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Scrivener7

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1. Where would you move to that has no danger of disaster?

Sat Aug 28, 2021, 07:42 AM

Aug 2021

Where I live we get a lot of hurricanes. We generally weather them pretty well, sometimes getting lowland flooding and sometimes loss of power for a few days. Almost never loss of life.

Where would I move that is safer? Where is there that is not subject to hurricanes, deadly blizzards, fires, droughts, tornadoes, volcano eruptions or red state policies?

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With climate change being a scientific fact, why do people still live in hurricane zones? [View all] Kaleva Aug 2021 OP

Where would you move to that has no danger of disaster? Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #1

Parts of Upper Midwest is predicted to get milder winters Kaleva Aug 2021 #4

The upper midwest is getting redder. That's the deadliest disaster of all. Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #5

It'd get bluer if there wa in influx of people who take climate change seriously Kaleva Aug 2021 #6

But it is getting redder. Therefore more dangerous. You might want to think of Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #7

Where is your info that its getting redder? Kaleva Aug 2021 #12

Where is your information that its winters might be milder? Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #13

Refering to your source, MI, WI and PA went blue in 2020. Kaleva Aug 2021 #76

Yep. I love my Louisiana family, and I'm very worried about them right now, but Croney Aug 2021 #15

Yep we had enough, left in 2016 for Delaware coast. Tired of the homophobia & willful ignorance. we can do it Aug 2021 #28

Welcome to Delaware, good people Walleye Aug 2021 #33

Very nice, only wish is that we had done it sooner. we can do it Aug 2021 #34

Delaware is kind of safe treestar Aug 2021 #58

Rehoboth Beach seems to sit just right. we can do it Aug 2021 #59

Wildfires a growing issue in Upper Midwest. Polly Hennessey Aug 2021 #48

Well, there's the Canadian Shield EYESORE 9001 Aug 2021 #8

Yeah, but the nightlife is awesome! Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #30

Yeah EYESORE 9001 Aug 2021 #37

Kansas City. We have very little really bad stuff. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2021 #40

Red states are too dangerous for me. (And I spent 20 years working in the South Bronx!) Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #46

Kansas City isn't bad. It's mostly blue. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2021 #47

That's like NY. In the south, and the cities it's mostly blue. But go into the central Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #52

Plus, Kansas City itself has a terrific mayor right now. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #56

The reds here hate him. I think he's really trying to leftyladyfrommo Aug 2021 #66

Well of course they hate him. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #79

Just about every rownesheck Aug 2021 #2

Climate change is predicted to make winters more mild in parts of the Upper Midwest. Kaleva Aug 2021 #10

But, rownesheck Aug 2021 #14

Which means MORE snow due to lake effect if Erie doesn't freeze over. we can do it Aug 2021 #29

That is over hundreds of years if not more. former9thward Aug 2021 #65

Everyone can't live up here iemanja Aug 2021 #84

Tornadoes in the South, too. misanthrope Aug 2021 #90

WE can't all live in Akron. cinematicdiversions Aug 2021 #3

You said Akron! we can do it Aug 2021 #9

Akron was recently listed as one of the best places for Middle Class Americans to move to. cinematicdiversions Aug 2021 #17

50% above the national average in crime? Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #23

How old is that pic of the Rubber Bowl, LOL. we can do it Aug 2021 #26

Torn down in 2018. we can do it Aug 2021 #44

It is a screengrab from a documentary about a high school football rivalry, cinematicdiversions Aug 2021 #64

I didn't sit through the video. If someone wants to list those ten cities, I'm all for it. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 #27

We have cousins in Tyler. bamagal62 Aug 2021 #43

I'm a native Texan susanr516 Aug 2021 #77

Every city is on one listicle or another. These lists are pretty meaningless at best, Politicub Aug 2021 #55

Don't forget the deteriorating nuclear plants nearby. we can do it Aug 2021 #60

Life has risks. We learn to live with them, snd often ignore... TreasonousBastard Aug 2021 #11

At least you can see a hurricane coming. Tornado, not so much. we can do it Aug 2021 #32

When my brother lived in some tornado alley, we were on... TreasonousBastard Aug 2021 #45

Or wildfire zones? Or earthquake zones? Or tornado zones? Or drought zones? Or flood zones? NurseJackie Aug 2021 #16

I've lived in California for 60 years. Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #83

I completely understand. Your... NurseJackie Aug 2021 #91

Thank you. Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #93

I'm battling this exact thing, but different. My roots moonscape Aug 2021 #99

We did make a move five years ago Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #100

We can run but we can't hide. There are some few projected safe places delisen Aug 2021 #18

That is why we have been buying land in low population areas where we will be able to farm. marie999 Aug 2021 #68

In response to your comment about the dust bowl Kaleva Aug 2021 #72

Good point. NT delisen Aug 2021 #102

Good point. NT delisen Aug 2021 #103

We can run but we can't hide. There are some few projected safe places delisen Aug 2021 #19

Beats me. I moved away from Houston 14 years ago. ananda Aug 2021 #20

Maybe I just love living in Florida. It's where I've lived all my life. Lochloosa Aug 2021 #21

Natural disasters: The riskiest spots in the U.S. Klaralven Aug 2021 #22

I live in the Upper Midwest in a county deemed low risk Kaleva Aug 2021 #73

I'd really like to see the methodology for that study. smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #78

As others have said, with climate change, there are no safe locations blogslug Aug 2021 #24

Yeah, cuz it's so easy to pick up and leave your entire life behind. zuul Aug 2021 #25

Yup Lemon Lyman Aug 2021 #31

It'd be easier for industries to stop burning up the planet leftstreet Aug 2021 #49

This! Withywindle Aug 2021 #62

Yes, thank you! GoCubsGo Aug 2021 #95

I live about 2 miles bem6207 Aug 2021 #35

Why I am not leaving New Orleans: zuul Aug 2021 #67

My aunt is in Gulfport now. bem6207 Aug 2021 #69

I'm watching Mayor Cantrell now. I love her. zuul Aug 2021 #70

And that is the downstream effect of "disaster porn" weather reporting misanthrope Aug 2021 #92

At the least the people who live right on the coast should definitely move. Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #36

Told my sister-in-law in Alaska, her homestead will make a great golf course someday soon Walleye Aug 2021 #38

Should we all leave the Caribbean? n/t malaise Aug 2021 #39

You answered your own question, at least in part. MineralMan Aug 2021 #41

When dealing with climate change becomes a matter of survival, it may be priority #1 Kaleva Aug 2021 #74

The Gulf Coast will become exceedingly more hostile in the coming decades misanthrope Aug 2021 #98

You strike up a good point. Baitball Blogger Aug 2021 #42

Got fed up with Florida after 50+ years and moved to the mountains of SW Va & NE Tn. I loved it dameatball Aug 2021 #50

It's difficult to leave family, for one thing. yardwork Aug 2021 #51

That's us, exactly. I'm not moving while my kid and grandkid live here. I enjoy being a Nay Aug 2021 #63

Have you and your spouse talked to your children about relocating? Kaleva Aug 2021 #75

We live in North Carolina. yardwork Aug 2021 #80

Sorry. Misunderstood your post. Kaleva Aug 2021 #85

Right! yardwork Aug 2021 #101

DON'T move to Washington state... albacore Aug 2021 #53

I'm going to give a nuanced answer. Because New Orleans and other coastal Politicub Aug 2021 #54

Some argue that it may be too late for policy and human behavior change to have an impact Kaleva Aug 2021 #71

Some count on the once in "however long" event. chowder66 Aug 2021 #57

The rural county in the west that I live in is about the same size as Roisin Ni Fiachra Aug 2021 #61

As you apparently live in a county expected to be impacted less from climate change, Kaleva Aug 2021 #82

Because I love fishing in the gulf? Grew up on it. It's part of me. GulfCoast66 Aug 2021 #81

I am also on the gulf coast of Florida... cinematicdiversions Aug 2021 #87

Why do peple still live in California ripcord Aug 2021 #86

Until it becomes uninhabitable. Kaleva Aug 2021 #88

There were hurricanes in hurricane zones before climate change became a thing... brooklynite Aug 2021 #89

totally off topic but every time I see your username... WarGamer Aug 2021 #94

I would love to do so misanthrope Aug 2021 #96

Earthquakes, wildfires and volcanoes have been proven to be factual ornotna Aug 2021 #97