A Huge Part of the Country is No Longer Safe to Live In

There are a lot of hard choices to be made

MartinEdic
5 min readJun 25, 2023

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We have had some pretty terrible weather years lately, but 2023 is shaping up to be a doozy. And it’s hitting us earlier than usual. There are two named tropical storms in the Caribbean, the earliest on record for that. Much of Texas is experiencing 100+ temps, failing electric infrastructure is leaving thousands without lifesaving AC, concert goers in Colorado were hit with tennis ball sized hail, injuring many, the Texas town of Matador was destroyed this week by tornados, and there are more all over Tornado alley.

In Canada fires have been burning for weeks and their smoke has been measured at toxic levels hundreds of miles away. Major insurers are refusing to issue new homeowner policies in Florida, California, and the southwest, leaving many with no financial protection for their biggest asset.

Droughts are still limiting access to Colorado river water, the main source for the entire southwest corner of the country, including our second largest metro, LA.

None of this is temporary. Let that sink in. Huge areas of the US are rapidly becoming unlivable and rebuilding is no longer an option for many. It’s not rocket science to predict a massive population shift as entire areas see populations being…

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MartinEdic
MartinEdic

Written by MartinEdic

Mastodon: @martinedic@md.dm, Writer, nine non-fiction books, two novels, Buddhist, train lover. Amateur cook, lover of life most of the time!

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