No deniers weighing in yet? Amazing.

This isn't really a climate change post, more about adaptation. The same comparison between hard systems and soft systems approaches could be made regarding "energy change" but I just didn't have a report like the Mechanical Engineers' one to hand. However I guess the Hirsch Report is similar to the Engineers report discussed here.

I have lived at sea level for 40 years. How soon should I move?

At the very least, move very quickly when a Cat 5 or a Tsunami is bearing down upon your locale. Old Bill Crosby skit: God to Noah--"How long can you tread water, Noah?"