Ask HN: How will your society react when the ocean rises into houses?
And are there important ways to prepare for this, "ahead of the rush"?
And finally, when do you personally think it's going to start happening in a dramatic way in your country?
And finally, when do you personally think it's going to start happening in a dramatic way in your country?
That said, I think current alarmist predictions of rising sea levels are overblown, and the change for, say, the next 100 years will be manageable.
The important way to prepare for it is to lobby lawmakers to change policy before it happens.
How will society react as a whole? We're talking about multiple billions of real estate and infrastructure wiped out.
Will it even be possible in a practical way for people to move uphill?
Consider the responses to the Camp Fire (40k displaced in a state with no housing slack), Sandy, Harvey, Florence, Katrina, Michael.