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8. Heat might not be the main problem in Vermont...
Wed Nov 27, 2024, 11:40 AM
Nov 2024

...but no place is safe from the damage we are knowingly causing to the environment everywhere through increasing CO2 emissions.

In Vermont, the first wave of ecological devastation is happening in the form of flooding.

Vermont is hilly and mountainous, and so extreme run off from the increased precipation (that is forecast to continue increasing) is causing massive damage along the banks of the streams, brooks, and rivers that crisscross all over the state.

Here is some info on the more recent flooding events, but this has building for a few years now;

https://vtdigger.org/2024/07/11/under-water-read-vtdiggers-full-coverage-of-vermonts-latest-flooding-disaster/


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If it is what you really want to do... mwmisses4289 Nov 2024 #1
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I missed the snow too Submariner Nov 2024 #3
I would imagine their summers and falls would be beautiful. surfered Nov 2024 #4
I've lived in northern VT for the last 15 years (small village). erronis Nov 2024 #5
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PA transplant to VT Marigold Nov 2024 #7
Heat might not be the main problem in Vermont... Think. Again. Nov 2024 #8
We lived through Irene Marigold Nov 2024 #9
Vt is great. marlboroman369 Nov 2024 #10
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