Worst case scenario: A Cat 5 across Tampa Bay
Vox reports on prospects for a worst-case scenario involving a major hurricane taking aim at the Tampa Bay Area, the City of Tampa, and Pinellas County.
Vox, a Washington-based media company that touts its journalism as taking a deeper dive into “politics and policy, business and pop culture, food, science, and everything else that matters,” writes about a worst-case scenario for a major hurricane taking aim at the Tampa Bay Area, the City of Tampa, and Pinellas County.
The resulting damage and deaths, given Florida’s growing population and waterfront development, could far exceed the aftermath of Dorian’s pulverizing of the Bahamas.
Among those quoted in the story is Zac Taylor, a Ph.D. urban planner who has researched climate risk for the Tampa Bay region, and written about climate change and sea-level rise for 83 Degrees.
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