It would appear that "reality" is beginning to set in. The frequency of severe storms can help with that. See
After Back-to-Back Hurricanes, North Carolina Reconsiders Climate Change.
I don't expect that this will be a night-and-day change of heart, but the change, it is coming. When they stop building on barrier islands, we will know it has sunk in.
Claire Rubin, Senior Researcher, shared the link above.
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.