With fewer than 30 days away from the Presidential election, Trump’s 2025 plan is one of the most talked about elements of Donald Trump’s campaign. Florida and other southern states are experiencing a series of disastrous hurricanes. To date, hurricane Helene has caused 227 deaths around the country. Florida also suffered catastrophic damage. Now, hurricane Milton is predicted to be catastrophic.
Florida homeowners are suffering. The Florida government’s insurance corporation, Citizens Property Insurance, cut the policies of more than 600,000 insurers as a result of Hurricane Helene. Five years ago, Citizens Property Insurance carried a little over 420,000k policies. Under the DeSantis administration private insurers dropped customers and increased rates because of losses and payouts companies had to pay insurers after weather disasters. Florida legislators voted to take on many of those policies which increased Citizen’s number of insurers to nearly 1.3 million.
According to League of Conservation Voters, Project 2025 will dismantle the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). NOAA provides daily weather forecasts, manages and conserves coastal and marine resources, protects, restores, and manages the use of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources, provides information to support safe, efficient, and environmentally sound transportation. NOAA supports more than one-third of America’s gross domestic product. Additionally, NOAA has special agents and enforcement officers who investigate more than 3,000 incidents per year related to seafood fraud, marine mammal protection, and fisheries.
Historically Florida has taken the brunt of hurricanes. Not only will many Floridians suffer with the lack of property insurance to be able to protect their homes and land, Project 2025 will impact what happens not just after disastrous weather. Project 2025 dismantles NOAA making it impossible to predict and alert the nation of potential weather disasters.
