FEMA update on the tornado outbreak earlier today: "Over the weekend 127 tornado touchdowns, 149 wind reports, and 173 hail reports have been reported in Regions VI and VII. The severe weather threat has diminished greatly." #FEMA#tornado#disasters
"A new study from the University of Kansas found residents of one Seoul, South Korea, neighborhood have grown so accustomed to living through extreme climate events they have developed a "disaster subculture" ... Residents regularly expressed a sort of indifference to extreme heat and climate change, stating they had no options or even that "every day is a disaster."
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What” by Abrahm Lustgarten April 11
The complex, contradictory & heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
"...People have always moved as their environment has changed. But today, the climate is warming faster, and the population is larger, than at any point in history.
As the U.S. gets hotter, its coastal waters rise higher, its wildfires burn larger & its droughts last longer, the notion that humankind can triumph over nature is fading and with it...goes the belief that self-determination & personal preference can be the driving factors in choosing where to live.
...a sweeping change is coming in the shape & location of communities across America, a change that promises to transform the country’s politics, culture & economy.
It has already begun. More Americans are displaced by catastrophic climate-change-driven [disasters] every year..."
Winds threaten to fuel huge Texas wildfire as blizzard hits California
Gusty weekend winds were threatening to worsen a million-acre wildfire that has already killed two people in the southern US, as a monster blizzard engulfed California's mountains Friday. (Up to 12 feet of snow)
Notice sent to residents of La Conchita, California today:
"Sheriff’s Emergency Services, in close coordination with the Ventura County Public Works Agency, Ventura County Fire Department, & County Executive Office, regularly monitor conditions in the Community of La Conchita. As of this morning, La Conchita has received 11.48” of rainfall over the course of 30 days. With an additional 1”-2” of rain in the forecast over the next 48 hours, it is possible that La Conchita may reach one of several historical thresholds for causing a landslide."