Could climate change herald mass migration?

[applegrove]

Could climate change herald mass migration?

DAVID COOPER / TORONTO STAR
Both Buffalo, above, and Cleveland have suffered population declines and stagnating local economies since the 1960s, a trend that drought in the American Southwest may help reverse.
Jul 22, 2007 04:30 AM
Murray Whyte
Staff Reporter

The state of Arizona has more than 300 golf courses, a booming economy, endless sunshine and, at last count, at least five Saks Fifth Avenue department stores — in short, nearly everything the well-heeled sybarite would need.

There’s just one thing missing: rain.

For the past month, not a drop has fallen in Maricopa County, home to greater Phoenix, the state’s economic engine and fastest-growing hub. Over that period, temperatures have hovered five to seven degrees above the 30-year average, at one point holding steady at over 43C for 10 straight days, while hundreds of brush fires burned statewide.

"And they're still building billion-dollar houses, right in the middle of the desert," says Paul Oyashi, incredulous. "It doesn't seem rational, does it?"

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http://www.thestar.com/article/238555

[SidDithers]

1. K&R...

I read this in the paper this morning. The article made alot of sense.

Sid

[enid602]

2. feds

The Federal Government promoted and funded the development of the West; I don't see why they can't do the same with the rust Belt.

[pokercat999]

3. If you could only play golf in Buffalo in the winter.

Golf Dome, problem solved.

[Demeter]

4. Can the 300 Golf Courses, and Tell the Developers to Cut Bait

Arizona had better stop the influx of water-based lifeforms. They are currently predicting a doubling of population--with no water?

[Uncle Joe]

5. It will be as Katrina on steroids

and the victims will be coming from all directions to congregate on a continuously diminishing area of habitable geography.

Thanks for the thread applegrove

Kicked and recommended.

[raccoon]

6. No, it isn't rational. K&R. nt