Category: Climate Change

Water, water everywhere

~ susie

I covered the stormwater beat when I was a reporter, and just looking at the overdeveloped hills of Los Angeles County makes me hyperventilate. Just one funnel after another…

Florida nightmare

~ susie

The only people I know who are happy they moved to Florida are wealthy. Everyone else is trying to scrape together enough money to move, anywhere they can still afford — probably North or South Carolina.

But in the era of global climate disasters, you’re just sweeping the dirt under the rug. The disasters will pop up someone else, and there’s no good place to hide.

This is what I mean when I tell people who want to move to a low- or no-tax state, “You get the government you pay for.” You can’t expect an underfunded government to take care of you when you need it. Contractors aren’t regulated, nothing is coordinated and when you most need your government’s help, you won’t get it.