When Will We Stop Moving to the Riskiest Regions?

[@kayrosis5523]

I remember hearing a phrase: "It doesn't matter whether you personally believe in Climate Change or not, your insurance company does." And there is no amount of government denialist legislation that will get the insurance companies to cover properties it's obviously terrible to cover.

[@karenno]

I like that quote. I'll keep it in mind for future conversations with people who like to argue, "it's just the regular weather."

[@alantremonti1381]

This might be the most clever argument tailored specifically for deniers I've ever heard.

[@birdatbattlefield]

Insurance companies do not believe in anything except denying claims when claimants come knocking. Stop it.

[@billweir1745]

@@birdatbattlefield Thanks for making the world a better place with your nonsense!!

[@videoguy640]

​@@birdatbattlefield they believe in denying more claims in riskier areas

[@maxweinhold867]

I live in Flathead County in Montana and I had the local fire department do a free wildfire risk assessment of the property and house. I remodeled the yard and entrance and built a “defensive zone” with gravel and also cut down and trimmed some trees around the house. Next summer I will install 1/8 inch vent covers to make the attic ember proof I absolutely love this show and it also helped me to think about natural disasters and prevention in different ways :) Thank you for your great content!!!

[@thesjkexperience]

You should get insurance discounts for your efforts 😊

[@inesnathaliengoua]

you also have to get the community to save rain water, replant trees etc to rebuild the ecosystem so your area doesnt become a desert thats easy to catch fire.

[@ravent3016]

Get a few sprinklers and some hoses to use if there is a fire danger as well as some flame retardant

[@paulfletcher323]

Fair play to you You did what should be mandatory because in a built up area if I don’t do it I put you and your property at risk If this was in affect in LA I’m sure it would have helped

[@kiwikim5163]

My son lives in Missoula. It’s been warmer there this summer than here in North Georgia!

[@FirstLast-tp8bm]

My family acts like I am speaking Simlish when I tell them I don't want to move to a giant hurricane fiesta.

[@JoshJones-37334]

Enjoy Ohio

[@freeheeler09]

Tornadoes, floods, heat and hailstorms in Ohio. Not safe either.

[@Chihirolee3]

@freeheeler09 Florida has all that plus hurricanes.

[@michaelmayhem350]

I moved yo the Caribbean in 2010. Only had 1 hurricane. They all go around me to pummel Florida.

[@DisposableSupervillainHenchman]

Ah, docka morpher.

[@Chewbacca0702]

I teach Environmental Science at the high school level and I find Ms. May's communication style and clear explanations of difficult topics within climate data exceptionally helpful both for my students and myself. Thank you!

[@jazzypoo7960]

Bro, I love her more!

[@charlesg7926]

Bro, everybody knows that deep down the motive of this video is to try to get all of the white/English speaking people to move out of the Sunbelt states so that Republicans don’t win future elections, meanwhile they’ll try to bus in illegals. This video isn’t slick

[@bobpenny8011]

Absolutely. I'm also an environmental educator and I heartily agree.

[@Susanonwow]

I love the shift of seasons. The only downside of living north, is how short the daylight hours get in the winter. That said, there’s a real sense of joy after the winter solstice and the days getting longer.

[@jasonreed7522]

Honestly I'm the crazy person who has adapted to commuting in the dark, its nice not having the sun in your eyes.

[@hyouki8529]

To me that's not even a downside, it adds to the winter feeling that I like.

[@selah71]

I live north and enjoy the seasons as well. Within the past several years I've noted how spring is arriving earlier and autumn lasting longer which gives less time for winter, my favorite season. Its 38°F, a heat wave to me, and I have a window open a couple of inches for fresh air. I just bundle up a bit more. That the great thing about cold/freezing weather because when it is hot you can't take enough clothes off to cool down. I've visited Florida and enjoyed it but wouldn't live in any southern State for love or money.

[@OscarOSullivan]

Here in Ireland that is the case but you appreciate spring and summer more.

[@chrisnegele6875]

I have lived in South Florida for 40 years I just retired and I’m packing to leave. The summers are too hot and too long and the annual hurricane season stress is enough.

[@PianoBoy99]

Consider Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, or upstate NY. The lower part of that region is likely to see some increased tornado activity, but climate wise it is good now, and likely to be good for quite some time. Great Lakes provide water, moderating temperature. Stay out of snow belt areas (e.g. avoid south buffalo, but north buffalo is just fine).

[@zoso73]

Bye! I LOVE it down here!

[@Trahzy]

​@@PianoBoy99Kentucky has always had some of the strongest tornadoes

[@krisshnapeswanipeswani3190]

i would reccomend minnosota ect

[@InToTheCyberUniverse]

Lightning from Thunderstorms without a drop of Rain ! You love that ‽

[@scottlymbery7948]

I live in Brisbane Australia and to be honest I thought I'd clock out before Climate Change became a big issue in my location. I'd recently done a project around the back and thought I'd way over engineered the drainage. Mother nature decided to bitch slap me. 2022 was a huge wake up call. I bought my house on a hill and thought it would never flood, located way above creek/river levels. But in February we had what was referred to as a "Sky River" and had over 1000mm(close to 40inches) in 3 days and over 300mm( about 12inches) in less than a 2 hour period. I came within about 3mm (1/8 inch) of my downstairs flooding. I've since doubled the drainage from around the back and am looking at other ways to make my home more climate resilient. Moving forward this will include more insulation and I'd like to change my roof from tiles to corrugated iron as the iron does better with cyclones and storms. Cyclones being predicted to move further south in the southern hemisphere and storms increasing in intensity.

[@KP-jp9gv]

That's crazy. Appreciate you writing this! It's good to know.

[@MbisonBalrog]

Mountains/hills wont protect you from floods unless you literally live on the slope. If you live on the flat areas, your property becomes a valley of sorts which will trap water. Even if you build on slope you at risk of landslides.

[@scottlymbery7948]

@@MbisonBalrog Not an area prone to landslides and am on the side of a hill (not steep) I am about 20 metres higher than flood waters have ever been in the area.

[@InToTheCyberUniverse]

🤔 so the creatures moving on Australia arent the only things that can EASILY kill humans ‽

[@audreydoyle5268]

​@@InToTheCyberUniverse oh, yeah. The sun will k!ll you before any animal will if you just stand outside for too long. Besides Aotearoa, Australia still has tiny holes in the O-zone layer leading to our UV levels to spike over 12 in summer. I've got stage one heatstroke about 2 times, and that was just walking home from school.

[@jpcashesrisen]

I’ve said this for years. People would rather risk extreme weather than deal with winter (which is milder now than ever). I live in Wisconsin. I’m staying put.

[@x-i-am-jinx]

Sounds about right. My brother is getting restationed to Utah from Florida and he’s been complaining about the cold non-stop despite never experiencing the dry cold of the West vs the wet cold of the East. I moved to CO from the SE and I’ll never go back to the SE.

[@mikjb]

Yup. Mom used to say winter keeps the crazies out.

[@JoshJones-37334]

Enjoy Canada

[@alexnation4946]

I live in Indiana and we've nearly completely lost the winters I remember as a child. I'm highly considering moving up north.

[@JoshJones-37334]

@ I hear Ontario is lovely. Good luck

[@katharenchamberlain5721]

Just returned to Michigan after 31 years in beautiful Naples, FL. While my own property did not sustain damage in any of the many storms that threatened the area, my HOA dues and insurance skyrocketed, and FL leadership has few ideas to make living expenses reasonable for anyone who isn’t a multimillionaire. There is also the emotional cost of living with so much stress during hurricane season. I am so happy to be back in my home state. Now retired, I enjoy the quiet beauty of fresh snow and look forward to enjoying four seasons again.

[@ElectronicMusicUnderground]

I moved to Michigan from Washington State because the high cost of living and worrying about earthquakes after being through so many. I was the first one born after my family fled michigan for work in the 70s now im the first to move back hahahaha.

[@jpack85]

HOA and insurance are my top 2 determinants for whether or not I'll leave Florida. This is especially going to be true after I retire. Nowhere in my retirement model did I plan for $2500/mo or more for these two items and it's rapidly approaching that level! I can only imagine where it will be in 10 or 15 years from now.

[@MiraRose0267]

I do NOT enjoy these long upstate NY winters, but I'd much rather complain about snow than deal with tornadoes, hurricanes, and wildfires

[@dennislyons3095]

30 years ago when I started designing our home I was just becoming aware of climate change (from Carl Sagan on TV). My wife had been severely burned in a gasoline fire & the property we bought was 15 miles from the nearest town with a fire department. I designed a house with concrete walls & sod on the roof. We keep the earth tilled up for 200 feet from the house & keep a lawn watered near the house. We KNOW that we are the first responders for fire here. In the design I made the home as energy efficient as possibe with then current technology. Our energy costs have been a quarter of our neighbors' costs & we are better positioned for a warming of our climate.

[@jpx1508]

In context with the Los Angeles Fires, a fascinating show. Explanations of population movement correlated to extreme climate events (and with PBS again demonstrating woman needs man like fish needs bicycle). The investigation comes to an excellent conclusion: Americans make complex location decisions demonstrating unique preferences, some justifying living in high-risk areas. They do this for reasons they value higher than they value location risk; therefore, it may be the best government/business policy is to encourage building to mitigate risk. As demonstrated with the survivors from the LA Fires, something technology now allows us to do.

[@iThoughtyouweregonnalapme]

I wish I could afford a house. Literally any house would be fine

[@Axobattler]

How is your wife now?

[@andrewlalis]

If only normal people could afford to do such things today

[@KevinMaxwell-o3t]

Good for you! Fifteen years ago, we built a home with Hardi concrete-composite siding and a steel roof, and the neighbors laughed. They're not laughing now. *Don't* let anyone tell you it's not affordable; we're not made of money, and a fire-resistant house hardly cost more than an ordinary house. It's all about making intelligent building decisions, not spending big bucks.

[@reneeparker7475]

I lived in South Florida for 31 years and I watched the migration speed up, as well as the cost for insuring both my home and car. I now live in Oregon, where we have a small population and minimal migration, and the insurance rates are a lot easier. I moved to be closer to my son and to stop living like a canned sardine because the population is being squeezed because of the limited real estate that can be developed, without destroying The Everglades. I am a tree hugging believer in Climate Change and destroying so much of our wildlands is insanity.

[@aluisious]

I have a suspicion that somewhere in the distant future, if humanity manages to make it first and then wake up, we might dedicate entire continents to wildlife refuge. North and South America are obvious choices due to still relatively low population, and the fact that vast swaths of populated area in North America are going to become uninhabitable anyway.

[@lifeoutthere3325]

As a USFS wildland firefighter who has lived and worked in Oregon for 30 years. I can tell you made the same short sighted mistake. Sorry

[@mythicalnomadadventure969]

Right, 👍 Rock on 🙂.

[@MassielMancebo]

You made the best decision! Things are getting worse by the hour here in Florida.

[@pedecadonstudios714]

Without destroying the everglades? Wake up dude, theyre gone. Whats there now is a joke.

[@scottrichards3587]

Federal government needs to stop giving money to rebuild in disaster prone areas. Instead have that money help relocate people to less hazardous areas.

[@timogul]

True. I'm all for giving people money to rebuild, but it should require that they not do it in an area that is known to be disaster-prone. Like if you lose a home to a flood in Florida, I'm in favor of charitably making them whole at taxpayer expense, they can get some reasonable bailout, but they should not be able to spend it to rebuild in the same location, they should be required to spend it on a property that is outside of predictable floodplains.

[@ninjacats1647]

@@timogul Agreed. They should rebuild in an area that has a low risk for tornados, hurricanes, floods, fire, and earthquakes for starters.

[@ricardoxavier827]

Wrong. Federal government must illegalize the build of houses with flamable materials. Our houses dont burn neither fly neither float neither rot. We build concrete houses, not wood houses. It cost plus 50% but last centuries no matter weather. Wood houses are 50% cheaper, but you can loose all your invested money in just hours.

[@blaiseutube]

Maybe that's why Florida votes to block FEMA funding...😊 We should stop bailing Florida out every year because they refuse to prepare for disasters.

[@silverfox575]

@@ninjacats1647 hell lets just add blizzards to the list that way you can't rebuild anywhere in the US. All you have suggested is to abandon the entire US except the North East. How is that a solution?

[@leafandlore]

I live in Texas, was born here, and at the rate things are going, may die here. We've wanted to move north for years to avoid the extreme heat and extreme politics but the furthest we've ever moved was about 20 miles and that was almost 30 years ago when I was just a kid. It would be great if federal and (more) state governments would incentivize moving to less risky areas or if the states in the risky areas would mandate/incentivize safer building practices. Unfortunately, so many of these risky states are still debating whether it's a problem in the first place. 🙄

[@badart3204]

At the end of the day it’s about the money. There is no point in being safe from floods if you are unemployed thus unable to afford a home anyway. Detroit used to be a great city and it certainly wasn’t the weather that caused that. It’s all about the jobs

[@yumyumkitchen241]

Didn’t they say Galveston was supposed to be under water by now? I grew up there in the 90’s and at the time, it was a dire warning.

[@warpdriveby]

I left Los Angeles in '15 after watching a canyon fire above my home and moved near family in FL. After Matthew, Maria, Irma and Lee I moved back to WI where I went to college. I was also raised in Boston, including travel I have truly a good chunck of this continent. Having seen what people are moving into, reading the predictions, and seeing them come true as the coral of the Carribean bleaches and withers and glaciers of the Rockies/Cascades shrink up leaving empty barren scars, people moving INTO any of it need their heads examined. I get being stuck, Ive been there, but purposely putting oneself in those regions is plum nuts.

[@zoso73]

I've been in South Florida 50+ years, experienced the ravage of Andrew and other hurricanes. It's fine. You shelter in place, and then go about picking up the mess and repairing what needs to be repaired. I would rather deal with those infrequent inconveniences than scraping ice off my car windshield in every winter before going to work and or paying state income tax every year. It's great down here.

[@Trahzy]

If you grew up here, you're used to them and know how to prepare. Also don't live on or near the coast. Hurricanes are part of living in Florida unfortunately, like blizzards are part of living in Alaska.

[@Trahzy]

​@zoso73 Andrew was it's own kind of monster. My parents had a new home in a subdivision in Homestead then, roof was gone, all windows blown out, garage collapsed and my dad's car was upside down across the road. Thankfully we haven't been hit by one of that strength since, and hopefully never again.

[@craven5328]

​@@TrahzyI had an uncle with a lovely home and avocado / orange grove in Homestead...that was before Andrew of course. Everything was destroyed. He was elderly, and didn't have the energy to really rebuild, so he spent his last years living with his son in a trailer on what was left of the land.

[@charlesrowlet7830]

@@zoso73 "scraping ice off my car windshield in every winter before going to work" Did you ever consider parking in the garage? No ice to scrape off before heading to work.

[@paulkinzer7661]

Housing should absolutely not be rebuilt in areas of high risk for repeated climate events. Let the stupid end.

[@StLouis-yu9iz]

We should start restoring the great urban fabric left in the Rust Belt instead! 👍

[@MbisonBalrog]

I wonder who started selling Florida to errbody. Miami Vice must been greatest ad ever.

[@thedude5040]

You can build, you just can't get insurance nor expect government help

[@timogul]

@@MbisonBalrog Florida has a lot of good qualities, if not for climate change and poor governance. I can see why people like the generally sunny (if way too humid) weather, it's just soon to be under water, so all of that is beside the point.

[@fuegopostal6480]

Like in Pacific Palisades, right?

[@paulkinzer7661]

I'm loving this Weathered series. Blunt truth. No waffling, gentle, maybe-yes/maybe-not mumbo jumbo to placate the deniers, as almost all other coverage seems to do. Thank you. That stuff infuriates me so much. We are literally seeing people die, in increasing numbers, already. It ain't getting better anytime soon, even if we actually do what needs doing. And, holy crap, we are not doing that! Kind, normalizing language is part of the problem. You know the phrase 'you should act like your hair is on fire'? Well, it is morbid to say it, but if we don't ACT like it, we can look forward to it becoming a growing actuality. It's already happening.

[@rockcycle824]

News and reporting has such a need to appear "fair and balanced" that they give equal credence to scientists who say the sky is blue and crazies who say the sky is purple in the name of "balance".

[@constantk8780]

​@rockcycle824 have personally never seen that kind of coverage. It's almost always very one sided.

[@paulkinzer7661]

@ This issue has only one side.

[@rockcycle824]

@ You've never seen conservative politicians on the news saying that climate change isn't real or isn't human-caused?

[@maddogsk8er86]

It's honest journalism. It's what we don't have with our "news" outlets and most of our printed newspapers. My City of 100k people has a "local" newspaper owned by some Canadian Oil billionaire. Those of us who know, understand that he has the final say in what is reported and their focus to turn a profit.

[@axnyslie]

Florida has the extreme weather and endless natural disasters. But the biggest issue with Florida is that it's full of Floridians.

[@isabelab6851]

Actually, it is full of people who came to Florida… not that many Floridians

[@OneOfEightBillion]

😂

[@PodcastOnTheSpectrum]

By Floridans you mean the elderly and people who moved down from every other state. Like the last comment said, florida is mostly people from other states

[@andrewlalis]

Yeah it's attracting all the dumbest people sadly.

[@sssnacksss]

the place has been a migratory destination for a hundred years. snowbirds and carribbean/south american.

[@AldenStudebaker]

At the end of 2023 we moved from SW Florida to Springfield, Illinois. We had lived in Florida for 2 1/2 years and experienced the full impact of Hurricane Ian. It took me a year to repair everything. We recently bought a better home in Springfield for less than half the price of the house in Florida. Weather in this part of the Midwest isn't that bad. We haven't looked back.

[@bdub-j1f]

I moved to Chicago from Florida. This winter has seemed mild. It’s snowed twice but I’m loving my extremely extremely low home insurance and the lake is massive. It’s like a sea

[@BlockchainBreakthru]

You're right the winters up north are getting more and more mild. I grew up outside of Boston and we always had 3 ft of snow in the winter. Now we barely get snow.

[@weatherwar]

It technically is an inland sea.

[@selalewis9189]

That’s also not a good thing. I’m originally from Milwaukee. Mild winter in areas of the country that has historically had colder temperatures at longer periods also means that it’s experiencing the negative effects of climate disasters. Just because it’s comfortable for you now doesn’t mean it’s okay.

[@bdub-j1f]

@selalewis9189 its probably the best area to be with climate change.

[@giacobbeperales5926]

Living in Chicago with the winter's getting more moderate and plenty of fresh water in the great lakes

[@ginadelsasso288]

I pay about $1300 for the entire year for homeowners insurance near Chicago. I know people in Florida that pay that every month for hurricane/flood insurance. It is just not worth it to me. I will deal with a few months of cold weather.

[@VaveeDances]

Agreed!

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

Stop encouraging these people to move to the Great Lakes area. They will make housing very expensive if they start coming over here.

[@frojo9]

@@Xenomorph-hb4zf Me and several other friends moved from Atlanta to Chicago and it's been amazing. The rent is cheap for a large city and the summers playing beach volleyball are great. Street fests. Great spring and fall too. December was great as well. Miss my rooftop pool in ATL but now I'm steps away from the lake.

[@Dgnmuse]

There's a proposal to build a toxic site right near lake Superior in Canada, so that water will be poisoned soon 😅

[@DanCooper404]

I'll stay in the Great Lakes area, thanks.

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

Hopefully these people never move to the Great Lakes Area. They will make housing prices because very expensive if they do come in massive waves.

[@larsfaye292]

@@Xenomorph-hb4zf Buffalo is the hottest housing market in 2025, the first city to get it two years in a row (because it was last year, too). So, its already happening. And, I'm a part of that...I moved here in 2021!

[@jakeryan4545]

@@Xenomorph-hb4zf They can move here. Just don't bring their crazy policies and culture with them. I have had friends move down to Sunbelt states and their schools and public services suck. You look at the data and it gels with what my friends say. But people that are from there are so full of themselves and think their s*** don't stink and have this excuse or that excuse. Sunbelt states (of all politics) have the worst crime, worst education, worst everything except physical infrastructure just because other states funnel Federal funds there and the infrastructure is new cause the population is new.

[@OneOfEightBillion]

Count me out, way too boring

[@DaveE99]

@@OneOfEightBillion boring as in too flat or what?

[@joker6solitaire]

I grew up in the Chicago area, and I've lived here most of my life. Proximity to family was a large factor in my decision to return here from Nashville after a couple years--as well as the awful wet-bulb temperatures in the South. Being back in Chicago makes me feel so relieved from a climate change perspective. The Great Lakes are the largest source of fresh water ON EARTH! We have plenty of water to drink, and could also grow more food (individually or on larger farms) when climate change makes farming untenable in many parts of the country. We're also much safer from extreme weather events. I'm extremely glad to live here. I suspect that in a few decades, climate change will draw more Americans back here. I'm grateful to own a home now; I expect to reap a profit when the real estate values inevitably crank up.

[@mbern4530]

Not to nitpick, but lake Baikal in Russia holds more water than all the lakes in North America combined. Its in Siberia though, so you can't really grow food there. Personally I would choose to live in a region with mild winters, but not too hot so you don't get any extremes.

[@DefenestrateYourself]

@@mbern4530 and where would that be?

[@sm3675]

Housing is not an investment

[@antonleimbach648]

We left Florida in 2019 after growing up there during the 1970’s. It’s way too hot, expensive, crowded, and polluted. We now live on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee and are enjoying four seasons again.

[@sweetness371]

My friend moved from Wisconsin to Florida last year because of how horrible her seasonal depression was here in Wisconsin. So far, even with the floods this year, she thinks she made the right choice for her. Personally, I don't mind toughing out the winters here because the rest of the year makes up for it.

[@dorino9057]

Yeah, during the winter, you can wear more clothes to stay warm but during the summer no matter how little you wear you will be hot

[@DefenestrateYourself]

@@dorino9057 hilariously wrong. You can be in shade, go in a pool, turn on a fan, turn on a/c. It’s easier to cool off than warm up. Piling on layers of clothing just to leave your home is a massive pain and driving in winter is miserable. I have zero regrets escaping out of the Midwest

[@suebehr507]

Absolutely! I love WI and it seems like the winters aren’t nearly as bad as they were just 20 yrs ago. WI lakes, landscapes and wildlife are beautiful!

[@charlesb7019]

If you have ever lived in Iowa, you would understand. The urge to live ANYWHERE that has decent weather, something to do, and any form of natural beauty at all is overwhelming.

[@PaulaTourville-po7fg]

9 months out the year Florida is dangerously hot and humid . If you want natural beauty .....well that has been plowed over for homes , condos and strip malls !

[@StLouis-yu9iz]

You should move to StL then, still very climate resilient and the MOST underrated city in the world! ⚜️👍

[@beanieknowledge9019]

This hits hard. At least in a hurricane or wildfire you feel alive. I'd truly rather live anywhere than the midwest

[@geofflepper3207]

Iowa must be one of the safest places in the United States in terms of weather but didn't it get hit by some sort of weird "land hurricane" a few years ago and suffer a lot of damage?

[@jj6148]

@@geofflepper32072020 Derecho with like 140 mph winds iirc (Cat 4 Hurricane equivalent)

[@tHebUm18]

$229,900 is a steep discount? Your routine reminder how broken the US housing situation is!

[@classified022]

That is very cheap when compared to most of the G7

[@victoriaeads6126]

​@@classified022 The difference is that in the other G7 countries, health care is actually care, not milking people for every penny before they are allowed to survive. When you take health care costs out of the equation, even with a small increase in taxes (if we taxed billionaires on their assets, there wouldn't have to be any tax increase for almost anyone) and regulate the rent & mortgage systems to help the regular people instead of 'increasing shareholders value' by jacking up costs because they can and effectively keeping people extremely poor, along with actually tying wage increases to inflation and limiting how much CEO pay packages can be compared with the average worker, then the housing costs wouldn't be so out of whack with what people can afford.

[@173jaSon371]

@@victoriaeads6126 Woahhhh get out of here with your rational thinking!

[@nikij.6058]

$600k is average price in northwest area of Oregon.

[@uresfffff222]

@@victoriaeads6126free healthcare is a joke , I can’t deal with long wait times.

[@dianestewart893]

I'm from Kansas, but a year and a half ago we moved to Wisconsin. Everyone I've met has asked me WHY, and I always say "climate change". I'm 71 years old and have been an environmental activist for decades. It was a no-brainer for me. Ironically, since we moved, Kansas Ctiy has had way more snow than here in Wisconsin.

[@JayPea7204]

People from the Cities used to make fun of us with our cold and extreme winter storms. Now, the worst of the winter weather goes through Central and Southern Minnesota and we have better weather than they do. The temperatures are lower, but not that much any more

[@danielevillegas]

Omg! Welcome to Wisconsin! I moved from California myself and I like the long term odds of Wisconsin much better, too.

[@StLouis-yu9iz]

Should’ve just moved to StL instead. 😜

[@danielevillegas]

@ I don’t think moving to St Louis is the best choice for everyone lol. Madison, WI has a much better economy with higher wages, better quality of life and far less crime than St Louis. Just sayin’ 🤷‍♂️

[@VegitoBlue202]

I moved to Kansas City from Florida and tbh I rather go back cause the part of Florida where I lived got the least bad impacts from hurricanes but Kansas City is getting more and more Blizzards and tornados. I wanna move to Chicago, Dallas or Atlanta.

[@mariahspapaya]

Native Floridian here…we are happy to not have anymore snow birds or migration here since it’s almost priced natives out of our homes unless we were already homeowners before Covid hit. It’s now insanely populated here and the traffic is insane. I would love to be able to enjoy my home state again and to be able to afford to buy a home in the near future. We can withstand the hurricanes but we are tired of the price gouging.

[@dsyy90210]

I live in Pinellas County FL and the sheer amount of destruction caused by Helene and Milton was incredible. equally incredible is the audacity to build some of the county's most valuable real estate on swamps or reclaimed land (so at sea level!!) with almost none of them on stilts. Helene just pushed 7+ ft of stormsurge into these peoples' homes and they had to sit around like 🤷‍♀️ and wait for the tides to subside. why were these areas even developed to begin with??

[@prettypic444]

I'm from Los Angeles (I'm fine), and housing situation is crazy. It doesn't help that insurance companies are currently CANCELING fire insurance policies when we need them most. We literally had to make a rule a few days ago that companies couldn't cancel people when their houses are in an active fire zone!

[@bdhanes]

Insurance is pure evil.

[@elmurcis1]

While it is bad thing to do, one understands insurance side (up to some amount) - when local management is making situation more risky and on top not allowing to increase payments, no wonder they wanted to get out of there. Now loses will be covered by other customers elsewhere (insurance always works with using most customers money to pay few. Minus profit ofcourse)

[@EdwardM-t8p]

Insurance has become a scam

[@dansands8140]

I live in the south. It's nice here. Housing is affordable. Hurricanes are a non-issue. This video is all lies. Although yes - flood insurance is ruinous.

[@SinNeighbor]

Why would insurance cover areas that are likely going to have a natural disaster event every year when premiums are frozen and housing prices are raising?? Really question, why would they?

[@brazendesigns]

And then there's the issue of the Southern states turning into little theocratic dictatorships. Not wanting to live in Gilead is one hell of a motivator for some of us.

[@ecurewitz]

Another reason to stay in New England

[@DisposableSupervillainHenchman]

Living in Georgia, you’re not wrong. Plenty of crazies here. And weirdo militia types deep in the mountains apparently. I have far too many relatives that are homeschooling, anti-evolution crackpots. I’m really thankful I went to decent public schools.

[@MailleGrace]

Yet another reason to flee South Texas.

[@constantk8780]

​@@ecurewitz another reason? Implying there's even one?

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

@@DisposableSupervillainHenchman I'd rather have the militia type as neighbors than someone so critical of their fellow man.

[@ryandelatte3294]

I always said I’d live if Louisiana my entire life. Not because I like it but because my family is here and my work opportunities are great. Unfortunately after having my first child I finally decided to do my own research on climate change to hopefully disprove it and give myself some reassurances, obviously the truth of the matter changed my perspective on everything and I am now planning on moving. I was considering Minnesota but I am afraid of the cold that might come with an AMOC collapse so I’m going to wait for more data and continue to learn, buy equipment, and plan for a future of unpredictable weather patterns.

[@patrickherbermann1202]

New England isn’t bad. We’ll be getting some of the hurricanes and such, but not nearly as badly as the southeast. We’ve also got a lot more local governments that are receptive to planning for climate change, and our temperate to cold climate will likely shift to just temperate or warm. Also, there’s a high quality of life here and plenty of career opportunities. Best of luck, so sorry that your home is becoming unsafe.

[@evie133]

The AMOC collapse will bring extreme cold weather to Europe, not so much to North America. No where will be 100% safe from climate change but IMO the Great lakes region is one of the safest. Lots of fresh water which is going to become scarce in other parts of the country. Just make sure you get a house with a fireplace and have wood on hand in case you get power outages in the winter

[@ethanorazietti]

i’d suggest looking into connecticut. much lower climate risk than many areas even with amoc collapse. great education and infrastructure, but expensive. winters are kinda cold but have gotten much milder as we have only seen 2 inches of snow this year

[@kronos6460]

Any AMOC change will have minimal to no effect on the America's and almost exclusively impact Europe where I am, so you should be good. Imho if I lived in the states anywhere around the great lakes would be my preferred destination as the lakes mitigate climate extremes. While upstate New York for example (around Buffalo area) is shrinking currently, in 20 years it'll be booming and land values will skyrocket. Best of luck.

[@sncy5303]

Since you have done the right thing and did your research, which I very much respect, previously thinking that climate change might not be a big issue, maybe you can explain to me why so many people here in the US outright deny human caused climate change? The data is so clear that I simply don't understand how some people can be so wilfully ignorant, especially when it comes to the future of our civilization that is threatened by climate change?

[@roguea987]

Florida native of the Tampa Bay area, I've been paying attention to climate change for over a decade. I knew there would be a day when our property would become uninsurable, in the mean time the rates would continue to rise and become less and less affordable. We moved out last summer to avoid becoming climate refugees. I'm not sure if we picked the best spot for it. But, we still needed access to medical care and employment opprotunities. So, it was a bit of a compromise. It was a huge gamble; but, I couldn't imagine living in a permenent state of disaster for the rest of my life. Unfortunately, WNC saw its largest disaster ever. However, this isn't likely to repeat every year. It may never flood like this again in our lifetime. It was 100 years since the last big one. Meanwhile where we moved from saw flooding from Debbie, Helene and major winds from Milton. When we went back at Christmas the beaches were nearly empty. Missing all of those snowbirds who would pack them up as there was no places for them to stay due to all the damage. Some buildings marked "OK Demo" showed how bad it really was with sand pouring out of the first floor 2/3rds the way up the front door and some walls burst out. There is no real escape from climate change; but, I'm hoping where we are now will be tollerable for the rest of our lives, with no water shortages, and retaining access to food directly from local farms. Because, that will be the real disaster. Water and food access. If you don't believe in climate change, you're not paying attention. If you were paying attention, you'd see that rich people and large companies are buying up agricultural land. To ensure water rights and access to food. Home insurance costs and their demands are on the rise; because, they've monetized climate change. They can see the trends and models in their actuary tables. Its time to start paying attention.

[@thewanderingstarseed]

Where did you end up moving to? I’m in Clearwater and don’t know where to go. My entire family lives here. Ugh

[@BuddhismHotlineTV]

I’m leaving Tampa for Tennessee in 1 month Jesus is king

[@Runco990]

I moved up north from southern California a few years ago. As tragic as what's happening right now, I dodged a bullet. I knew it was just a matter of time. However, when asked why I moved to a snow area, I just answered that I can heat and put on warm clothes, but I can't peel off my skin! AC no worky without electricity.... wood stove do! I don't care how "nice" it is.... seasonal disasters are NOT for me, thank you!

[@SysadminJohn]

It's crazy that we so often plan for short term. Many people don't seem to care about what happens a few decades down the road. Construction reflects this - houses are built with flakeboard and other poor, non-lasting materials (which just happen to have lots of formaldehyde) and aren't build nor expected to last more than fifty years. Why is housing so poorly planned?

[@homewall744]

Because government fully regulates housing and the insurance market.

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

WTF is flakeboard? Do you mean MDF?

[@evie133]

Real estate markets care more about increasing profit margins than building quality homes. The only way that changes is if government steps in to force companies to build according to the natural disaster risks etc

[@constantk8780]

You think our construction is bad. China doesn't plan for entire cities to last even one decade.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Watch the Aesthetic City. Some people are fighting for buildings that last centuries. This culture of making everything disposable and planned obsolescence is a problem everywhere. It partly comes from corporate greed. Watch More Perfect Union on corporations hoarding homes and buildings. Jedu talked about the same thing in New York. Watch Design Theory on how planned obsolescence is everywhere. Such as his video on it being hard to repair things.

[@karikling6751]

I live in Philly, and, currently, we don't have many strong natural disasters. People who live near the creeks and rivers might have to be wary of floods, but that's about it. That's not to say that there's nothing for anyone to worry about here. This past fall we had an extreme drought that started some brush fires and may have tanked some farmers, but usually there isn't much weather-related risk here. I'm trying to stay put right now.

[@MbisonBalrog]

Didnt the Schuykill River flood last year or two?

[@karikling6751]

@@MbisonBalrog I think that was the Delaware a few years ago, but like I said it's not usually an issue unless you live on the banks. The Schuylkill River did flood last summer, but it wasn't serious. The risk with flooding that can become an issue for cities that otherwise don't face much flooding risk is the car infrastructure that floods easily if storm drains aren't well maintained.

[@mrbear1302]

what about Hurricane Sandy?

[@karikling6751]

@ Yes, but that really doesn't happen often. We might get the remnants of a hurricane, but actually getting hit with the brunt of the hurricane is not that common in the northeastern US. Hurricane Sandy was also kind of a one of a kind storm in that it went further north than most hurricanes and collided with a nor'easter coming down from Canada in late October. We haven't had anything else like it in the northeast in my memory, and I've lived there the vast majority of my life.

[@roynoccorina5022]

I would call Kensington a strong natural disaster.

[@Joe-ij6of]

Winters build character

[@robertjamesonmusic]

Tell that to Jack Torrance

[@sunnyyoung5762]

A nasty, sour, humorless one...in my case..

[@macgregorwiggins1285]

I'm taking care of our farm in Texas by myself, while my husband recuperates. Lots of animals to care for. The freezing we just came through and the one on its way is definitely building a surly, rotten character in me.

[@magesalmanac6424]

Winter makes me feel tired and miserable. I thrive in the heat ☀️

[@karlstrauss2330]

OK boomer

[@shadowplay29]

American exceptionalism is one helluva a drug. "Climate change will never happen to me!" But seriously, great video. Usually I scoff at CEO interviews, but I appreciated what that guy had to say about making changes/updates to your home that will help mitigate damage during a climate disaster. I will be taking his advice to heart.

[@vr3919]

I lived in Miami for 27 years. Moved to Detroit for work and turned to be the best decision ever. Cold and snow might be inconvenient but never watching the cone of uncertainty and paying 1/8 the price of home insurance I used to is unbeatable.

[@ElectronicMusicUnderground]

I moved from Seattle to Detroit to lower my cost of living by 90%. Plenty of work here and with low cost of living my stress level is much lower. I can handle the hood but i cant handle high cost of living and earthquakes anymore hahahaha.

[@louurich9087]

@@ElectronicMusicUnderground glad you re enjoying yourself here.

[@louurich9087]

Glad we have made a good new home for you,

[@ElectronicMusicUnderground]

@@louurich9087 Im actually rebuilding the city just like the many thousands of people who moved here are doing along with the thousands of out of state investors that are funding to rebuild the majority of the homes that are being rebuilt. Also my grandfather whos native American moved to detroit in the 40s and opened gas stations. Im making my own way here nobody is giving me anything and my family has been in the midwest for thousands of years.

[@ElectronicMusicUnderground]

@@louurich9087 Ive lived all over the US. I like adventure. Detroit wont be the last place i live. Right now its a place that suits my skill set and experience traveling to rough regions well. I enjoy breathing life into things people think should be thrown away so i enjoy rehabbing abandoned houses instead of them being torn down only for new low quality homes to replace them. The more houses we rebuild the lower the rents will go eventually because its all about supply and demand. Just like how the majority of people in michigan are not native and owe thanks to natives for being here before all others most people here now moved here to work or someone in their family before them did.

[@davidboulton5793]

Thanks for the videos and information. Education on the issues we face is so important

[@MyLoganTreks]

Perhaps facts and real information will be outlawed by the new administration

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

Leaving places with cold winters for places with hot summers? I can always put on more clothes in the cold. Once I'm naked, I can't get any cooler. Especially with hot+humid places, where wet-bulb temperatures are getting very hot. If I was in a place with "nice weather," I'd want to spend it outside. If it's too hot to actually spend it outside, what's the point of living in a place with "nice weather."

[@MailleGrace]

Yep, this. I grew up in South Texas, and lots of folks here say they love the heat, but no, they actually don't. They're not going outside to play and hike in 90 degree heat ( which is most of the year), they just don't want to be cold ( less than 80 degrees indoors). They stay indoors, with the AC set to 80-85, and they only go outside to walk to their car. It's unhealthy, and people don't care. I'd rather live someplace a little chillier (and wetter) and have fun outdoors than broil for 9 months of the year.

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

@@MailleGrace I went to the beach last weekend. It was sunny…. and 45°F. No, I wasn't going to go swimming, but it was an enjoyable couple hours walking, playing with the dog, etc.

[@SanAndreasWatchParty]

45 F in the winter is not good enough for enduring 110+ F heat six months of the year. TX is off the radar

[@nalou6933]

Rather be in the cold. Hate hot and humid. I get both.

[@Strykenine]

That's just it. Phoenix doesn't have nice weather. It is pleasant six months out of the year and uninhabitable the rest of the time.

[@catlinhollow]

I live in north-central PA. Devastating climate risks in our county are mostly from flooding, generally caused by remnants of huricanes. Occasionally we get microbursts with straightline winds, and super-rarely we get a tornado (that breaks up quickly due to our topography) . wildfires happen occasionally, but are small and easily contained. the snow and cold people complain about are nothing to worry about. Stock your pantry and have a generator and you'll be fine. All roads are generally passable within 8 hours of the storm end.

[@aluisious]

The area around the Great Lakes will be the most stable refuge from the climate disaster.

[@JoshJones-37334]

@@aluisiouslol!! It was under a mile of ice

[@perfectallycromulent]

It doesn't matter how much you insist that the winter in the northeast isn't a problem. Your personal acceptance of the cold doesn't change how other people feel about it. The reality is, most people would rather live in a place where the temperature never gets so cold it can snow. I live in Boston, so I'm not one of those people. But Northeastern folks need to realize that "no snow at all" is the standard that most people want, and stop trying to convince them that the occasional blizzard is no big deal.

[@whatgoesaroundcomesaround920]

Extreme cold plus loss of power is dangerous. If storms in northern and mountain states keep getting worse, and lasting longer, as we're told they will, periods of no power will last longer, too. Most of us can't afford a generator system connected to natural gas or propane -- if you're snowed in, how long will your gas generator keep even one room warm? Once you used up all the gasoline, you're in BIG trouble. I went through the long power loss in west Texas a few years ago -- it was bad. Luckily the western tip of the state supplied through El Paso refused to join the new Texas-is-independent power grid that failed, and I had a refuge with friends. That kind of thing is not s minor inconvenience, believe me!

[@aluisious]

@@JoshJones-37334 that’s not the problem we’re looking at, is it? “It’s under a mile of ice, Hurr.” Yeah and the whole planet was molten rock before that.

[@stacylitwin1466]

I'm in the Seattle area and while our cost of living is insane, we have mild weather. I mean to be fair that does mean that some of our infrastructure doesn't tolerate much more than normal amounts of stress which has caused issues during heat, wind, and flooding events in the last few years, but overall the extent of damage is way less

[@Jszar]

When I left the desert Southwest for college, I vowed never to move back. A region prone to lifetime-length droughts and probably at the beginning of another one is a region without a future.

[@peterzellmer3333]

Stop subsidizing insurance, and people will be less inclined to move to those places. CNN had a story this year in how Florida's last resort insurance (CPI Corp.) is one big storm away from insolvency, which will result in other Florida citizens having to shoulder the losses. So long as lawmakers keep the price of insurance less than the risk, people will live in risky places.

[@DisposableSupervillainHenchman]

A good point.

[@DanFlorio]

I live in Asheville, NC. To be precise, I live in Swannanoa, which is basically East Asheville. Here at our house, we had four large oak trees come down, but none of them caused any damage. We were lucky. The remaining oak trees that could cause damage will be cut down soon, just to be safe. We have well water, we're getting solar asap, we have Starlink in a box in case we need it, and we don't need to cross any bridges to get in and out. Where we live is as climate-safe as any place in the US. But across the road from us is nothing but devastation.

[@RoughNeckDelta]

are you getting a whole house battery with your solar? They're cheap and easy enough to DIY isntall.

[@DanFlorio]

@@RoughNeckDelta That's the plan. I do most things, including building my house, myself. But I leave a lot of the electrical stuff, that can kill me, to a pro.

[@Xergecuz]

My house is made out of block, cement and rebar. In the last 30 years it survived a small tornado and a small wildfire.

[@Trahzy]

An EF5 would still wipe it out, thankfully there hasn't been one since 2013. It's an all time EF5 drought actually.

[@mho...]

@@Trahzy yeeeah and a meteor can kill humanity & a bear can eat you alive..... fully off-topic

[@matthewhuang9588]

A small tornado (cleveland oh) went down my street about 10 years back. Our house was fine, but our neighbors tree didn't make it and bounced off our roof. My taste with climate disaster!

[@ssssaa2]

@@Trahzy EF5's have occurred, but they refuse to label tornadoes as higher than EF4 these days for some reason.

[@roxannef3964]

Love how informative this is

[@johnandmarylouwilde7882]

65 years ago, first session of my introductory Geography class at Michigan, the lecturer remarked that Americans tend to move to areas they shouldn't move to. He cited Southern California with high temperatures, drought , lack of water, earthquakes, mudslides, brush fires, as a prime example.

[@x-i-am-jinx]

I left the SE due to the rising humidity/heat. I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t go outside, couldn’t enjoy the beauty of the region due to the escalating temperatures suffocating me. I now am in an area that has fire risks (tho not nearly to the extent of CA 😢), but I don’t live in suffocation, can go outside, and don’t live under the threat of tornadoes in the night. When no place is truly safe, I’ll take the better option and live a better life.

[@thyswofo1006]

Floridas always been florida never been any colder

[@PaulaTourville-po7fg]

My ex - husband moved our family to SW Florida 37 years ago. After a direct hit by Ian , and impacts of Irma , Helene and Milton recently the rampant building and sprawl is ridiculous. Evacuations due to poor road planning adds to the danger

[@dorino9057]

Since you’re no longer together, I would recommend moving before the next hurricane

[@chikkin.salad.sandwich]

I can see why you left him

[@W-H-O]

I've been complaining about how they keep rebuilding disaster areas for decades, often to be ridiculed for my opinion that if you get hit with a disaster in an area that is prone to disasters the relief you get isn't to rebuild, but to relocate, rebuilding shouldn't fall on insurance companies or national relief funds if you are in a disaster area, if you want to rebuild, you do it on your own dime, if you want assistance from others, you need to move to someplace safer.

[@karlstrauss2330]

I ask the same thing about highways in Chicago. They’re constantly repaying those things after every winter storm lol

[@Alpwalker-xj2dx]

Great work, Maia and team. To see it all summarized like this, with maps to aid overall understanding, is fantastic. Major factors hold us collectively back from making good decisions. One is that there is very little central planning in our economy. So the midwest decays while the south flourishes and the major urban areas languish. As a result we let conditions develop that are ultimately harmful to our country and population. The second is that we are overall an individualist culture, one that puts impulse and short-term gain first. We gorge on fries and jelly donuts and postpone any concerns about heart disease. Some nations are not like this. People and governments actually think ahead much more, and act accordingly. I love my freedom, but I think we are collectively beginning to run out of road as a culture when it comes to climate change.

[@jenniferhawkins9020]

Love the mapping!

[@Starship007]

Our lifespans are so short that we do not realize how violent Mother Nature is. From earthquakes, tsunamis, meteorite impacts, tectonic plate movement, volcanoes, etc. 70% of the earth covered by ocean. It would not take much of a meteorite hitting the ocean to cause a huge tsunami. 🌊

[@nicholaswakenight3528]

Great Video. Insightful and detailed. Please keep it up!

[@JayPea7204]

I live in northern Minnesota and I really feel I live in one of the safest parts of the nation as far as climate and geology go. We don't have volcanoes, we don't have much earthquake risk, we don't have mountains or oceans to roil the weather, we don't have hurricanes, with all the farming going on around us we don't have wildfire risk, most tornadoes don't impact us much. The worst case scenario is if there is a cold snap with either a blizzard or ground blizzard and the electricity fails for several days. Keeping warm will be a problem. It happened in April of 1997, but luckily it wasn't very cold (relatively) so we were able to use our generator to power our fridge, furnace and TV, alternating with our sump and lift pumps. No power for 3 days, but we survived. I wouldn't want to do that when it is -20 degrees, though.

[@DisposableSupervillainHenchman]

It’s also got to be pretty safe as far as the crime rate too, yes?

[@CampingforCool41]

Biggest projected danger for northern Minnesota is just wildfires. But otherwise Minnesota is one of the safest states in the country from climate change.

[@nicholenaff8274]

It’s always baffled me that Americans are still moving to places we know will be under water soon. I just don’t understand.

[@MailleGrace]

Part of the problem is that lots of folks, both private citizens and political leaders alike, are emotionally connected to the false premise that there is no climate change. Facts won't budge emotions, so you can't reason and logic and argue to change their minds. You have to change their emotional response to climate change. That's a huge task. Their identity and their "tribe" that they identify with will change, and convincing folks to self-ostracize is an even bigger task. You have to create a community that will welcome them first, because without that, the climate deniers will choose to hang out with other deniers before they choose isolation. It's our human need for community and to be part of a "tribe" that needs to be addressed first, if we're going to de-program anyone caught in any conspiracy, climate or otherwise.

[@kmoses582]

Alarmist predictions have been wrong over and over again, 3.4 mm rise a year is not that crazy.

[@mikespangler98]

Soon as defined by geologists.

[@ummuser]

Isn't only Americans. Look how much building and wasteful resource use is done to promote Dubai and other Arabian cities as cities of the future. Literally the only worse places to invest in for the long term are on some Arctic glacier or a pacific island that won't be here in 30 years

[@troywallace322]

Soon but not in their lifetime.

[@danafreemanviolin]

I live in southern California and I love it here. The fires are terrifying, but I want to stay unless we can't insurance.

[@CJones-ft9qd]

Maiya, I read a great book about this, "The Psychology of Insurance." I just moved from the South back up North. I didn't walk. I ran...

[@TheGIGACapitalist]

People move to Florida for the same reason they buy lottery tickets- lack of comprehension of risk.

[@befayedocrimes4751]

Bingo. But it's not a common skill among those who would want to live in a state like that.

[@173jaSon371]

It's ignorant to chalk it up to anything other than money. I'm from Massachusetts and am 31. I have a parent, aunts, uncles, friends, parents of friends, cousins, along with other relatives who have all moved to the Carolinas, Florida, Missouri, Arkansas, NH, etc. I have zero acquaintances that have moved to Cali, Illinois, or NY because......news flash....the taxes are outrageous and people can't/dont want to pay it. Meanwhile, I have 5 friends who are all different forms of engineers in MA and Connecticut and all of them live in dumpy apartments in loud, obnoxious inner cities while working 12+ hour shifts to afford it. My grandfathers 1st house in coastal MA was 5k. My moms first house was 45k. My mom sold a house in MA for 325k just 6 years ago and it is now worth over 600k with a little work done to it and the taxes on it have basically DOUBLED. Her taxes in the midwest have gone up maybe 200 bucks in that 5+ years. So explain this one for me, how is anyone supposed to build a life in a place like that? You can't afford a nice home or repairs on it. You can't afford children or daycare for them or to have 1 parent stay home. And just your property taxes are going to be 5% of a couple's entire earnings if you each earn 70k take home. The REAL problem is that our healthcare, education system, and workplace rights have been eroded down to bedrock in the last 50 years so people need to pennypinch in order to survive. My grandparents were idiot factory workers with 401ks and pensions and retired by 60ish and lived long, prosperous retirements. Regular joe-blows today will never see that lifestyle in areas with unaffordable housing.

[@factorfitness3713]

​@@173jaSon371I didn't agree with anything you said until that last paragraph. More alike than different.

[@worldofdoom995]

​@@befayedocrimes475150% of Florida is brown. Check your racism.

[@lindat6688]

@@173jaSon371 I agree. I moved from Massachusetts, to Rhode Island, to Florida. I now have zero state income taxes, which more than compensate for the insurance on my 3 bedroom home in central Florida. Yes, the summers are really hot. But this past week it was unbearably cold in Massachusetts and Rhode Island - in the single digits. At least my pipes won't ever freeze and burst. Last summer was really hot up north. Hurricanes and blizzards are getting more intense everywhere. if you live along the coast - north or south - you are at risk of getting slammed.

[@whatgoesaroundcomesaround920]

I live in SoCal, where wildfires and earthquakes are the greatest risk. I previously lived in far West Texas -- first in the Davis Mts. where wildfire and loss of power in winter storms threatened, then in El Paso, where flooding from the Rio Grande and wildfires were threats. I have also lived in IL(tornadoes & winter weather), NJ (hurricanes & flood), the piedmont of SC (flooding from rivers), VA (flooding from rivers), Long Island (flooding, hurricanes) and MI (extreme winter weather, lowland flooding). There's not a single place that doesn't carry risk from weather events. BUT you have to look at trends before deciding to move to someplace like coastal FL, and hurricanes do damage inland as well. And deciding to go without insurance -- not being recently cancelled, but consciously deciding you won't pay for it -- should mean NO assistance beyond immediate help. This trend is just another facet of the feeling of entitlement so prevalent today. I'm happy for my tax money to help people who came to harm through events beyond their control. I don't want to help pay to rebuild for folks who chose not to be insured, deliberately laying the burden on the rest of us. And particularly if that rebuilding is in a flood zone!

[@ravenarrow4631]

I'd be fine with not paying insurance and not receiving aid if something happens. I would take it even further and say if I or my family don't use certain services, then I shouldn't be taxed to pay for everyone else to get those benefits if I'm not getting them.

[@matthewhuszarik4173]

It’s disingenuous to say every place has weather risks. It is the degree of risk and it varies greatly. The Northern Mid Western states don’t face a lot of risk and as climate change gets worse their cold winters actually get milder.

[@Ali_forward]

This is such a great series.

[@nickd4310]

Cities along the great lakes have depressed property prices, have moderate climates, are safe from flooding and hurricanes and have plenty of water. It would make sense for people to move there.

[@Lzrdman91]

I’m moving this year to Chicago.

[@rosemaryirwin3305]

I live there too. Winters have never been easier. Summers are rarely as high as the 90s. Luckily, the billionaire's are scared of our higher property tax rates but even with those houses here are affordable for new families. And those taxes pay for local libraries, schools, etc.

[@ElectronicMusicUnderground]

Actually there are plenty of hurricanes around the great lakes but i moved to michigan anyways...

[@louurich9087]

@@ElectronicMusicUnderground no, there aren’t. And this from someone who has lived in Michigan for decades. What you said about hurricanes is not true. We do get tornadoes occasionally.

[@ElectronicMusicUnderground]

@@louurich9087 Tornadoes

[@darrtrubb]

Left Florida after 27 years to return to Massachusetts. Got sick and tired of Hurricane anxiety, extreme temperatures, highest insurance rates in the country due to climate change. Florida will undoubtedly be the first state to fall to climate change in the very near future. Winters never felt so great!

[@JustinWarkentin]

I really did a lot of research before moving to where I'm at now but now that I've been here six years I've had three home insurance claims. I didn't realize that I'm in a small part of the region that experiences more extreme weather. I get much more rain than the rest of the region and much more intense wind. It's all been very expensive even with insurance covering so much. And I still have expensive problems to solve to protect my property. Luckily flooding isn't a risk. Fire maybe. Earthquake for sure. Unfortunately, it would triple my annual insurance rate to add earthquake coverage. That's the big one I didn't know before moving. I really wish there was an easier way to get the full picture of what problems you might have in different areas.

[@Jacob99174]

I’m sure the Actuarial Analysts at insurance companies already have that information! I’d gather a few cities you’re interested in, and simply get a home insurance quote to get a sense of overall risk in that region. Your example of very high earthquake insurance cost, indicates high risk of earthquakes. All baked into their calculation 👍🏿

[@user-vr3mr5eu7y]

There is. Better researching

[@cratecruncher4974]

Justin, your wish is granted. The website Zillow recently added hazard risk assessments for all listed properties in the country on their website. I was looking at Flagstaff AZ until I saw what a fire trap it has become. It will likely have a chilling effect as more people become aware of it.

[@5irshsistaz]

With disaster and flooding. I wish this country would make infrastructure a priority. Roads, bridges levies. Also water and power. I wish we as a country could make our country a priority. I understand the need to help others. And please no bs about presidents it’s been going on for decades or centuries really.

[@JustinWarkentin]

@@5irshsistaz infrastructure is expensive and nobody wants higher taxes. As long as everyday people are struggling to make ends meet we aren't likely to see the kind of investment we need.

[@drmccleggan]

When looking for my home a few years ago, if the flood risk was anything over 1 out of 10, I immediately eliminated it. I can't fathom moving to a place that has such a high risk.

[@paulhefferon3749]

I live in northern Ohio and one of the best things about it is that most people do not want to live here. Ahhh! So refreshing.

[@intentionally____k]

Get ready for a new neighbor

[@rwall3450]

Yeah because Ohio is Wack. Lol.

[@paulhefferon3749]

Ohio is sitting on huge reserves of fresh water and due to climate change the winters are getting shorter, the summers are glorious with temperatures rarely exceeding the low nineties. So I'm sure that we will be seeing a lot of climate refugees in the near future.

[@DefenestrateYourself]

@@paulhefferon3749 and the politics of Ohio are trash and getting worse

[@paulhefferon3749]

@DefenestrateYourself I thought we were talking about the physical reality of climate change and the response to it not the politics of division that you are hung up on. We are all in this together. Get over your narrow butt hurt perspective, look at the bigger picture. We don't have time for that BS.

[@galaxblunt8795]

Feels more realistic now after seeing all the nice beachside mansions got wiped out by the fire in westcoast

[@Rqs79]

It's nowhere to go unless to go. Every region in the U.S. has SOMETHING. I live in Houston. It's humidity, flooding and tropical storms. California has wildfires and mudslides, The East coast, Midwest and North have a bit of everything from blizzards to tornados. Climate change has changed the entire landscape. I've been ready to leave Houston because I'm tired of the flooding, the rain, the storms and the power outages. The people who are against Climate change are the ones who benefit from not addressing climate change and implementing policies to attack Climate change.

[@BS-vx8dg]

I would much rather be snowed in 24 days a year than to live 24 hours in Phoenix. And yet, Houston, with its humidity, is probably worse.

[@daverogers1516]

Watched video after video of seniors dragging everything they own to the curb in St. Pete and decided it was time to go. Have lived in Florida for nearly 40 years. Apart from the horrible politics that prioritizes culture war issues over climate change, the risk has just become too great. We're hoping we're ahead of the curve before property values begin to fall. We have a place in the southern tier of New York that we're relocating too. Rural, with its own challenges for seniors. But less risk for these "low probability, high impact" events. I don't want to be in my 70s trying to "recover" from a catastrophic loss in a disaster area. A skill in life is knowing when to leave the party. The party is over in Florida.

[@allen7585]

At some point it will just be unsustainable. A 2018 study by the University of Cambridge and Munich (before all the covid migration) stated that if Miami and Florida coast had a direct hit from a category 5 hurricane (which isn’t that much of a fantasy), it could cause $1.3 TRILLION in damages. It could cause the entire collapse of the insurance industry requiring massive bailouts. It’s not if, but when. Americans are moving to the south because “it’s cheaper” tax wise but the entire population of America is subsidizing people living in these areas because we have to pay higher premiums to offset the staggering costs associated with all the issues these areas are facing. The older I’m getting the more I’m realizing how delirious we Americans are overall. We think we can control everything if we just throw money at it. It’s kind of a product of our “American exceptionalism” pounded into us as kids. But there are things that we just can’t control like weather or pandemics. Just like with covid, you saw who understand life vs those that said it was “no big deal now open everything up because I want Applebees” - Just like the 15-20% of Floridians with no home owners insurance….WHAT!? I’d take side hustles and cut back on all entertainment just to have insurance. In Florida without insurance!? What do these people think will happen if their home gets majorly damaged or destroyed from a hurricane?? Someone bail them out?? Americans are just absolutely delusional and don’t plan longer than 5 minutes

[@JohnSmith-ds7oi]

The end times are near, just like the bible says.

[@ClintHollingsworth]

I live in the Eastern Cascades in WA state. Our biggest problem will always be fire.

[@Becca4.2]

I just left Southeast Louisiana for Tennessee. Its so many things. Opportunity, cost of living, loss of infrastructure and lack of access to entertainment venues - Louisiana has music and food, sure but not much else. The heat the year before I left made it prohibitive to be outside in the summer at all - we had 100 days straight of 100+ heat index days. Summer is stifling. There is no point in the year where its just comfortable. Sure, my homeowners insurance doubled from 2017-2024 but that alone wouldn't have made me move. Louisiana's schools are atrocious. The crime ... so much crime ... Its all of it. I will *always* regret moving. I will always want to move back. My family has been there since the 1730's. Its just not tenable anymore.

[@watsonwrote]

That's so sad; seems like something beautiful has been lost. The state seems like one of the worst in the country by many metrics but the history of culture and art in the region is impressive. Maybe some day it will revive, but it does you no good to suffer there now.

[@DesmondReed-y7e]

Just get AC. Imagine what your ancestors had to endure!! A lot more than you 😅

[@Becca4.2]

@DesmondReed-y7e actually no. It was considerably cooler just 40 years ago when I was a kid muchless 200. Besides I said I left not that I was thinking about leaving.

[@DesmondReed-y7e]

@Becca4.2 okay 🤣

[@DesmondReed-y7e]

@Becca4.2 fact checking this, most of the temp records are 1900-1910. The hottest ever temp was: 114°F (46°C) in Plain Dealing on August 10, 1936. You're lying and you're weak. I think your ancestors dealt with a lot though!

[@Equulai]

11:00 The suggestion that you should put fewer plants around your house to mitigate fire risks only shows that this insurance has its bottom line in mind and not sustainability, nature protection or livable homes. Instead of suggesting to people to put fewer plants around their homes, they should suggest putting the right plants in their lots. Plants that are native to the area, plants that help the soil retain more water or don't use up too much water, plants that are more fire-resistant. Just putting more concrete, cobblestone and gravel around your house won't improve the situation.

[@xianghouzinjianghu5001]

Yes agreed. And also how about we start building homes out of STONE AND SOLID BRICKS like the homes in Europe and the Middle East were built for thousands of years?! Literally all the houses in the US are built out of actual cardboard. Interesting the buildings in Rome and around the old world are still standing perfectly for thousands of years

[@lindat6688]

I think what they mean is don't plant anything right up against your house. Keep a plant-free perimeter about 10-15 feet around your home. It decreases the chances of your house catching on fire. Outside of that, plant away! I agree - natives are the way to go. We planted a pollinator garden in the backyard, but it is at least 10 feet away from the house.

[@Off_the_clock_astrophysicist]

While I am having trouble re-adapting on this cold January up in North-East Pennsylvania, following two years in a row of non-winters, I am very glad I made the move back up North. I spent 10 years in the South (central Texas then central Georgia) and was planning my move back north all that time. The reason it took so long is the top reason cited in the video: job (and education) opportunities. When buying my current home, I did consider the geography. I picked one that is up on a hill with good drainage. Forest fires are not a thing where I live. Not much of anything else are a thing, and I like it that way.

[@maramcmanus9669]

This isn't just about hurricanes and wildfires. There is also a looming water crisis in the west, that will affect the whole country. When I was about 6 years old, back in the late 60's, my family moved from california to a northwestern state. We moved out to the country and our house was on the well head of a major irrigation canal. Our first day in the new house, a contingent of farmers with rifles and shot guns over their arms, showed up at our front door. My dad was at work, so it was just my mom and us kids. I stood behind her and heard every word as these dozen men threatened and intimidated her with guns so she understood in no uncertain terms what they were prepared to do if we disrupted their water or exceeded our shares. Years later, I worked as a senior director for a hydroelectric power co. I know the projections and current realities in places like central CA, LA and Phoenix. It is grim. Their water comes from the high mountain deserts of the north. The Colorado river. States like Idaho, oregon, and Utah have water issues too, but they are closer to the sources. Do you really think when it all starts to dry up they will just let it go to the south without a fight? You are kidding yourself if you do and yet we keep growing and building in places like phoenix, vegas and reno. Dumb and dumber. Personally, knowing what is coming, I moved my family to inland Northern New England. Winters can be tough, but we have no earthquakes, no hurricanes, no fires and we have water. When are people going to learn?

[@bayouwolf220]

I’m a U.S. Navy sailor and I currently live in New London, CT for an A-school that I am no longer a part of and instead will be going back down to the Deep South - Pensacola, FL to be specific, for I’ll be assigned to a squadron. I am a native Louisianian from Slidell, LA - which just so happens to be a city in one of my state’s five parishes (counties, for the rest of y’all) with that +80% premium uptake. To summarize to keep y’all from getting bored, after my time serving our great country, I am moving back to Louisiana (either my hometown or Lafayette, where I’ve lived previously for college) mostly because of my state’s wondrous culture, traditions and hospitality. Regardless of climate change, I refuse to leave, in part because I’ll also be long gone before Louisiana’s doomed descent into the Gulf happens. But anyway, that’s my two cents.

[@nin10ja]

I started putting together a disaster kit yesterday, I feel like were are getting close to the point of no return with climate change. I live in central Oregon we have wildfires all the time and seeing what’s happened in LA is horrible and I want to be ready

[@kinglumpy6145]

You're mentally ill

[@Based_n_Boredpilled]

Remember: While you are in Florida, you are surrounded by Florida Men.

[@shamrock5725]

Where else will we all go? Everywhere else other parts of the year is tornadoes, flooding, cold weather, snow and lack of jobs.

[@mitchconner403]

Colorado, The Great Lake States, Idaho, Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington, Utah, Vermont, New Hampshire, the Northeast The Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming…

[@BadTalentShow]

My husband and I moved from SoCal to MidCoast Maine in 2014 to be near family and be able to afford a home. So far I feel good about the decision-really good since the fires! The south was always out of contention due to sea level rise, hurricanes, tornadoes and extremely hot summers. I HAD to get out of the heat and smog and congestion. No major weather events here except a couple of blizzards. A generator is a must have.

[@johnmcnulty4425]

People in my region of SW Pennsylvania have been going south for decades. People complain all the time about the weather here in Pittsburgh, but the winters really aren't that hard, the summers usually only have a handful of days that reach 90 degrees, way fewer (and weaker) tornadoes than further west and not in the path of devastating nor'easters along the Atlantic coast either. So glad I stayed..

[@richardleduc2193]

Great video. Thanks.

[@joanhall3718]

I’m coping by selling my Condo and moving into an RV. I know it’s not real estate so has financial disadvantages, but I can drive it out of the path of a major weather event ( fire in my neck of the woods).

[@jpx1508]

RE the Los Angeles Fires, a fascinating show. Explanations of population movement correlated to extreme climate events (and with PBS again demonstrating woman needs man like fish needs bicycle). The researcher reaches an excellent conclusion: Americans make complex location decisions demonstrating unique preferences, some justifying living in high-risk areas. They do this for reasons they value higher than they value location risk; therefore, it may be the best government/business policy is to encourage building to mitigate risk. As demonstrated with the survivors from the LA Fires, something technology now allows us to do.

[@brianfl33916]

I live in that town with the $300 million dollar home. When a hurricane hits it gets cleaned up very quickly. You can barely see any remnants of Hurricane Ian from 2 years ago. We have the infrastructure in place to deal with storms very quickly and efficiently. Keep this in mind also, the South may pay more in insurance but our taxes are far less. My insurance was $2,800 last year and my property taxes were $2,000. My wife wants to move back to Michigan where insurance is $1,000 but property taxes are $5,000. My coworker moved here to Florida from New Jersey where he was paying $18,000 a year in property taxes on a 2,200 sq ft home. Take your pick. I rather not deal with the cold and enjoy my boating, fishing, and the sunshine.

[@lindat6688]

Exactly. I also moved from the northeast to Florida. My savings on state income taxes more than covers my house insurance.

[@Hush99]

Excellent video as always.

[@stephaniesmythe8449]

I live in Louisville Co, where the Marshall fire surprised us all 3 years ago, burning more than a thousand homes, in a firestorm similar to what LA is dealing with now. What have I done? I have relatively fire resistant siding (hardboard) and a resistant roof, and defensible space around the home. I will be moving in 18 mos or so to a senior coop building, which is about 7 miles east, and less likely to be in a fire. Hail, wind will remain challenges, as will drought, here in the west. Were I to move away, it is likely to be towards the upper midwest, or New Zealand!

[@mrbear1302]

Hopefully you don't have to deal with tornadoes.

[@stephaniesmythe8449]

@@mrbear1302 Not often, but we get them, and there will be more as I move a bit east

[@UniquelySustainable]

I live in LA County so we already see how that is going. I do not plan on leaving SoCal even with the impacts of climate change being so great. My family and community are here. I've spent a lot of time looking into the regions that will fair best with climate collapse and its so enticing to try and move to those places but nowhere is safe and many of the predictions haven't been totally accurate. The issue of climate refugees is real and will worsen but we cannot expect the average person to pick up and move their entire life unless forced to. Not to mention trying to squeeze us into climate-safe zones would be disastrous in its own way. Resiliency and combating environmental destruction are key.

[@KevinYapjoco]

The real question we should be asking is: why aren’t we building with concrete?

[@adarateranroldan]

💵

[@davidmackie3497]

earthquakes

[@gazjaz2010]

because concrete is very expensive, also environmentally damaging

[@agrourbanista]

In Brazil, most buildings are made of concrete and they work well since we don’t deal with earthquakes, hurricanes, or massive wildfires. Some regions do experience floods and landslides, and urban areas in big cities often face severe flooding mostly because of poor zoning management and housing built in high-risk areas

[@dangremaus1164]

Fantastic video! I appreciate the quality of the research that went into it.

[@shiplesp]

I have been (half) joking for years that at some point people will be moving to New England for the weather. I have been living in Boston for 30 years, and except for the Blizzard of 1978, we have remained remarkably free from climate disasters.

[@AlsFoodForest]

with freedom comes responsibility, with choice comes consequences🙂

[@mirfjc]

yeah, but it also falls on the rest of us with bail outs in the form of federal aid and reduced economic activity. dumb location choices by some hit all of us.

[@AlsFoodForest]

@@mirfjc for now, yes. soon it will be so bad that rebuilding will not be an option, nor will it be necessary. the consequences are just beginning🙂

[@JohnSmith-ds7oi]

@@mirfjc That's the price of socialism. You eat at mcdonnalds I pay for your big pharma.

[@cfromnowhere]

Questions like this is why research on the social science of climate change is extremely importatnt. Most of such questions fall into disciplines like economics, sociology and human geography, which are all social science. Unfortunately, social sciences are notoriously underfunded almost everywhere and social science disciplines suffer the worst science denialism of all time, far beyond better-known examples like climate science and evolutionary biology. There is no way to reverse the trend before substantial damages being done to vulnerable communities without more support on social science.

[@JohnSmith-ds7oi]

America spends more per capita on social science research than any country in the world, by far.

[@carolewarner101]

Our biggest "climate" issue (Willamette Valley, NW Oregon) is fire, and it's nothing new. Despite climate change making things worse, it's really been the main issue here for millennia. The entire west coast ecosystem has co-evolved with fire. It's part of the deal of living in this part of the world. We had an offer in on the land back in 2020, when the Beachie Creek fire crept ever closer to "our parcel." As it turned out, it came within about a mile and a half of the property so it was spared...for the time being. Now we're building our house on that land, and to do our best to mitigate the fire risk, we're clearing about 3.5 acres around the house site of all trees (currently all conifers) and will be planting a relatively lush veggie garden in that area, as well as some deciduous trees. There will be 3' of stone siding at the base of the house and at least 5' of paved patio or rock garden around the entire sides of the house with no plantings in that 5' zone. In addition, the rest of the house "siding" will be a lime plaster over light straw clay walls (which basically do not burn). We're installing fiberglass or aluminum windows (TBD) and a metal roof with no valleys, as well as installing a sprinkler system with heads along the peak of the roof and all around the sides of the house to water down the sides of the house and the 20" surrounding the house thoroughly in the event of any fires/firebrands in our area. We're also putting in ceiling sprinkler heads inside the house that will be triggered should a fire start inside the house. These are normally only required in commercial buildings, but we'll get a discount on our home owners insurance and peace of mind by installing them. The water supply for that combined sprinkler system is a spring 160' up slope that keeps a 5,000 gallon water tank up there topped up. In the case of a power outage which would keep our well pump from operating, that water will gravity feed down to that sprinkler system by opening a valve down by the house. We'll try to figure out how to automate this in case we're not at home to open the valve ourselves. Additionally, there's a LOT of dry dead standing trees and dead branches in the forest on the property. It's PACKED with fuel just waiting to go up like a torch the moment there's a lightening strike or some idiot throwing their cigarette butt out the window! So we're in the process of systematically reducing that fuel load by heavy thinning and are also applying for both state and federal grants to get some financial help with with this ongoing project in the forest on our land, which basically hasn't been maintained for about 20 years since before we bought it. We're getting up in years, so we can only do so much so fast. If we can get some additional funding we'll be able to hire some help with this to make it go much more quickly! If we can weed out and chip up all the dead trees and branches in those overgrown forest areas, when a fire comes through (WHEN, because it's only a matter of time), it will hopefully stay on the ground and not get up into the crown of the trees to get totally out of control.

[@paulc6766]

You are obviously aware of the risks. I have those same risks, mitigation is expensive as you have outlined but as long as I can afford insurance I'm OK. If/when I rebuild it will be to new standards that will achieve what you are planning. There is a lot of discussion about forest maintenance, the accepted practice is simply to have proscribed burns, but this may be wrong as it promotes subsequent fires racing through the tree tops. That type of fire is a bad as you can get.

[@carolewarner101]

@@paulc6766 Frankly, if we tried to prescribe burn our way through the worst stretch of forest on our property we'd have a full blown canopy fire within minutes. It's that bad! It's one of those mono crop plantings of noble fir for Christmas trees that never ended up getting harvested or thinned whatsoever, and now their between 20 - 35' tall. At least a third of the trees in there are standing dead trees, and ALL of the trees in there that are still alive have dead branches from ground level up to about the top 25% of their canopy. They're spaced every 4-5', covering about 25 acres...and that's only one of the stands on the property. Granted, it's the largest problem stand of trees on the land by a good bit, but there are a couple other problem stands that are much younger with mostly live trees. In the case of that particular stand of trees, it's a complete disaster waiting to happen and needs MAJOR thinning and removal/reduction of the fuel load; definitely NOT a prescribed burn situation!

[@drwisdom1]

There was a fire to the East of us last Summer. So after that I cut down and logged 3 dozen standing dead trees in our yard. That fire motivated me.

[@ErikssonTord_2]

Fantastic! From start to finish!

[@hugotytgat9093]

Hi, I live in France and was wondering were you found the data that you use on this show. I'm really interested in the data like days above 100°, fire risk,... but in Europe. Could you tell me how to find it or even better, could you do an episode like this one but about Europe ? Anyway, thanks for the great show.

[@judydoyle1124]

I woukd chck out the USGS, NOAA and NWS sites