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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I tend to agree.

There are the "get a grip, everything is fine" people and then there are the rest of us who are noticing that things are changing.

I grew up in Texas and always though I'd go back there, likely for retirement, but am really leaning against it and climate is a part of it. I grew up in an arid part of TX where 100 degree days in the summer were not out of the ordinary, but now there are heat waves lasting a week at a time and the evening temperatures don't drop.

The state doesn't manage its water supply responsibly, and it's management (or lack thereof) of its electrical grid speaks for itself.

I think states like TX, FL, to some extent CA, will face major challenges in managing resources like water and electricity. [/quote]

I also grew up in West Texas.  As my parents are having major health problems, I’ll probably be moving back soon.  The water situation scares me.  We’ve been depleting the aquifers for decades and population continues to grow in a location that doesn’t have enough water to maintain it (even without global warning).

While I expect water shortages in West Texas, I didn’t expect them in Maryland.  I was shocked, yesterday, to read that Montgomery County is under a drought watch.
https://news.maryland.gov/mde/2023/07/10/maryland-department-of-the-environment-encourages-water-conservation-with-drought-watch-for-portions-of-the-state/

Frankly, I think we’re past the point of no-return and the problems that have been small enough to overlook will start to compound each other and have a cascading effect.  I think relatively soon, climate change will be impossible to deny because we’ll be surrounded by disaster (fires, floods, famine, disease, water shortages, etc.).  [/quote]

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