Living on the Real World
Living on the Real World
Community-level stress tests (with a nudge from AI).
“Civilization exists under geological consent – subject to change without notice.” – attributed (sometimes) to Will Durant. “If you are...
Living on the Real World
Salient differences between aviation safety and community resilience.
The previous LOTRW post left this question hanging: Why, in the aftermath of natural disasters, do we simply rebuild as...
Living on the Real World
We manage other risks. Why do natural disasters pose a special challenge?
On this real world, natural threats and hazards – cycles of flood and drought; hurricanes and winter storms; earthquakes, tsunamis,...
Living on the Real World
After Hurricane Milton, whither Florida? (And the other 49 of these United States?)
Start with some context. Sea level rise is forecast to shrink the land area of Florida by some 1-10% by...
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John Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Hurricane Milton is writing a sequel (“take 1.”).
Yesterday’s LOTRW post is reproduced here verbatim, but in its original form — before the ChatGPT transformation of certain sections...
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John Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Hurricane Milton is writing a sequel.
The great English poet John Milton (1608-1674) is most famous for his epic poems Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained[1]. To...
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Even as Helene’s high waters and media attention recede, the losses deepen.
As of this writing, it’s been two weeks since Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend area of the...
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Impact! Another NOAA vignette…
…following up from the previous LOTRW post, recalling an occasion from nearly forty years ago (stop me if you’ve heard...
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Boom! David Guston reflects on impact.
“Everybody talks about impact, but nobody does anything about it.[1]” Have admired David Guston and his political science/policy research from...
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Science diplomacy. A forecast
Mention science diplomacy to a geoscientist or a social scientist focusing on Earthly matters, and you’ll likely bring to mind...
