How is Miami not near the bottom of the list? Every time there is a moderate rainfall, streets flood like crazy. Plus we are in hurricane alley, and some models project that most of the Florida peninsula will be under water in 50-100 years.

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nostrademons 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Most Americans are unaware of both how many people live outside of the United States and how bad things can get there.

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intrasight 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I had asked a question "how is Miami not on the list at all" and then realized that the table is actually an image not a table so I couldn't search it.

	▲	nostrademons 18 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's on the list. #34 out of 72, middle of the pack. Within the U.S. Chicago, NYC, Philadelphia, LA, and DC are above it. Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Phoenix are below it. They seem to weight heat-stress pretty highly in their rankings, hence why all the TX/AZ cities are at the bottom and are joined by South and Southeast Asia. The list is a little weird in that I can't find any population-based reason why Miami would even be on it: it's almost the top-10 U.S. cities by population, but missing San Diego or any SF/BayArea city, while Miami & DC are #41 and #22 respectively. If you go by metro area it explains why Miami & DC are there and why Dallas & Fort Worth are condensed, but not why Atlanta is missing and San Antonio is included.

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cyanydeez 5 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

miamia was likely already a swamp; nature already said: "guys, water lives here"

I'ma guessing that's the reason.

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RC_ITR 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is not true.

Even in the most cataclysmic scenarios, scientists project Sea level to rise 2m by 2100, and most of Florida is above that level.

https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/what-are-best-and-worst-case...

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waterthrowaway 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

As a researcher in this general area I would not say 2m by 2100 is a consensus view of the worst case scenario see [1].

Here is a useful scenario for understanding what different SLR scenarios mean for the states [2]

[1] https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/chapter/chapter-4-sea-level-rise-a...

[2] https://coast.noaa.gov/slr/

("most of the Florida peninsula will be under water in 50-100 years" is certainly not true, however, Miami would be in a very difficult spot at 2m SLR)

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RC_ITR an hour ago | parent [-]

Your link implies less than 2m, strengthening my point?

I said 'even in the most cataclysmic scenarios'

	▲	waterthrowaway an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, I was agreeing with you. I apologize for being unclear.

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nradov an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The problem with South Florida isn't that the sea level will rise enough to directly flood everything with seawater but rather with drainage of rainwater. There is already only a small gradient for rainwater to drain off into the ocean. If the ocean level rises even a little then drainage slows and flooding increases. The whole region sits on a karst substrate so dikes aren't effective; they'll need active pumping.

	▲	RC_ITR an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Ok, well 'most of the Florida Peninsula' is significantly above 2m elevation.