12-30-2017, 04:41 AM
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...-displaced
Statewide, the rise would render 25,800 acres of land unusable, displace about 20,000 people and cost $19 billion in lost property and structures, the report estimates.
For Hawaii Island, that means 1,000 people in need of new homes, based on current population levels, loss of 130 structures due to chronic flooding and an economic loss of $439 million due to the loss of structures and land.
Lately I'm wondering if all these "studies" are really intended to justify tax increases.
The other "irony" here: sea level rise is being treated as a long-term future problem, yet Bayfront is closed regularly whenever it's flooded by a storm surge. Didn't Bayfront Motors lose some inventory during one of these floods, forcing their dealership to relocate to higher ground?
Statewide, the rise would render 25,800 acres of land unusable, displace about 20,000 people and cost $19 billion in lost property and structures, the report estimates.
For Hawaii Island, that means 1,000 people in need of new homes, based on current population levels, loss of 130 structures due to chronic flooding and an economic loss of $439 million due to the loss of structures and land.
Lately I'm wondering if all these "studies" are really intended to justify tax increases.
The other "irony" here: sea level rise is being treated as a long-term future problem, yet Bayfront is closed regularly whenever it's flooded by a storm surge. Didn't Bayfront Motors lose some inventory during one of these floods, forcing their dealership to relocate to higher ground?