Christopher Mims on Nostr: One thing I've discovered in my own reporting is how many incipient threats are just ...
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
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