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No, it's more that regional climate varies and different areas have invested in and prepared for different types of weather events. For example, I live in an a
by zzalpha 10y ago
No, it's more that regional climate varies and different areas have invested in and prepared for different types of weather events.
For example, I live in an area that traditionally receives moderate rain and snow during the winter. This past winter, though, we had very little snow while in the past week a major freeway has flooded twice due to heavy rains.
Of course, this is one year and doesn't, on its own, make a trend, but if this continues we'll need to alter how we behave, and possibly how out infrastructure is designed, in order to adjust.
And unfortunately when the climate is changing rapidly, it's suddenly very expensive to alter your coping strategies to adjust to the new normal.