hope for East Coast skiing for my grandkids

I don't buy into the sky is falling mentality

 

[jimmypete]

I didn't say that, but if you look at peer reviewed science throughout the world we are on a glide path to changes in temperature and weather and frankly it's right on time or maybe even a little early, it of course goes far beyond East Coast skiing, look at Pakistan which has about a third of it's farmland just recovering from brutal unprecedented flooding, Phoenix Arizona has seen way more 100 degree days in the last few years than since temps were recorded, some into the 120F, is that the sky falling because it does track with what the scientists have been saying for close to forty years.