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arrowhead """lakes""" in phoenix, az

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[–] 49 points 3 months ago (11 children)

There's like a bajillion of these in Miami and Orlando but those make sense there. Like they actually connect to the ocean through some canals.

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  • [–] 33 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    “Sense” in that they’re actually close to sea level, maybe, but can you get flood rising sea levels insurance? Or will they all be literally underwater in a decade?

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  • [–] 30 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    “Sense” in that they’re actually close to sea level, maybe, but can you get flood rising sea levels insurance? Or will they all be literally underwater in a decade?

    This will not be a problem as they can simply sell their properties to Aquaman.

    just-one-small-problem

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  • [–] 28 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    I think started mostly of a drainage thing. Southern Florida is fucked regardless of those canals. The peninsula is like karst so they can't even build a dike like New Orleans.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Sooo, not just at high risk thanks to climate change but also poisoning the ocean too? Very cool.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Don't worry, the ocean is poisoning us back with salt water intrusion into the aquifers.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    The bigger problem with those is that many were not developed with water and sewer systems, instead each lot has its own septic system and water well. These areas are actually too dense to support every home doing that, so people have started to run out of water. Now cities like Cape Coral are spending a lot of money to bring sanitary sewer and water to every lot.

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