This year’s first round of King Tides will be this weekend. These “highest of the high tides” flood low-lying areas of South Florida and can lead to road closures or damage to cars and homes.
A new survey asks South Florida residents whether they would consider moving because of flooding, which is projected to get worse as seas continue to rise.
Audio PlayerThe driving question of a new survey for South Florida residents is, “Do you think flooding from King Tides and sea-level rise might someday cause you to move?”
“What I hope that it does is that it helps to engage a conversation,” said Mark Hébert, the survey creator. “When people are put into a position of having to leave South Florida, whatever their socioeconomic situation is, how will they land? Where will they go?”
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Hébert, an analyst and mapping expert for the city of Coral Gables, is conducting the survey as part of his master’s degree project mapping homeowners’ response to flooding. The survey takes about a minute and includes questions on insurance and whether respondents’ commutes have ever been impacted by floods.
To participate in the “Should I Stay, or Should I Go?” survey, click here.
This story has been updated with a correction: Mark Hébert is working on the mapping project for a master’s degree, not for a Ph.D.
