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  1. Looks like a good book. I'm thinking about this as where I want to live. Where is the air and water clean? What can I afford? Upstate NY is on Pogue's list. If you see a tent pitched in yard, don't be alarmed. And if you see someone with a tape measure figuring out if a yurt will fit on your estate, offer me him a beer.
  2. Ha! The skiing has been great this year, especially in Feb. It snowed almost every day. Good fatbiking too. Work is work. It's actually not bad from my perspective. I show up, do my job, and check out. The leadership is dysfunctional. My co-workers are awesome. I'm not sure if the boss knows my name. I've never heard it used in a sentence. Maybe that's a good thing.
  3. We have a list of priorities. Cost of living, outdoor opportunities, healthcare etc. Being near a university is a bonus because of the free entertainment. Climate issues are big in my opinion. I don't like heat, so if it is a warm place it will just get warmer. Living in places that will flood or see stronger natural disasters are not ideal. In the west, wildfires are a big problem that will just get worse. We have days or weeks where being outside is crappy because of the smoke.
  4. I've been reading up on retirement. GF and I have discussed if we should stay here or move. We both like it here, but it is crazy expensive and only getting worse. We will see more millionaires and billionaires in the next decade. The airport is running out of room to park the private jets(no shit). Wildfires are an issue and could only get worse. Duluth, MN is looking good!
  5. We are short-handed at work. My team of six is down to two people. We have one applicant. Not qualified and asking for double the salary. My supervisor left in Jan, 2020. They said they would replace the position in April 2021. Two applicants from out of town. Even if one accepts, it's unlikely they will find a place to live. I am on boss number four in the last year. They are looking for boss number five. The search service they hired quit. Somebody didn't read the contract. The search is off to a great start. To call this a junk show is an acknowledgement that it is actually a show. I do my 40 and ski.
  6. Spring in WY is a high wind warning. If it gets bad, they shut down the tram and Sublette lift. This happened in 2017. Teton Village lost power for about a week. The winds were 75-90 mph I believe.
  7. “We basically have three choices: mitigation, adaptation and suffering. We’re going to do some of each. The question is what the mix is going to be. The more mitigation we do, the less adaptation will be required and the less suffering there will be.” -John Holdren I dug into the book last night. It's full of good info. Mitigation is important, but for some aspects it may be too late. The oceans have warmed and you can't just cool them off. Then you adapt. I picked up the book for the section on where to live. His advice, inland away from wildfire danger and places close to good fresh water.
  8. Isn't crab ranched not farmed? I'm trying to envision ranchers on the backs of seahorses roping the crabs.
  9. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-refugees-the-quest-for-a-haven-from-extreme-weather-events/ Droughts are becoming more desperate every decade in our Western states, so you also want plenty of fresh water. So, where does that leave you? The Great Lakes. "The abundance of natural resources and fresh water in particular," said Keenan. "Cities like Buffalo, like Cleveland, like Toledo, Ohio, are really prime. There's a cultural capacity, there's a legacy, there's a history. There's infrastructure there. There's art." That's a good point; there's more to a city than its weather. You also want good schools, fine hospitals, sports and culture, a reasonable cost of living, and a high quality of life. At least one American city fits all of these criteria: Welcome to Madison, Wisconsin!
  10. Liquid gold in two bottles. I have bourbon envy.
  11. China is the leading producer of solar panels and near the top of wind turbines.
  12. For myself, the part of the book I am most interested in is the where to live section. He likes the NW and Great Lakes states. There were only a few outliers like Denver and Boulder CO.
  13. Just to be clear, the title of the book is How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos. And from the interview: Next Avenue: We should make it clear at the outset that your book is a 'survival guide,' not a guide to shrinking your carbon footprint, right? David Pogue: The climate has changed, past tense. This stuff we're seeing with the hurricanes and the wildfires — that's not an anomaly. That's what we've got from now on. So, trying to pretend that we can stave off all of it is folly. I think these days, the advice is: We have to do both as hard and fast as possible. And that's my message through the whole book: You gotta mitigate — you gotta stop pumping carbon into the air and we also need to adapt, because we're foolish to think it's going to be back to 1980s weather within our lifetimes.
  14. There is a chapter on gardening. I live in an apt and garden on my deck and in a community garden. And it even affects what grows in our backyards. So, you have some strategies for that. Gardening, it turns out, is the Number One most popular hobby in America — a shock to me. So yeah, there's a chapter called "What to Grow," and there are two aspects to it. One is the "survival garden," how you can grow your own stuff — beans, and things you can put away for the winter and eat as necessary. And if you are a gardener, how to make things grow in a time where the traditional techniques and timings don't work anymore.
  15. I've made this recently. It's easy and delicious. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/panko-crusted-salmon-recipe-2107225
  16. Next Avenue: We should make it clear at the outset that your book is a 'survival guide,' not a guide to shrinking your carbon footprint, right? David Pogue: The climate has changed, past tense. This stuff we're seeing with the hurricanes and the wildfires — that's not an anomaly. That's what we've got from now on. So, trying to pretend that we can stave off all of it is folly. I think these days, the advice is: We have to do both as hard and fast as possible. And that's my message through the whole book: You gotta mitigate — you gotta stop pumping carbon into the air and we also need to adapt, because we're foolish to think it's going to be back to 1980s weather within our lifetimes.
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    Hill Climb

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  18. dinneR

    LNIB

    Did you get the shirt too? That is quite dapper. I do not own a sport coat. This might be the sportiest coat I own. I wear it with ski boots(Italian Scarpas) and ski pants
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    Hill Climb

    Hill Climb is in JH this weekend. This might mess with my skiing.
  20. If only they would take us. I know shootingstar says Canadians don't come to WY, but I've seen some here this year. I talked to some last night in fact.
  21. I just started reading this. Fascinating stuff. https://www.nextavenue.org/how-you-can-prepare-for-climate-change/ He likes the NW and Great Lake States. So, what would be your best bets? You're not the first to mention the Great Lakes. In the book, I looked at fifteen 'climate haven' cities in the sense that they have no wildfires, no hurricanes and unlimited, clean, fresh water. And they tend to be in the Great Lakes area: Madison [Wisc.], Cleveland, Cincinnati, Syracuse, Buffalo, Duluth [Minn.]. But there's no place that's completely free. I mean even Madison, which is — I think when I become an empty-nester, that place is calling my name — even they have occasional floods. They have mosquitoes. I'd say these are minor compared to what people on the coasts of the U.S. are experiencing, though.
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