You might want to peruse these recent news stories:
* From Bloomberg news:
had a few words of encouragement for people fearing or already experiencing climate change in, say like Houston or the Florida Keys:
* From Bloomberg news:
America’s Great Climate Exodus Is Starting in the Florida Keys
Mass migration begins as coastal homes are bulldozed in the state facing the biggest threat from climate-driven inundation.* From the Houston Chronicle in that flood-weary-and ravaged city, Anerica's 4th largest:
Repeat flooding has residents asking: Is Houston worth it?
A Rice University study published earlier this month found that nearly 20 percent of flood victims surveyed in the wake of Hurricane Harvey reported post-flood PTSD, depression and anxiety....
And while young people in Wisconsin and worldwide were demanding climate change action - - and as I noted earlier today - - Wisconsin GOP Senator and Oshkosh plastics magnate Ron "Sunspots" JohnsonHarvey was the third “500-year” rain event to hit Southeast Texas in three years. This week, Tropical Storm Imelda also earned that distinction, as some areas received more than 40 inches of rain, paralyzing the area as highways morphed into parking lots and first responders performed more than 2,000 rescues Thursday alone. And many residents are now asking themselves: Is Houston worth it?
had a few words of encouragement for people fearing or already experiencing climate change in, say like Houston or the Florida Keys:
However, elected officials such as Sen. Ron Johnson question climate change fears.
"The world isn't going to end in a dozen years," Johnson said. "I'm not an alarmist. I would much rather spend our dollars adapting to something that I don't think we can prevent anyway....what can you really do about it?"* And Johnson is head of the Senate Homeland Security committee purportedly reacting to and planning for more central American refugees at the US southern border, but seems unaware that climate change-spurred drought that has caused the depopulation of many farming villages and the walk to the US southern border.
