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Are we proposing to relocate every resident and business along the US gulf coast? I don't think Texas is more or less susceptible to hurricanes than the rest of
by joehandzik 6y ago
Are we proposing to relocate every resident and business along the US gulf coast? I don't think Texas is more or less susceptible to hurricanes than the rest of the gulf.
And from the looks of the northwest, there's a chance we'd be relocating folks into the path of worsening wildfires.
Climate change is serious and we should respond with corresponding urgency, but let's not pretend that there's anywhere in the US that is 100% guaranteed to be a safe haven.
- jliptzin 6y agoThe inland northeast (Upstate NY, Vermont, NH, Maine, etc) seems to be pretty well insulated from climate change for now.
- Steltek 6y agoMaybe less than others but we're not unaffected. Boston is very susceptible to sea level rise and fisheries are going to be turned upside down from a warming ocean.
- joehandzik 6y agoAs someone who lives in the Houston metro area, I totally agree that there are places in the country better situated at the present moment. My broader point aligns with the other comment here - on the timeframe in which we'd think about these problems, virtually every area of the country will find itself wrestling with changing conditions, many of them with a net negative result. There was an interesting map I came across that tracked where climate change forecasts would move the "ideal zone" of habitation in North America - IIRC, quite a bit of the zone shifts into southern Canada and the northern midwest.