Florida Flooding Protection?

There may be a way Florida can partially protect itself from climate changes that could keep most of its coast from flooding According to Inside Climate News , what is known as The Wildlife Corridor could be a buffer to the effects of global warming. A state law created it. Today, the corridor has about 10 million acres protected by the state government. Eight million acres are not. The scientist who looked at ways this area of land could protect the state’s population concluded, “Undeveloped land and floodplains act as sponges during the violent deluges we experience with hurricanes and tropical storms. The land holds rainwater and slows it down, whereas paved and developed areas rush rainwater downstream, creating more intense flooding.”

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Climatecrisis247 believes that landowners and developers will not cooperate to finish creating this buffer. The study said, “Local municipalities will need to somehow change their development mindset, too, in order to push for compact development.” Even with financial incentives, the profits from building out areas where developers can make money on the growing population represent too much revenue for the financiers who make billions of dollars in the process.

Massive floods from the Gulf and Atlantic Ocean have already made some places barely habitable, particularly when Hurricane Ida hit south of Tampa last year. In other cases, insurance prices have risen sharply, particularly in condos in the area. Some people have been forced to move because of the cost.