Re: connected lights

On 9/15/2024 1:35 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 9/15/2024 12:51 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 11:07:24 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
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As Mr Reagan noted well, where if not here shall we go?

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His quote was:  "If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape
to. This is the last stand on earth."
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Over the last few years, Santa Cruz County and California in general,
have had it's shares of storms and wildfires.  One result is that no
insurance company will write new homeowners policies in California.
The recent fires will probably make the insurance situation worse.
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When we get together for various events, moving elsewhere is a common
topic of conversation.  There have been many who suggested that it
might be best to sell their homes and move elsewhere.  So far, one
family has moved to somewhere in Idaho, while another has moved to
Costa Rica.  A few, including me, have done some preliminary research
into where to move.  I've been watching YouTube videos in the style of
"Ten best places to live in [select a state]".  These are interesting
but not very useful.  Others have done similar research.  In general,
the best places to live are already saturated with immigrants or have
undesirable environmental hazards (tornados, hurricanes, floods, snow,
taxes etc).

 About a year ago, I read David Pogue's book _How To Prepare For Climate Change_.  He began by saying it doesn't matter if you believe it or not, it's coming. (I know some here will mock that idea, but let's move on.) He addressed the question of the best places to live by listing the environmental and other hazards associated with various areas of the country. Rising sea levels and hurricanes in Florida, earthquakes in California, a risk of epic tsunami in the Pacific Northwest, water shortages in much of the west, and on and on.
 Examining the country region by region, he eventually said the upper midwest was the best place to be. As a further bonus, I think the bicycling is great around here. Lots of quiet country roads, cooperative motorists, a city with a good old grid street plan, not a lot of traffic, etc. I'm content.
 

Interestingly I read an article last spring which asked people to name the region of America in which they lived. 'Midwest' dominates from Pennsylvania to Montana and right down to the borders of Dixie.
Here in Wisconsin, we're still waiting patiently for Global Warming, a cruel joke of a prediction.
At least there's no downside, if it ever gets here:
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2024/08/high-coral-cover-and-bleaching-gbr/
https://www.thegwpf.org/publications/50-years-after-hunting-ban-polar-bears-are-thriving-new-report-shows/
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