Still Time?

More frequently, we’re hearing it said out loud: the sheer number of natural disasters is taking a toll on peoples’ capacity to cope.

Floods, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, heat—it’s all starting to tear at infrastructure and the fabric of normalcy and sustainability, and the limits of human endurance. The damage from storms and such is so widespread that there is dwindling hope of recovery and rebuilding for many, and of insurance companies being willing and able to cover losses.

The simple yet totally unsurprising fact is that global warming and human-induced climate change is not only real, but is awakening people to the realization that life as they’ve known it is likely being permanently interrupted. The new normal looks to be having to deal with a steadier stream of dangerous and destructive weather, and the accompanying realization that the planet we live on and have taken for granted is slowly reclaiming itself and dispatching the source of its discomfort—which is us.

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