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  Pack to the future:

  I suspect people are not taking these things seriously.  For all our dollars we have spent on trying to get ahead of the climate, we are so totally unprepared for what is bound to come.

  I have lived in two houses that burned to the ground, three that blew away totally in tornado's, four that flooded completely where we lost everything but some of our clothes on our backs and our family safe.  All of this happened in nine different houses, in two states and in 8 different cities.  It seemed like a very bad dream.

  When we finally moved into a home of our own, I insisted it be far enough up the hill that water cound not reach us if the river went out, far enough down the hill to avoid a tornado and had smoke alarms in every room in the house plus the attic and cellar.  In over 20 years, we did not have anything bad happen at our home.

  I still do not know why we were always in the wrong place at the wrong time, but it will provide stories to tell the grandkids for generations to come.

  I figure living in the middle of the USA will make me as safe as will be possible.  When disaster happens, it will show no mercy, no matter how it comes.  I figure that all the times we had to start from scratch has made me a stonger person and I find I am much more able to "rough it" than anyone I know.  If you have never had to miss a meal, having to scramble for anything to eat will be so hard on most people.

  We should pay more attention to how we supply our comforts and what the impact will be.  I think we have had it to good for to long.  We complain about the price of gas, but no one I know plans to cut vacations or share rides to work to save.  They seem to talk about how bad things are, but they will be worse if everyone doesn't do something even if it is small.  On Umbra on climate-induced relocation posted 3 years, 7 months ago 2 Responses