Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AMuzi Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: connected lights Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:49:57 -0500 Organization: Yellow Jersey, Ltd. Lines: 81 Message-ID: References: <9v0aej5ei41t1qnadcm2ib8akvhi5rrg8g@4ax.com> <381cejt4t39hv0c17rdarkeh416ls0enb8@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 20:49:57 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="baf24fd5124c3906359146415058211c"; logging-data="2424797"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18AKAcU7DdgWdLQV97Z6qao" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:J+fO+6P00+yPbbqA0YJ6UvcoqfU= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4550 On 9/15/2024 1:35 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: > On 9/15/2024 12:51 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: >> On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 11:07:24 -0500, AMuzi >> wrote: >> >>> As Mr Reagan noted well, where if not here shall we go? >> >> His quote was:  "If we lose freedom here, there is no >> place to escape >> to. This is the last stand on earth." >> >> Over the last few years, Santa Cruz County and California >> in general, >> have had it's shares of storms and wildfires.  One result >> is that no >> insurance company will write new homeowners policies in >> California. >> The recent fires will probably make the insurance >> situation worse. >> >> When we get together for various events, moving elsewhere >> is a common >> topic of conversation.  There have been many who suggested >> that it >> might be best to sell their homes and move elsewhere.  So >> far, one >> family has moved to somewhere in Idaho, while another has >> moved to >> Costa Rica.  A few, including me, have done some >> preliminary research >> into where to move.  I've been watching YouTube videos in >> the style of >> "Ten best places to live in [select a state]".  These are >> interesting >> but not very useful.  Others have done similar research. >> In general, >> the best places to live are already saturated with >> immigrants or have >> undesirable environmental hazards (tornados, hurricanes, >> floods, snow, >> taxes etc). > > About a year ago, I read David Pogue's book _How To Prepare > For Climate Change_.  He began by saying it doesn't matter > if you believe it or not, it's coming. (I know some here > will mock that idea, but let's move on.) He addressed the > question of the best places to live by listing the > environmental and other hazards associated with various > areas of the country. Rising sea levels and hurricanes in > Florida, earthquakes in California, a risk of epic tsunami > in the Pacific Northwest, water shortages in much of the > west, and on and on. > > Examining the country region by region, he eventually said > the upper midwest was the best place to be. As a further > bonus, I think the bicycling is great around here. Lots of > quiet country roads, cooperative motorists, a city with a > good old grid street plan, not a lot of traffic, etc. I'm > content. > Interestingly I read an article last spring which asked people to name the region of America in which they lived. 'Midwest' dominates from Pennsylvania to Montana and right down to the borders of Dixie. Here in Wisconsin, we're still waiting patiently for Global Warming, a cruel joke of a prediction. At least there's no downside, if it ever gets here: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2024/08/high-coral-cover-and-bleaching-gbr/ https://www.thegwpf.org/publications/50-years-after-hunting-ban-polar-bears-are-thriving-new-report-shows/ -- Andrew Muzi am@yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971