Don't Talk About It.

Florida's Highest Elevation 345 ft. Above Sealevel

It turns out the impact of climate change on Florida - and much of the coastal United States - is not going to be anywhere near as bad as had been predicted. Apparently, it's going to be much worse.

The number of people likely to be affected by rising sea levels caused by melting polar ice caps explodes to triple the previous most dire estimates.

The brunt of the catastrophe is expected to be felt in the southeast, cities like Biloxi, Mississippi, Charleston, South Carolina, and an obscure little seaside hamlet called Miami, Florida. Already, tourists in Miami Beach have to slosh through ankle-deep waters when the tide is especially high. By 2100, that might be regarded as the good old days.

The new study projects a future in which as many as 13.1 million Americans, nearly half of them in Florida, find themselves forced to flee or adapt as seawater rises toward their doorsteps.

Governor Scotts unwritten policy for dealing with climate change: Don't talk about it. Forbid state officials from using the very words.

climate change-global warming- or sustainability. 

This strategy - essentially a governmental gag order - is one your Republican Party has frequently used in recent years.

The environmental disaster whose discussion you forbid will flood your streets and put property valued in the tens of billions of dollars at risk, whether it is talked about or not.