I Don’t Want to Be A Climate Refugee

It’s Earth Day today

Photo by Hugh Whyte on Unsplash

My mom wants me to move to Florida. It’s wetter and prettier than Austin. The politics are similarly awful, and the schools are dismally comparable. But Central Texas, unlike Florida, will still be here when my kids are old.

How can I settle my family in a place like Florida? So unstable—so vulnerable to climate change’s furor?