Why are more skyscrapers being built in Miami if the area will be underwater in the future?

[jsha7277]

Originally Posted by Corrie22

Miami is the new Maldives for these cons....the islands in the Pacific that were supposed to be under water a long time ago...for years the Maldives were the poster child of sea level rise

They shut up about them....because not only are the Maldives not under water....the islands have grow bigger...the complete opposite of what they were saying and predicting

...so they just moved on to Miami

It is known that the Maldives used it as a marketing ploy -- come visit us before we go down! Be one of the last tourists here!

It's good that Miami is simply ignoring the nonsense and expanding and improving the city. The challenge frankly is going to be how to handle traffic when so many people from all over are moving here. Perhaps Musk can build some kind of "floating highway" along the coast? :-)

[Corrie22]

Originally Posted by jsha7277

It is known that the Maldives used it as a marketing ploy --

worse....the Maldives used it as extortion....to get aid/money

..and here it is....50 years later....and the Maldives are bigger

[ParaguaneroSwag]

You know why you two have different answers? Because neither of the two of you are geologic scientists (I suppose; if you are, my apologies). And despite this, everyone online pretends to be one. What does sea level rise in South Florida look from a historic perspective? Will it sustain moving forward? Is it cyclical and will there eventually be an ice age that reverses the effects of sea level? And if that does happen, will it bring a new set of problems? All of these are questions that I’m not equipped to answer. And I definitely won’t be convinced by an online article written by a journalist. Even if the journalist is covering a scientists’ analysis, it will still be biased because they will likely write about the one that they want to believe or that will drive them the most clicks.

Originally Posted by Corrie22

that's total BS......it's 1 inch a decade....1 inch in 10 years

it will take over a century to raise a foot

https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sl...tml?id=8723214

Originally Posted by elnina

I didn't see this link
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sl...tml?id=8723214
when i looked for answers.
It's possibly that the research cited by me made a mistake.

Or maybe not.
Here are other statements:
https://phys.org/news/2014-04-florida-ground-sea.html

https://earth.org/sea-level-rise-in-florida/

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazard...ch-report.html

https://sealevelrise.org/states/florida/

I could go on and on. What are your sources?

[WilliamInMiami]

I don't know if the sea levels are rising or not but what I do know is every time it rains the Brickell area floods really bad. Yet they keep building high rises non stop in that swamp. How smart is that?

[wanderer34]

Originally Posted by Corrie22

Miami is the new Maldives for these cons....the islands in the Pacific that were supposed to be under water a long time ago...for years the Maldives were the poster child of sea level rise

They shut up about them....because not only are the Maldives not under water....the islands have grow bigger...the complete opposite of what they were saying and predicting

...so they just moved on to Miami

It gets worse of Skyscraperpage. Every time peters say that Miami is going to go underwater when I've told them that Miami will only get bigger because more people are moving into the city as well as over South FL, and FL in general, but these immature posters are only threatened that a small city like Miami will only compete with the likes of NYC, Chicago, and LA.

All those cities are declining and by 2030, FL will become and even bigger state with more political power while NY, IL, and CA will suffer with population decline. I say this as a former New Yorker and as a former Philadelphian that it's a new century and the emerging cities such as Austin, San Antonio, Tampa, Orlando, and especially Miami are going to be a part of the people's consciousness the way NYC, Chicago, LA, Philadelphia, and Detroit was a part of the consciousness of the 20th century.

[gixxer1000]

Originally Posted by WilliamInMiami

I don't know if the sea levels are rising or not but what I do know is every time it rains the Brickell area floods really bad. Yet they keep building high rises non stop in that swamp. How smart is that?

I addressed that on the previous page. All new buildings are being built at a higher elevlation. This allows the public right of way to be raised in the future.

The area flood after big storms due to inadequate drainage. The limestone underground is pourus and big rain storms raise the water table. This has always been the case. More buildings equal more water runoff and less places for the water to go.

Its an inconvience that can be overcome. The growth of the city helps cause the problem while also helping to solve it.

[Corrie22]

Originally Posted by gixxer1000

All new buildings are being built at a higher elevlation. .

"the floor elevation shall be a minimum of eight (8) inches above the elevation established by the County Flood Criteria Map"

https://library.municode.com/fl/miam...IICOOR_CH8BUCO

[gixxer1000]

Originally Posted by Corrie22

"the floor elevation shall be a minimum of eight (8) inches above the elevation established by the County Flood Criteria Map"

https://library.municode.com/fl/miam...IICOOR_CH8BUCO

And the flood maps are updated. Right now Miami Beach for example is requiring all new buildings to be at 8' NGVD +1' or base flood elevation +1', whichever is higher. So even the areas with the lower base flood elevation are moved up.

Another big issue is insurance. If your ground floor level is below base flood elevation then the insurance carriers will clasify your ground floor as a basement and not cover it. So Owners/Developers are moving most habitable components above that level to avoid having to provide flood panels.

With the amount of growth in Miami most areas in danger will all be rebuilt decades before there is any real issue.