after the passage of hurricane Ian, do the inhabitants want to move?

Rows of palm trees and an almost always blue sky, and if you can’t afford to be on the beach, a little view of the canals. Florida represents the culmination of a lifetime of hard work, as for Cindy and Tom Raimer, a retired couple who moved to the US state two years ago: “We are not completely discouraged, look, we still have the view! So yes the house is ruined.” Same story with Ken Corr, US Army veteran: “We’re not going to leave, nobody’s going to leave. This is our home (…) Here, once every five years, we have a disaster. And that should scare us? No, we are stronger than that.”

Others, like Elisabeth Oleski, are more measured about their future in Florida: “I retired here four years ago. This was supposed to be the house where I will end my days. You have to rebuild somewhere, but I don’t know where it will be somewhere.” In the face of natural disasters and climate change, Floridians say they have no choice and will have to adapt.