Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II

Re:Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II by roenxi on Friday November 23, 2018 @06:33PM (#18519501)

I'm not quite sure you are making a point in line with the person you are responding to. The California fires are terrible but:

1) You have to be ready for terrible fires even if the future climate prognosis is great.

2) The residents of Paradise, California with substantial savings are going to be much better off than those without.

If anything, Paradise validates the idea that you should save and invest more in preparation for a hostile future rather than less. They aren't going it alone, they are still part of a large and functioning America.

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Re:Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II by Jill_the_Pill on Friday November 23, 2018 @06:39PM (#18519526)

I agree; you should save if you can. But perhaps you should not expect it to last until your retirement (or perhaps even you yourself will not last until your retirement) as climate disasters become more common and deadly.

I was responding to someone who said we would not see a Mad-Max-like world in our lifetimes; my point was merely that some people already are seeing such a thing. (Though I admit I never saw the Mad Max movie, so I may have missed the mark.)

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