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For the last 50 years, Americans have flocked to the warm, sunny South. But, as climate change makes extreme heat, hurricanes, wildfire and flooding worse, will that trend ever STOP? Well, some regions might just be showing signs of a reversal, and they hold lessons for what other areas might expect as the world continues to warm.
Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how they’re changing, and what we can do to prepare.
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How can a property sell for $300M in that dangerous area
I would much rather live in South Dakota than Florida
If someone asked me, would you rather live in the Carolinas or Dakotas, I'll choose the Dakotas, cheaper and less crowded
When I was driving through south Dakota and Minnesota, I was treated like a friend, in south Carolina, I was treated like a slave owner
The south isn’t as dangerous as other places. Crime is bad in cities but not the country. Hot? Yes. Worried about being murdered? Not so much. The temps in Miami are not the temps in the rest of the south btw…. Alabama only had 2 110 degree days 😂
It's a 100% Prediction.The further south a human lives the more rolling dice it is.Future in thoughts?Further north one lives the better the future will be.NEXT!
I sold my house that was a few blocks from the Chesapeake Bay and moved in with my father . There were multiple reasons , he’s elderly and my mother had passed , he’s saving $$ in case he needs nursing care later and I’m trying to sock more away for retirement. But, we’re also miles away from water and 400 feet above sea level in a modern small city , in an older development that was well designed against flooding with brick ranches
My father likes to complain but our insurance rates are reasonable for the area and fuel costs are modest due to the efficiency of the house . There’s lots of little things an everyday person can do to decrease the likely hood of suffering from these events .
One problem is that the old timers could read the land. Now we have the Google to do that. This is a problem. If you buy a new house that is built on fresh land. There is no history of what happened to the land.
City planers are supposed to help with only allowing this to be built on good land. The problem is when all of the old people retired and then new young people come in. Now developers talk the young people into letting them build in places that are not safe.
It doesn't matter if a flood or mud slide hasn't happened for 40 years. If it had one in the past it will happen again in the future. We need to take that into consideration when we buy a house.
When you look at the historical moving patterns of the USA. You should see that people move away from disasters and then in twenty years they start to move back. The fact that usually it takes thirty years between natural disasters means that the public has no sense of how to judge the risk of an area.
My yard has flooded three times this year. It didn't flood once in the other 25 years I have lived here. The fact is that we got three very large rain storms. Every time my yard flooded we got 1/4 of our years precipitation in one day. Living in a desert state I think that it was not the norm and I'll be ok. The fact that my house is on the high ground in my city let's me know that the street couldn't handle the amount of water.
Everyone should know how to read and understand the dangers that are around there home's. Things like flood, fire and earth quake. If you know what might happen then you can know if you're home can survive minimal natural disasters.
I reside where there are four seasons, with winter and summer the right length for me. Living in place that is cold or hot most of the time would be a deal breaker for me.
So where is a reasonably safe place to live?
Looks like Oklahoma and Kansas will be within the Goldilocks zone soon. I predict a reverse dustbowl. Sending everyone back to the midwest
We will stop moving to the Sunbelt as soon as the winters of North stuff being 6 months long too cold too dangerous for old people nothing like falling on ice and breaking a hip.
Stay where you are. All regions are risky nowadays. No place will be exempted from earthquakes, tornadoes, flash floodings, landslides, hurricanes, droughts, blizzards, etc.
When will we stop overpopulation that makes everything more difficult to do?
I have seen a lot of people coming from western United States
And from up north is coming South
Including North Carolina
Love your reports
Your recent report on the California fires made me realize that I should look into making my home fire safe. I live in Welland, Ontario Canada in the Niagara Region, about half an hour from Buffalo. Our weather has changed and there is evidence in the plants and animals in the area. We are a storm away from losing our home and that is scary. Thank you for all you do.
Shockingly quickly??
crime and how its punished is a huge part no matter how your weather may be
but sea levels haven't changed
In the next centuries what if we have a mini ice age like in the 1300 to 1850 AD. period? That would cause many people to starve! We just are guessing when it comes to long term climate trends!