This rectangular image combines two news photos: one of flooding from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico on the left and one showing the burned-out remains of Paradise, California on the right. The headline reads, “In Your Future, Too?”
In your future, too?

In your future, too?

The Artdog Quote of the Week

This square image combines a quote image featuring the words of Vivienne Westwood that originated on AZ Quotes with news photos of flooding from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the burned-out remains of Paradise, California. The headline reads, “In Your Future, Too?” The quote from Vivienne Westwood says, “There are many war refugees and three times as many climate refugees. All of them are people who can no longer live where they were born. I hope we face reality in time to save ourselves. We will all be migrants soon.”
See Credits below.

Being a Climate Refuge Could be Our Future Too

My fellow Americans tend to think of refugees as “other people.” But if you’re a Puerto Rican, or a former resident of Paradise, California, I bet it doesn’t feel so remote. Many communities in Alaska also are feeling the effects, but if you’re a Hurricane Katrina refugee, this is already an all-too-familiar story.

This issue isn’t going away, it’s growing. Proactive planning is by far the best response, but we’re not getting enough of that from most local, state, or federal agencies–although a few (too few) corporations are waking up to the problem. This is an issue right here (no matter where “here” is for you) and right now.

Where to Live? Chose your Favorite Disaster Risk

From flooding and devastation in Puerto Rico to burnt remains in Paradise, CA, there’s too much destruction on US soil for Americans to turn a blind eye to climate refugees.

If you haven’t already started, this might be a great time to write, call or email your representatives, government officials, and others. If you live in a representative democracy, you have the right! Show up at town halls. Demonstrate if needed. Make your voice heard, and remember performance records when you vote. We’re all in the bullseye, for this one.

IMAGE CREDITS:

Many thanks to AZ Quotes for the illustrated quote from Vivienne Westwood. The other image is a composite of two news photos. On the left is a view of a flooded Puerto Rican town in the wake of Hurricane Maria, courtesy of The Daily Egyptian, photo by Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS. On the left is a view of destruction in Paradise, CA after the Camp Fire in 2018, from Insurance Journal (no photographer credited).

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