Why the Gulf Coast is so vulnerable to hurricanes and storm surge



Hurricane Ian could bring 5 to 8 feet of storm surge to Tampa Bay. #hurricane #tampabay #stormsurge #gulfcoast #abcnews

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10 comments

  1. No one asked this question twenty thousand years ago.

  2. Maybe this is Gods way of punishing the people in Florida for worshipping false idols.

  3. Which areas are they saying people should evacuate? My sis and her family just moved down there đŸ˜•

  4. I own a home in Bonita Springs, FL. My daughter lives there full time. She's not overly concerned. We are about 10 miles from the West coast. Our elevation is 11 feet above Sea level. My community was built up about 8 feet from the original height of the land. Florida has some very stringent building codes. For example, my stick home of lumber here in Ohio would not meet the building codes in Florida. The walls to my Town home are concrete 1 foot thick. Kinda like a Fortress.

  5. Yet this area is full of people who deny climate change, well deserved

  6. In Florida..it's usually not a horrible Storm… that's not the case now

  7. The one hope is that it will blow De Santis away forever.

  8. Wait…. When Trump was in office, liberal media blamed Trump for hurricanes….

  9. Well ,when you're at sea level, and close to the ocean…