New Orleans is locked into a watery future which could see it surrounded by ocean as early as this century, according to a new analysis, which says the city must start planning how to relocate residents now to avoid chaos.
I went on vacation in 2018 or so, after the scars of Katrina started to heal a bit (but still very evident) and my SO and I talked long and hard about coming down, buying one of the renovated shotgun houses in the harder-hit wards, and starting a life there. When we came home and started researching it, we quickly realized it wasn’t a safe place to move to anymore, climate-wise. In fact, that started a larger conversation in the house about how we planned to cope with climate change that would be worse than what we were initially told - not just living in a place with resources that will be there in 30 years, but about finding meaning in life as we prepare to witness mankind truly pay for its follies. 8 years later and we still haven’t wrapped our heads around it, but projects are started to prepare our house for it.
Yeah, my wife is in denial, so I have been preparing the property and our lifestyle bit by bit as long as we’ve been in this location, I do it everywhere I live. She knows I’m concerned but she doesn’t understand the scale and severity of what’s coming. She also thought I was nuts when I prepped for Covid when I read about it far before it was being talked about around the coolers… she told me she thought I was nuts and then found great relief when she noticed everyone starting to panic. It’ll be the same again, she’ll come around. Just wish everyone would take it seriously and slowly prepare so we have communities in place already, and not just panicking competitors.
I went on vacation in 2018 or so, after the scars of Katrina started to heal a bit (but still very evident) and my SO and I talked long and hard about coming down, buying one of the renovated shotgun houses in the harder-hit wards, and starting a life there. When we came home and started researching it, we quickly realized it wasn’t a safe place to move to anymore, climate-wise. In fact, that started a larger conversation in the house about how we planned to cope with climate change that would be worse than what we were initially told - not just living in a place with resources that will be there in 30 years, but about finding meaning in life as we prepare to witness mankind truly pay for its follies. 8 years later and we still haven’t wrapped our heads around it, but projects are started to prepare our house for it.
Yeah, my wife is in denial, so I have been preparing the property and our lifestyle bit by bit as long as we’ve been in this location, I do it everywhere I live. She knows I’m concerned but she doesn’t understand the scale and severity of what’s coming. She also thought I was nuts when I prepped for Covid when I read about it far before it was being talked about around the coolers… she told me she thought I was nuts and then found great relief when she noticed everyone starting to panic. It’ll be the same again, she’ll come around. Just wish everyone would take it seriously and slowly prepare so we have communities in place already, and not just panicking competitors.
Good luck to you, it’s hard being a cassandra there’s no doubt, especially in your own family.