I have to admit that I sat staring at a blank document for a long time this morning wondering what or how to compose or even process the wake of Hurricane Helene.
Thank you for posting links where we can help! It's hard to know where our money will be best served.
I'm originally from Arizona (greater Phx area) and I have family, including my dad, and best friends who still live throughout the state, and though I had pondered moving back when I retire down the rode, I know I could never do that now.
Have you ever read The Water Knife? It focuses on water wars, and a water knife is an assassin who takes out competition, but part of the book's main focus is on who actually owns the rights to water, including the Colorado River. It won't be the best fiction you ever read, but I think about it all the time. It really hits home in an almost tangible way with the story taking place in neighborhoods I know.
Certainly phrases like "unprecedented" or "faster than expected" are becoming more irrelevant. However, what's coming out following this hurricane are as close to unprecedented as we could be.
While there won't be climate havens, I do feel some places will be better positioned than others. How and why people are still moving to places like Florida and Arizona is beyond me. (As much as I personally love the northern AZ area around Flagstaff, living there is a no-go.) Here in the upper Midwest near a Great Lake, I'm expecting to see climate refugees within the next decade or so. We won't be immune by any means, but I'm staying put for a reason.
Totally! I feel the same about our home in Portland. While it's getting hotter and there are wildfire risks, it does feel safer than other areas. My MIL lives in Phoenix and I just can't understand how she can stand being there in the summer. There will be no water in the very near future.
In Maine we are already getting climate refugees, but they are the financially stable ones. The ones who saw the writing on the wall and had enough ready cash to get out of dodge. I'm sure more will come later who are less well positioned.
Thank you for posting links where we can help! It's hard to know where our money will be best served.
I'm originally from Arizona (greater Phx area) and I have family, including my dad, and best friends who still live throughout the state, and though I had pondered moving back when I retire down the rode, I know I could never do that now.
Have you ever read The Water Knife? It focuses on water wars, and a water knife is an assassin who takes out competition, but part of the book's main focus is on who actually owns the rights to water, including the Colorado River. It won't be the best fiction you ever read, but I think about it all the time. It really hits home in an almost tangible way with the story taking place in neighborhoods I know.
I've never read the Water Knife! I definitely want to check it out!
Phoenix down the tubes...
Certainly phrases like "unprecedented" or "faster than expected" are becoming more irrelevant. However, what's coming out following this hurricane are as close to unprecedented as we could be.
While there won't be climate havens, I do feel some places will be better positioned than others. How and why people are still moving to places like Florida and Arizona is beyond me. (As much as I personally love the northern AZ area around Flagstaff, living there is a no-go.) Here in the upper Midwest near a Great Lake, I'm expecting to see climate refugees within the next decade or so. We won't be immune by any means, but I'm staying put for a reason.
Totally! I feel the same about our home in Portland. While it's getting hotter and there are wildfire risks, it does feel safer than other areas. My MIL lives in Phoenix and I just can't understand how she can stand being there in the summer. There will be no water in the very near future.
In Maine we are already getting climate refugees, but they are the financially stable ones. The ones who saw the writing on the wall and had enough ready cash to get out of dodge. I'm sure more will come later who are less well positioned.
Just heartbreaking