Some nice hurricanes and a beach side house when sea level rise comes to the end of their driveway.They'll get exactly what they deserve if they make that move.
Probably malaria.
Climate Change...
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And often to the second floor, e.g. places in Charleston...
My parents are in the process of moving back to the valley from Texas because it's cheaper here than in Travis County.
Perhaps I misremember, but didn't you say they were a part of the great cAlIfORniA iS tOo LiBeRaL aNd ExPenSive exodus? What does it cost to buy/sell two houses and to move twice?
They were. My Dad was definitely driving the move, for precisely reasons you mention. My Mom's only requirement was that family was located nearby - which meant the only option was the liberal and expensive Austin area. That didn't work out so well.
If only someone could have warned them.
El Paso's the only place in Texas I'd be inclined to revisit.
No worries. Why they didn't just wait for some acreage in a nearby, lower-taxed county is beyond me.You must forgive me, but:
I'd really like to visit Big Bend some day.
When you start describing how fucked up Texas is with the lack of public lands (as in a lot of trail areas are on pay-for-riding ranches), oppressive climate, lack of big mountains, etc., the residents tell you all about the terrain arround El Paso...except, it's a small part of the state and for 99% of the population, it's a 6-8hr drive at least. Austin was kind of cool for it's in-city trail network...but jesus christ that's just no fun when it's hot, which is most of the year, and then it was hours to get to Austin out of Dallas. I've been to trail networks in Dallas, Austin, Waco and San Antonio...but it just takes forever to get anywhere because any significant terrain is just that far away.
It's like if you lived in Wichita Kansas and going on about how great it is since you are only 8hrs from Colorado Springs.
It's like if you lived in Wichita Kansas and going on about how great it is since you are only 8hrs from Colorado Springs.
Oh yeah, I had a friend from here stationed there the last few years and there is absolutely legit terrain there. Some good places in NM aren't far away either.
You should. Be ready for lots and lots of javelinas everywhere tryna get all up in your shit.
You used to able to pay some dudes in a john boat to take you across the river to a little town on the other side. Get lunch. And buy a good amount of peyote buttons.
I spent a week there one summer in college. It probably sucks now but the joint was empty.
Terlingua?
My folks lived in Big Bend for a while, my very earliest memory's are of living in that park. My dad loved the country and the people on both sides of the river, but my mom HATED it. We would have moved from their when I was 4 or 5 and I've never been back. Dad had some stories about Terlingua, even in the late 70s it had kind of a rep for being a hangout for some wierder folks, even by desert people standards.
no across the river, mexico
Benito Juarez I think?
That would be a cool place to grow up. I really like that park.
Boquillos maybe? I remember dad talking about some kind of ferry that operated half the year and then the river got so low a pickup could just drive across.
maybe
google earth looks like a much bigger town than where we were, and the town layout doesn't look right, but this is was the 90s
there's also a US and mexican port of entry on both sides of that now
It wasn't a ferry, it was a dude in a tiny aluminum boat waking in waist deep water dragging the thing across with us sitting in it for a few bucks
I guess that's technically a ferry but it wasn't exactly a spot you could drive to. We had to hike in a ways.
Coup de gras with my dad? Total taxes in TX were only $1k less than in CA for $80k less income. All made up in local taxes, which he can't deduct because they are over $10k (see tax law change re: SALT in 2017). But hey, he's in TX now, so winner!
Yeah, when you realize how far behind Texas is for infrastructure and how they are struggling to build it fast enough...it's more like a tax-haven for businesses while the population has to suffer the effects of not enough revenue. True, some of these issues are the same for any urban area...but they have so much land to deal with and they build their rep on making it "easy" for business...so that gets shifted more to the lower income earners, like usual.Coup de gras with my dad? Total taxes in TX were only $1k less than in CA for $80k less income. All made up in local taxes, which he can't deduct because they are over $10k (see tax law change re: SALT in 2017). But hey, he's in TX now, so winner!
Was at 150% in most places just a couple months ago.
Its the middle of the winter in Lima. Not only am not wearing a coat, but I had to turn on the AC at my appartment today.
We are like 10 deg celcius above "normal".
This had me wondering so I googled some and came up with the IPCC Report. UN's research institution on climate change.
What impacted me the most from what I read today. "30% of humans in 2050 might live in regions not suitable for human life". That would be 4 billion people/refugees in 30 years.
We are fucked.
We are like 10 deg celcius above "normal".
This had me wondering so I googled some and came up with the IPCC Report. UN's research institution on climate change.
What impacted me the most from what I read today. "30% of humans in 2050 might live in regions not suitable for human life". That would be 4 billion people/refugees in 30 years.
We are fucked.
July 4 Was Earth’s Hottest Day In Over 100,000 Years—Breaking Record For 2nd Day In A Row
Scientists say July 4 could have been the hottest day on Earth in as many as 125,000 years.
www.forbes.com
Meanwhile... in red America:View attachment 196516July 4 Was Earth’s Hottest Day In Over 100,000 Years—Breaking Record For 2nd Day In A Row
Scientists say July 4 could have been the hottest day on Earth in as many as 125,000 years.
Humans are Maxwell's Demon.View attachment 196516July 4 Was Earth’s Hottest Day In Over 100,000 Years—Breaking Record For 2nd Day In A Row
Scientists say July 4 could have been the hottest day on Earth in as many as 125,000 years.
But there was that day in January that was 2 degrees colder than normal in that one place.Meanwhile... in red America:
Or... you know...
"Now listen, Eagle County, I will go on the record with you all tonight and say that I absolutely believe in climate change. It happens four times every year."
-Lauren Boobert
June extremes suggest parts of climate system are reaching tipping points
Research shows heat domes, wildfires, and vanishing polar ice are the symptoms.
arstechnica.com
Meanwhile... in red America:June extremes suggest parts of climate system are reaching tipping points
Research shows heat domes, wildfires, and vanishing polar ice are the symptoms.
I doubt it.
dO YoU DoUbT YoUr oWn eYeS?!?
Not after I burn them out with bleach!
@Changleen .....any thoughts on china telling kerry to fuck off.....