Some of the People are always on the move. For New Jobs, Love, Family, Health, Culture, Outdoor Activities, Religion or Retirement. Some people have always been on the move for Ecological reasons, throughout human history. Here in America almost 10 % of our population moved away from the central Plains during the 1930’s Dust Bowl.
**Numbers are hard to collect or confirm here and now, but its happening again. At least 1 % of us each year are relocating for ‘Natural Disasters’, that are clearly climate driven. That’s something like 3 million people, and the trend is increasing.**
**We’re leaving California for the fires. Leaving the Southwest for the heat. Leaving Florida and the Gulf Coast and the Eastern Seaboard for the storms.**
**Our government and financial systems are threatened by these trends. So money and policy is steered away from discussion. However, in the last five years we have increasingly sophisticated resources to track these movements, and help with decisions.**
Propublica Report. If you are considering moving, you MUST review this report, This is a comprehensive searchable database of risk in the USA, organized by county.
**https://projects.propublica.org/climate-migration/**
First Street Foundation. This awesome outfit offers a database, research and some videos of near future USA climate risk scenarios, leaning into the real estate, insurance and financial aspects.
Risk Factor is a feature of First Street, where you can search for a city or county, or a specific address to get a detailed report of climate risk. Some information is free, and for a reasonable fee you can get more details. This is used by realtors and planners and is available to anyone.
**https://firststreet.org/?from=riskfactor.com**
First Street Foundation, Climate Abandonment Areas. This covers locations where people are already leaving due to climate related issues, and projects somewhat into the near future. This is a very comprehensive 60 minute YouTube video.
**https://youtu.be/hr9m1rYF5q0?feature=shared**
PBS report on USA climate migration, 12 minutes Youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcj9IGY6Etg
Drought 2024, Climate.Gov
**https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/drought-expands-east-following-exceptionally-dry-october**
Searchable site on future Climate & Risks. USA.
https://crt-climate-explorer.nemac.org
Best Neighborhood site, Searchable demographics