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Not Built For This #3: The Price is Wrong

2024/8/27
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Abram Lusgarten
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Bill Spakowski
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Emmett Fitzgerald
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Gloria Razo-Tate
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Jason Buick
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Joseph Razo
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Wyatt Daltrey
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保险公司:极端天气事件增多导致佛罗里达州的保险风险急剧增加,传统的保险模式难以持续。 Emmett Fitzgerald:佛罗里达州长期以来低成本的保险掩盖了沿海地区居住的风险,气候变化导致保险价格飙升,居民开始感受到气候变化带来的经济冲击。 Jason Buick:Cape Coral的建设历史,Rosen兄弟的商业模式以及政府对开发的监管缺失导致了城市对气候变化的脆弱性。 Joseph Razo:Gulf American公司的积极营销策略吸引了大量购房者,即使在飓风袭击后,销售依然持续,这反映了人们对佛罗里达生活方式的向往以及对风险的低估。 Carolyn Kuski:由于大型洪水可能导致保险公司破产,私人公司不愿提供洪水保险,导致联邦政府承担了大量的灾难援助费用,这促使了国家洪水保险计划(NFIP)的建立。 Wyatt Daltrey:如果没有NFIP的补贴,Cape Coral的规模会小得多,NFIP在一定程度上促进了该地区的发展,但也导致了高风险地区的过度开发。 Abram Lusgarten:州政府运行的房屋保险计划虽然能维持高风险地区的经济活力,但也掩盖了这些地区危险的事实,造成了风险的低估。 Gloria Razo-Tate:飓风Ian后,保险问题导致许多人重新考虑是否继续居住在Cape Coral,高昂的保险费和重建成本对居民造成巨大压力。 Bill Spakowski:随着保险价格上涨,越来越多的富裕人士也开始选择不购买保险,而是选择自保或依赖联邦政府的援助。 Marion Morris:由于保费过高,她无力承担洪水保险,在飓风Ian中遭受了巨大的经济损失,这反映了低收入居民在气候变化面前的脆弱性。

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Cape Coral, initially a middle-class paradise in Florida, is now facing an insurance crisis due to increasingly extreme weather events. Founded by the Rosen brothers, the city's extensive canal system, once its main attraction, has become a major liability in the face of rising sea levels and intense storms.
  • Cape Coral was built on drained swampland and marketed as a waterfront wonderland.
  • The city's extensive canal system, built by dredging, has increased flood risk.
  • The home given away on The Price is Right in 1961 was a marketing tool for Cape Coral.

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Insurance companies are not climate activists, but they know more about climate risk than just about anyone. And as storms get more extreme and unpredictable a lot of insurers are running the numbers on Florida and realizing that the math just isn’t working anymore. For decades, low cost insurance helped mask the risks of living in some of the riskiest parts of the country. However a climate correction is now underway. Prices are skyrocketing. And on America’s riskiest peninsula, residents are beginning to feel climate change where it hurts—in their bank accounts.

Not Built For This) is a 6-part mini-series from 99% Invisible, with new episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays in the 99% Invisible feed. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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