Rhonda Haag, the County’s Chief Resilience Officer tells people, “We can extend our stay on this island chain. ![]() And the County is even further ahead addressing Climate Change and sea level rise in a big and comprehensive way with multiple plans to achieve resiliency. Fortunately, the City’s Strategic Plan addresses Sea Level Rise front and center. But we need to double down on making our infrastructure and homes just as resilient. The generous and resilient spirit of our Key West community is unrivaled and unlikely to ever fail us. But the shock was quickly shrugged off as Key Westers realized people were in need and responded promptly by helping their neighbors with water, food, and shelter and just a day after with clean-up, demolition, and rebuilding. As evidenced by my Facebook feed, many folks were startled as heavy rains, King tides and a 3–5-foot storm surge combined to bring rising water into their yards and homes from Bahama Village, Casa Marina, Midtown to New Town. Especially those who weren’t here 17 years ago during Hurricane Wilma when 60 percent of Key West homes took on water. Last week Hurricane Ian seemed to surprise some of us. Follow us at Friends of Car-Free Key West & Duval Street/Historic Downtown on Facebook, Twitter and check out all our Streets for People stories here. This story was written and and published by KONK Life newspaper on October 7, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission.
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