One thing I've discovered in my own reporting is how many incipient threats are just waiting in the wings, for a single bad season, a single black swan event to make entire towns uninhabitable.
People who don't live out west don't know this, but entire towns have burned to the ground, forcing everyone to leave.
A prime example: Grizzly Flats, California.
1,200 residents. Most of their homes burned to the ground in 2021
#climatechange #climatemigration
https://www.wsj.com/articles/they-moved-to-rural-california-for-affordable-homes-then-the-caldor-fire-destroyed-the-town-11636207202
Christopher Mims /
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2023-09-04 17:00:49
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