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Nate S on February 2, 2006 - 9:06pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
It seems clear that if it can be burnt, we'll burn it, sooner or later. Therefore the worst case scenario will come to pass on one timescale or another. It's truly sad that we're trashing such  wonderful place (Earth) in the pursuit of abstract wealth. We have not yet seen a surge in upper East coast hurricanes, (Carolinas, New England) which I find interesting. I'm wondering when this might happen and if it may trigger a bigger response than New Orleans. The common sentiment is that if you build a place below sea level you get what you ask for.

The best bet from what I can see is to move to a place that gets wetter in the IPCC predictions, isn't near huricanes, is far above sea level, and have enough land to grow your own heat and food. Good luck.

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BioDiesel on February 2, 2006 - 9:26pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Oregon
Don't move here though, we want to stay under the radar:-)
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unplanner on February 3, 2006 - 1:59am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Agreed!
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Southsider1 on February 3, 2006 - 2:32am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
But you just did!!
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Don Sailorman on February 3, 2006 - 7:56pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
When the crunch comes, how are you going to keep the Californicators from comming to loot, pillage, rape and burn? BTW, this is not a rhetorical question: There are ways, and for a hint, study how the Swiss made sure that the Germans would not invade their country during World War II.
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scorned by the cockroach on February 3, 2006 - 9:15pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Don,

Didn't you get the memo? We Huns launched our very successful invasion well over a decade ago. The natives have already learned to make nice with us. ;)

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Don Sailorman on February 3, 2006 - 11:54pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Alas, that is the truth. For twenty years I used to go to the Shakespeare festival in Ashland every summer, and I use to marvel at how southern Oregon (despite serious air pollution from the old lumber mills) kept its character and infinite superiority over California, which rapidly was going down the tubes from about 1960 on. Well, Calif. has gone where we flush things, and much of Oregon is now Califonicated beyond repair. Huns? Huns were nothing in comparison to the real estate developers . . . .

If I were living in Oregon I would grab my trusty United Farm Catalogue and head north.

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Leanan on February 2, 2006 - 9:30pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I saw an interview with a National Hurricane Center scientist on CNN last fall.  He said that hurricanes tend to follow trends.  For several years, they were going up the coast and hitting North Carolina and New England.  They are now shifting west.  Florida got walloped two years ago, and New Orleans and Texas last year.  He said they don't understand what causes these trends, but they are real.
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