It's easy to pick on Oprah's neighbors for building and remaining in a danger zone. This tiny handful of rich people have choices, many in the rest of the country do not. Nature's fury is hardly confined to Montecito.  As climate change intensifies, large swaths of the gulf and east coasts will be subject to stronger hurricanes, the flooding the accompanies them as well as sea level rise. Over a quarter off the US population, around 100 million people, live near the coast, with sixty percent of them in the gulf and Atlantic states. Hurricane Ian, which hit Florida last year, is estimated to have caused $50 billion in damage. The rebuilding in Ft. Meyers is underway, just as the rebuilding took place in many other localities struck by huge storms. There is no way to know when the next hurricane or tornado will come to these places, all we know is that out will. I don't claim to have any solution for this, but it deserves more attention.

It's easy to pick on Oprah's neighbors for building and remaining in a danger zone. This tiny handful of rich people have choices, many in the rest of the country do not. Nature's fury is hardly confined to Montecito.  As climate change intensifies, large swaths of the gulf and east coasts will be subject to stronger hurricanes, the flooding the accompanies them as well as sea level rise. Over a quarter off the US population, around 100 million people, live near the coast, with sixty percent of them in the gulf and Atlantic states. Hurricane Ian, which hit Florida last year, is estimated to have caused $50 billion in damage. The rebuilding in Ft. Meyers is underway, just as the rebuilding took place in many other localities struck by huge storms. There is no way to know when the next hurricane or tornado will come to these places, all we know is that out will. I don't claim to have any solution for this, but it deserves more attention.

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