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Robert Mahon@bedform.bsky.social |
Apropos of a conversation I had today with a non-scientist: Climate risks are not going to be isolated to the "usual" vulnerable places. Remember Hurricane Ida (which was my first hurricane evacuation from NOLA)? It hit Louisiana as a cat 4, but caused more $ damage and deaths in NJ+NY+PA than LA
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Robert Mahon
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The following year, a flash flood hit my other city (Laramie). My house almost flooded. My neighbors basements mostly did. And my PhD officemate who was the director of the USGS WY Water Science Center who lived on very very high ground took on water. Even the people who KNOW can't gauge these risks
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