Floridians do not intend to move despite the disaster

The 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 Florida two years ago for their retirement: “We are not completely discouraged, look, we still have the view! So yes the house is ruined.” Same story with Ken Corr, veteran of the American army: “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. We 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.