What It Takes To Relocate A Town Facing Rising Seas
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- The Quinault Indian Nation, located about 150 miles west of Seattle on the Washington coast, has experienced severe flooding due to sea level rise over the past few years. And it’s only poised to get worse. So with the assistance of state and federal funding, the tribe is preparing to move a mile up the hill, where a new village is being built. But relocation is a long and expensive process, and questions remain about how tribal members will afford the move.
Quinault is one of three Native American communities to receive a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior for climate-related relocation efforts.
“We haven’t really ever done this before as a country, relocating entire communities in response to climate change. And so we’ve got a lot to learn ourselves about how to coordinate this work across a number of federal agencies,” said Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland at the Department of the Interior.
But that $25 million is just the tip of the iceberg. Ryan Hendricks, who is overseeing the construction of Quinault’s upper village, estimates that it will cost about $450 million to build out all the necessary infrastructure in the new town, where he hopes all community members will eventually live. But he can’t force folks to relocate, and many questions remain about how tribal members are going to afford new homes.
“If I want to move, I’m assuming that I’m going to be responsible for a whole new house payment and a whole new home,” Frenchman said. “And I don’t really know how I’m supposed to do that.”
Watch the video to learn more about the Quinault Indian Nation’s relocation efforts.
Chapters:
2:12 - The problem
4:32 - Quinault relocation
7:56 - Hurdles
10:05 - A model for the future
Produced and Shot by: Katie Brigham
Edited by: Dain Evans
Additional Camera: Sydney Boyo
Graphics: Mithra Krishnan, Jason Reginato
Supervising Producer: Lindsey Jacobson
Additional Footage: Getty Images, Quinault Indian Nation
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What It Takes To Relocate A Town Facing Rising Seas
This is a great window in to the future for non indigenous communities, especially in Florida. When the penny finally drops in those areas with strong climate denial social settings, just watch these people pop their hand out for a government bailout of their forced relocation costs!
You bet ! There will be a lot of people down there in Florida who will be holding the bag on mortgages for unlivable homes. The oceans will rise faster down there than they are in Washington.
You don't suppose those evil climate deniers are ignoring climate change because they decided not to live on the coastline.
You fear mongers
@@mike-me7om Explain plymouth rock its been sitting at the water line since 1620 why is it not under water yet?
@@arib515< ari b, the queen of denial 😆 🤣 😂 😹
Next do a video about Miami and how the pumps they've installed and other "fixes" aren't working. A levee will also do nothing since the limestone it's porus and water just comes from below.
So if people are already living in mobile and modular homes, why don't they just move the homes they already own?
@@JulianKazmier-vo3fn more than moving in new mobile and modular homes from even further away?
Most mobile homes once they have settled in place would be destroyed by being moved even a few feet, especially ones that old.
Cost about $500 to move a mobile home. That's why they are called mobile. Julian and Blake are the type of low IQ people who fall for this crap.
Because there is gov money Biden wants to spend.
It will be great to see successful cases of relocation, which can set examples for many other communities facing inevitable sea level rise.
Insane costs! have you no critical thinking skills or just want to know if the people will put up with activists telling them they cant live in particular places.
This is the time to love your neighbor.
I've been thinking....is it more important to head towards high ground (mountains).......or a source of fresh water(Great Lakes)....
Why is there no discussion of moving the mobile homes & small houses up the hill ?
This seems a very smart opportunity to bring in a developer of manufactured homes. They're greatly improved as to looks, costs, and sustainability. Very possible to find good, family homes for under 200k. Also well-designed, small homes for under 100k. Check the research for US as well as BC.
In the 70s, Dr. Neil Frank of the National Hurricane Center was warning us about the costs living at the shores. Warnings included areas such as New Orleans; Ocean City, MD; Florida coastal areas, even in NYC. He was a wise and much appreciated scientist yet who ever listens and now here we are still not listening to the science despite the costs.
No, your absolutely wrong. In the 70's the experts were worried about global cooling. There was going to be famine because no food could be grown in north America. They also predicted peak oil. For every year since the 70's. They also predicted the world would be over populated to the point of mass extinction due to no food. I could go on and on, but I won't. Why do you trust any of these fools. They have never been right.
Awesome people and communities
I live in the Netherlands. About 1/3 of the country is under sea level and another 1/3 will flood under extreme weather conditions. Either a threat from the sea or the rivers or both. People hardly think about it and trust the government to rescue them when it all goes wrong.
I already live in the 1/3 of the country that will not flood and I will move to another higher area next year.
Nice.
Even if all human activity stops I can bet you the difference in sea level rising would be negligible
I'll take your money and get back to you with your winnings in 75 years. Lucky you.
@@ianhamilton3113 no bro. We are putting too much blame on ourselves for something that occurs naturally. Going green won't solve the problem, only technology to reverse the effects of climate change will
Not the first time natives have been relocated just this time peacefully and without any shots.
That kind of money should have been used to build a seawall. Texas has had great results in this area, but it wouldn't be 'pretty,' which would not fit the narrative. Also, the obvious idea of relocating the mobile homes would not make the new town 'pretty.' It's all about optics. If everyone is shocked about the prices of trailer homes, go visit a dealership. In small towns near Austin, a 40-year-old mobile home will sell for over 150 thousand. (Grandbury, Texas.) Moving even an older mobile home is possible but expensive. ( From 10 thousand for short trips to more $$ depending on terrain.) That is still much cheaper than a new home, which is within the range most working-class people can handle.
The houses are not big or very complex, can the existing houses be moved to the new location? I know it's not cheap to move a house but maybe it would be less costly than building a new house?
From 2000 to 2017 atolls and islands grew in size. Yup, GREW.
Which ones?
i can't believe that there are mortgages for those small coastal home. i thought you just like built one with the boys
Lol
If as it was said, the money to build the houses came from two different federal funds, WHY do they have ro pay to BUY the homes? Who are they paying the money to? Are they paying the government agencies? Do people who receive these government funds after disaster also pay the government agencies back?
$200,000 for a mobile home? Give me a break. $400,000 for a regular home?.....Something isn't adding up.
The problem is $300k-$400k to house someone.
That sounds like an extremely inefficient way to build a home
costs less than all cars and military technology in america
Cars enable people to get to school and work and provide for their communities. You may belong in the 70s
The sound editor for this video didn't do a good job, or a few of the interviewees weren't recorded very well.
What would happen to sea levels if every ship, boat, submarine, offshore oil rigs, ship wrecks, reclaimed land etc etc would be removed from the sea .... would the sea levels decrease??
The “dead weight tonnes” of container ships globally is estimated to be 11 billion tonnes, that is total carrying capacity. For large ships the ship itself including fuel only adds about 10% of the cargo weight. (Just grabbing numbers off of google here).
So assuming about 12 billion tonnes of boat on the water. The size of a liter and the weight of a gram are all connected through the density of water, so when you convert 12 billion tonnes of water into a volume you get roughly 12 trillion liters, which is also 12 cubic kilometers. If you’re more comfortable with miles, imagine driving 3 miles, getting into a helicopter and flying 3 miles into the sky, and then flying 3 miles back to right where you started. That would define one side of a cube that is as big as all of the water displaced by cargo ships.
It sounds huge, but the surface area of the oceans are even more huge. When you divide that cube by the area of the earth’s oceans (350 million square kilometres) the amount of ocean displaced by boats is only on the order of 1/1000th of an inch.
If you want to check my math, I highly recommend checking out wolframalpha.com its a free engine kind of like google, but it can do calculations like this for you, especially helpful when there are lots of unit conversions and jumps between lengths, land area and volume like this. Stay curious 👍
It's not safe to have a house, apartments or business near the ocean with these rising sea levels.
Many people want to be inconsiderate and not reduce CO2 levels so the shoreline residents will pay for the selfishness of other.
They will be forced to move more inland or or hilly roadways to keep their home safe.
As soon as I see these rich people give up there power guzzling homes, yachts, SUVs, private plane travel I will make a change. Not until then. I'm tired of them telling the working class that we have to dramatically downgrade our life so they can enjoy all there luxuries.
didnt the obamas buy a mansion along the coast. They dont seem to be worried
CO2 has NOTHING to do with this
That contractor said it'll take 450 million to rebuild a town that consists of 60 trailer homes. what a crock of ...
He said he's putting in fiber optics, why? when most homes don't have this. He said he's making a community sewage system, why? go septic. There building 50 new homes to put all those ppl in debt, why? These people need to keep their houses and be debt free. they want to modernize their town with this emergency money, misuse of funds imo. 10 years? come onnn... I live in Gig Harbor Washington. I'd love to help.
Have they considered moving the moveable homes and other buildings up to the new sites...what a mammoth effort. Well done so far!
This seems like such a huge waste of tax dollars. People are not going to relocate and they will have the same ongoing issues every time it floods. Also, this article did not cover how the hundreds of millions of dollars being sent to the Quinault Nation is being spent, where is the bulk of this money going?
it won't be two to three feet by 2100. these are the watered down numbers needed to satisfy politicians. take that 2100 and turn it to 2040. that seems to be the real pace of the disaster human greed has created
Based on what? Your feelings?
200K for a mobile home? Things are out of hand.
Damn Americas Good. I wonder if anyone told Ben and Jerries about this big investment.
the seas are not rising. some areas along techtonic plate rise and fall, but the water level isnt changing
Although I’m sympathetic for this tribe I disagree for government payment if you pay for this tribe your setting a precedent for all beach front properties don’t tell me the government is going to pay for million dollar beach homes in a few years you buy beach front properties you agree to the risk why should my taxes pay for your choice
Mobile homes are made just for that purpose. 🙃
Or they can start building floating cities
i thought some of the existing buildings look like they could be put on a flat bed truck
@@fTooyeah, so why are they having to buy new homes? You're in a mobile or modular home that was trucked in, you should be able to move it to the new site. Instead you're going to ship in new homes from much further away that have to cost much more in transport alone. And no-one is asking why?
@@AutoReport1 There Native Americans; so they get certain privileges due to the Whitemans guilt. With the rest of American society picking up the tab. Even though the tribes say that they'll have to pay the reality is that the American govt would cave in cover the cost. So rather then have the govt cover the cost for moving their mobile crap homes the natives from the beginning are obviously going to seek new housing.
@@AutoReport1 Politician's are not asking why because it's not their money.
no problem, your creator can help...
Reverse the flow of the river or turn sea water into portable water that can be used for crops
I wonder if the new community will have guidelines where the yards can't look like a junk yard?
Why dont they move those homes that are capable of it ??
400k for a home up there?? Money laundering 100%
The simple answer is LEAVE. That's just the reality. The earth and the world have been changing CONSTANTLY and nothing stays static. The reality (regardless of how much people don't want to hear it) is that there are going to be places that are lost. That opens new possibilities, it doesn't have to be all bad but that is a choice folks have to make.
Native and indigenous people will be and are already the most impacted by environmental issues and warming. Coming from a resident of Hawaii and a Native Hawaiian, much of the culture relies on nearshore aquaculture, fishing activities, etc. The fact that people are already having to leave due to climate impacts shows just how serious of an issue this really is for people who don’t believe it at all. Leaving behind ancestral lands, ancient burial sites, and other sacred points leaves a lasting impact on the future generations. Multigenerational moʻolelo (stories) will continue to decline as our people become more disconnected from these important practices and places. It is far worse than it looks, and it is far easier said than done. Also I know you’re very much leaning in the direction that the climate is always changing (which it has). However, observed warming since 1950 has been attributed to
@@rylans.5365 Yes it is easier said than done. But unfortunately we are at where we are at and folks must face reality. Given enough time the entire earth WILL change and all lands will change, it is just the way of things on a living planet that is ever changing.
As far as Humans causing change, i think that is pretty spot on, i think it is foolish to think that humans have had no effect on the climate change, all you need to is look every day to the smog ridden cities around the world to see the truth of humans having an DIRECT and easy to see impact on the environment and climate. Some will say "that's micro climate changes" to try to lessen the impact of the reality, how many "micro" climates have to be changed in order for it to be a macro problem is what i ask them, none of them can ever answer that question.
Rivers have always flooded, the ocean tides have always surged. Don't build right on water.
Built on a flood plain right next to a river, not sea level rise more like subsidence.
Contrast this to China's Zhuozhou flood. Just no words.
this sets a bad precedent. Having empathy doesn' t mean taxpayers should pay for it.
I agree if you pay for this tribe your setting a precedent for all beach front properties don’t tell me the government is going to pay for million dollar beach homes in a few years you buy beach front properties you agree to the risk why should my taxes pay for your choice
Dig the river deeper.
So the climate is targeting marginalized communities now…..I didn’t know the earth itself could discriminate
Surprised you only thought about this now. Global climate change will and is currently impacting everyone. Howeve, native and indigenous peoples, low income, and other marginalized communities will experience majority of the suffering associated with any environmental issues, simply because resources for mitigation and adaptation are either limited or simple not there. Marginalized communities throughout history have been deliberately targeted to receive the brunt of the effects of whatever development is built. Where I live in Hawaii, the airport was built directly next to the area designated for Hawaiian Homeland use. To this day, native Hawaiians who live there complain of noise pollution, health problems, and lack of any noise barrier or sound attenuation. Marginalized communities also lack adequate infrastructure such as drainage, making them more vulnerable to storm surge and flooding.
I didn’t see any video of water
What about Venise? 😂😯
You can be like Saudi Arabia and build a floating city on the coast of that city then slowly move everything over.
Or you can be like the Netherlands and protect yourself against the sea
The Quinault Indian Nation, located on the Washington coast, has developed a plan to relocate two towns due to severe flooding caused by sea level rise, which is expected to continue. The tribe has received a $25 million grant from the Department of the Interior for climate-related relocation efforts, but it is estimated that it will cost about $450 million to build out all the necessary infrastructure in the upper village. Marginalized communities like Native American tribes are often hit particularly hard by climate change, as it threatens lands that are key to tribal identity and livelihood. The Quinault's culture revolves around their proximity to the river and the ocean, so relocation is a major undertaking, but it is necessary for their safety. The homeownership model in Taholah is different than in most of the U.S. in that homeowners own their physical home, but not the land that it sits on, which could influence what types of buyouts and relocation funding homeowners might be eligible for. The relocation project involves moving just a mile away up an adjacent hill that sits 120 feet above sea level, well outside the tsunami and flood hazard zones, but still close enough to the river that fishing and canoeing can continue to play an integral role in tribal life.
It is a flood plane, this has nothing to do with sea level rising.
i identify as a climate survivor
wheres my$
The town goes underwater and stays exactly where it's at.
The people move.
Cnbc 😃
Wait, do you think cryptocurrency will crash? I dont think so. More and more companies are integrating cryptocurrency into their operations: Amazon, Cannafarm Ltd, Burger King, even Starbucks, dude!
They are a sovereign tribe. We should not interfere by providing grant money to relocate (unless it was being issued on a per person basis or something similar)
I can't believe we don't have any real sort of carbon taxes when our emissions are literally costing people their homes (and lives). People need to pay to clean up their externalities and the effects it has on others.
@@JulianKazmier-vo3fn that doesn't have anything to do with my point of a carbon tax.
you live carbon free?
@@iamdone7094 : nope. and never said I did. or that anyone should.
What do you think carbon credits are, and all that is is extortion, if you want to keep the same "carbon foot print" you have to pay up. None of it will go to "climate change".
Biden is doling out our money. You must not work for a living if you think a Carbon Tax is a good thing
If climate change is so dire, why are banks still handing out mortgages for homes sold along the water?
Greed and short term thinking.
But try getting home insurance for that house along the coast
@@EvanRustMakes They'll charge you an arm and a leg but you'll get it.
@@nickycarts Then why did State Farm recently stop providing insurance to Florida homeowners?
You can't get a mortgage without insurance, and you can't get insurance along the water anymore. So the answer is that your assumption is wrong.
Oh great, so you mean the taxpayer pays for all this... where is all this money going to keep coming from?
If you live a few miles from the shore (at sea level), 202x-203x are going to be REEEAAALLY bad years for you. Good luck.
--sincerely,
--science, data, and statistics
not that i dont believe you, but how about we see this data for ourselves
Why not use the Dutch to do it properly, they have already successfully done this
Relocation should be voluntary, with no relocation grants. Those wishing to stay behind can always learn to swim
It's an overblown response. They interviewed what 4 people to get the thoughts from hundreds. They had these pieces a couple decades ago how an island is going to sink in a few years, and the city was conducting board meetings underwater as a publicity stunt. The shoreline has not changed. The water in most cases has not risen at all using historical evidence like Plymouth Rock.
How about don’t build cities and towns near water to begin with ??? cities and towns should only be built in areas that are safe and not prone to disasters.
That’s how most civilizations start…
This Native American town was built there over hundreds of years ago. Climate change is a relatively new dire problem which is causing sea level rise. The tribe couldn’t have prevented being built there… instead we should propose rebuilding and expanding wetlands to reduce floods and demanding companies and governments to enact more eco friendly policies.
@@Karebear01 just representative of the state of education in the US today...
@@boomboominroom well then I think it’s time for us humans to completely rethink how we humans build civilizations from here on out.
Not everyone has that choice you know. I'm Maldivian and most of our islands are just a few feet above sea level. In a few decades our country may disappear.
Messi Messi Messi
Mining activities reducing earth mass
These people want the government to help them, then the government does but now they dont want to move cause jobs and new homes. You might own your home but it'll eventually be underwater. We're never satisfied. Also, they arent that far from the new location.
Wait, do you think cryptocurrency will crash? I dont think so. More and more companies are integrating cryptocurrency into their operations: Amazon, Cannafarm Ltd, Burger King, even Starbucks, dude!
*SPAMMER