Awww man. Dual stents. Well I knew you had a BIG heart. I know how you feel. Things are still up in the air for me.

It's weird. I thought it was a disaster. A final bitch slap from a G-d who has never loved me even a little.

But, if it happened a few years from now. In the future I'm seeing. I would be gone.

So, who knows? I feel like Teela Brown in Ringworld. In the grip of things I have no control over.

Which is kind of the situation right now for everyone. Even if they don't know it yet. We have "tipped". Now we are just along for the ride.

I am still digesting this. I am grieving Mitch. Grieving hard. This is probably the end of technic civilization for thousands of years. Maybe ever.

That was part of the message of O&C. Building something out of the ruins we leave behind is going to be fucking hard. We stripped mined and used up ALL of the stuff the next civilization would need to get going.

It's going to be a long climb back.

Focusing on the moment. Your daughter should think about moving North. Vermont is looking good. Pittsburgh is still good.

The Great Lakes area has fans but I have read papers suggesting those lakes are going to shrink (think Aral Sea). That's likely to be over 40 or 50 years and probably won't be a crisis until after 2100. But, it makes me question the region's prospects.

Plus, I don't like the Midwest. You might be fine with it.

I don't think Canada is a good choice. People just are not getting how fast the North is warming. There is going to be massive ecosystem turnover. Canada, like Alaska and Siberia, is going to burn.

Massive fires and massive rainstorms as the supercharged hydro system pushes more warm moisture heavy air further North. Canada is going to get hammered hard in the next few decades.

I wouldn't go that far North for awhile. Maybe in 20-30 years. When things are settling down a bit.

Recommendations:

Get out of Florida.

Move "North-ish".

Higher ground is better than low but pick your site carefully.

Do not be down river from a dam.

Do not live where there is an infrastructure "bottleneck". Like a single road, or a bridge you have to take to get to where you live.

Do not live in a forested area.

Do not live near water. Including ponds, lakes, streams, creeks, marsh, swamp, or ocean. Just don't.

Short term, I favor urban areas over rural. The infrastructure crisis is going to destroy rural America. So many roads, bridges, and power grids are going to fail, so rapidly, a lot of areas are going to get written off.

Long term. Have a skill that you take with you and isn't reliant on the infrastructure working. Rethink your life plan and goals. Be flexible about relocation because the Climate is in flux.

If the political situation goes full fascist here in the US. Flee immediately. Don't "wait and see how it goes". Get out as fast as you can. Things will get worse really fast with bad leadership.

That's the one case when Canada becomes the best possible destination. But don't go too far North.

Does this help?

As I said, I'm grieving for the world that is dying. I need to rethink what the board says about he state of play. Some of the players already knew what I just saw. I am late to the game and need to catch up.

Lastly, I am filled with doubt. Did I really say anything new Mitch? Or did I just say something obvious and think I had an insight. I am telling everyone Doom is coming.

Oh G-d, I have become the crazy guy with a sign. The End is Nigh.

Honestly, Mitch. What do think?