Comments on: The Time to Act is Now http://climateprogress.org/2007/04/06/the-time-to-act-is-now/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:45:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Cliff Figallo http://climateprogress.org/2007/04/06/the-time-to-act-is-now/#comment-4023 Cliff Figallo Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:10:20 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/04/06/the-time-to-act-is-now/#comment-4023 In part inspired by sites like Climate Progress, but mostly by having children and grandchildren who will have to deal with ever more serious consequences of CC, I'm writing a blog whose sole purpose is to point to evidence of people taking concrete action to adapt to CC impact, preferably in advance of that impact. We, the affluent, have the advantage of knowledge and available funding to adapt. Millions - or billions - of others will be caught unprepared and forced to suffer and/or migrate. We must build life preservers for them, too. I live on an estuary to the San Francisco Bay. Our home is about 30 feet above sea level. Nearby is the tony little town of Sausalito, its downtown just a few feet above sea level. The wealthy, too, are vulnerable. We just got back from New Orleans. People need to be reminded what devastation is like, even in the USA. In part inspired by sites like Climate Progress, but mostly by having children and grandchildren who will have to deal with ever more serious consequences of CC, I’m writing a blog whose sole purpose is to point to evidence of people taking concrete action to adapt to CC impact, preferably in advance of that impact.

We, the affluent, have the advantage of knowledge and available funding to adapt. Millions - or billions - of others will be caught unprepared and forced to suffer and/or migrate. We must build life preservers for them, too. I live on an estuary to the San Francisco Bay. Our home is about 30 feet above sea level. Nearby is the tony little town of Sausalito, its downtown just a few feet above sea level. The wealthy, too, are vulnerable. We just got back from New Orleans. People need to be reminded what devastation is like, even in the USA.

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