Global climate change and rising sea levels were predicted more than 100 years ago, and specific warnings for low-lying areas like Florida have been given by scientists for decades.
But people, especially the ‘pull yourself by you bootstraps’ and ‘no gubmint handouts’ people, have conveniently believed politicians of a specific party and chose to invest in buying this property.
Why should these people be bailed out now? Why should they be rescued rather than the socioeconomically disadvantaged?
Well, technically the French did not found Britain - they were Normans.
Who were the Normans? They were Scandinavian vikings who had been raiding France for decades. Eventually the French king decided to offer them lands (now called Normandy) in France if they promised to stop raiding and instead protect the French coast.