People really don’t understand how large these metros are. Millions of people, millions of homes. Billions in the economy. New Orleans was much smaller.
Just checked. Metro Miami is 6200 sq. mi. with an average elevation of 6ft and the highest point of land is 42ft above sea level and a population of 6 million. That's really really bad.
Swiss Re did a study where they estimated that if Hurricane Andrew happened again and hit Miami, it would cost in the neighborhood of a quarter trillion dollars.
That was in 2017, so that number has gone nowhere but up.
The terrible federal response in 2005 helped lead to the 2006 blue wave, and a good response to Hurricane Sandy helped Obama in 2012. But I am very concerned that no matter how good Biden's FEMA is this season, Gulf Coast governors will work to undermine it and him.