GNTL - Climate Change Up Close

6/4/2023

Grownups Noticing Their Lives / Climate change up close and personal 

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I woke up in the middle of last night. Our blast furnace weather moderated a bit yesterday so we’d turned the a/c off and opened the windows. At 3AM the long, slow, heavy train on the tracks down the street from where we live was loud.

My middle-of-the-night lizard brain suddenly wondered about something I’ve never wondered about before.

Weather forecasters warn Wisconsin is quickly moving into a serious drought. If this continues, and very little rain is predicted, fire danger will be elevated. What if a passing train causes sparks that catch fire in the grass and scrub along train tracks? Could homes in our neighborhood be affected?

How much fire insurance do we have, anyway?

We just looked at our policy and it appears we have plenty. Plus, Len noted in the fine print that if we have two volcano eruptions in one 72-hour period, that counts as one volcano and we’re covered.

Anyways, we are living in weird weather times. What unlikely but suddenly possible thing have you considered or dealt with lately? Has our worrisome climate crisis affected where you live?