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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jul 13, 2023 at 10:51 AM

Hi, Alexander and all,

Thank you for asking. I really appreciate the concern. I live in the western half of the state of Vermont, which was not as hard hit as the center. The storm dumped most of the rain along the Green Mountains (the spine of the state), so it is the communities there which have taken the brunt of the devastating damage. We did get a lot of rain where I live, but not enough fortunately to cause any wash outs.

When hurricane Irene came through in 2011, it was worse for the state as a whole, but this storm (which has no name, but will probably be called the storm of 2023) was, if anything, worse for those most profoundly affected. They said in 2011 that Irene was a once-in-a-hundred-years storm, but here we are 12 years later with another one. Climate change indeed.

Again, thank you for checking in. This is a great community.

Steve

Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 17, 2023 at 10:25 AM

I’m very glad to hear you’re okay, @Steve.

For everybody, my recommendation of the month: “The Ministry for the Future”, by Kim Stanley Robinson, which, while describing some of the horrendous outcomes of climate change, also offers some very positive ideas for overcoming the issues. An amazing work, based on rock-solid science (most of which you can reference online – I do wish he’d also included a list of sources, however). It’s a novel of the near future, incidentally, but interspersed with direct commentary/musings on various aspects of modern society and why they exist. Unusual and fascinating!

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