Are other Mainers feeling VERY FORTUNATE to live here as the world burns?

[mainer]

We're reading about the hellish heat in the southern states, the wildfires in Canada, and the 90+ degree water temperatures in Florida. And here we are in Maine whining about our rainy, foggy summer with temps in the high 70s. We have lots of water. We have cool temperatures. Yes, we have fog, but at least we're not dying in the heat.

I suspect that Maine is where climate change refugees are going to be fleeing to in the next decades. I feel so lucky I'm already here.

[Cartoonist]

1. Your turn is coming.

Don't kid yourself.

[mainer]

2. 30 years ago, friends of ours had to decide: move to Arizona or Maine?

They looked far ahead at the water supply, and decided Arizona was going to be in trouble. So they chose to move to Maine.
They're very happy they did.

We also feel fortunate to have a liberal governor and a legislature that's attuned to environmental issues. Yes, we're worried about the rising temperatures off our coastline, but in terms of climate change, we seem to be better positioned to survive in the long run.

[Cartoonist]

7. I read about a man who gave a lot of thought to where he should live.

He wanted to get away from the violence and politics of the world and live in peace. After intensive research, he found what he thought was an Isle of tranquility.

Falkland.

[3Hotdogs]

12. Yeah. There's a place up north from you. Cooler weather year round, fog, snow and so forth.

It's called Nova Scotia.

[splat]

3. We Rhode Islanders feel fortunate, too

I don't know how people live in the hot places.

[BOSSHOG]

5. In Northeast Kansas

we are having very nice weather relative to what we see on the news every night. The farmers are happy with the rain. Warm temps as expected in July.

[magicarpet]

4. The lobstahs are already heading,..

... up to the North Pole looking for cooler salt watah.

Maine soon to be Miami,... the tourists will nevah go home.

[mainer]

6. If Maine turns into Miami, then I'm moving to Newfoundland

I can't take the heat. It's why I live here.

[CanonRay]

8. 66 today on the Oregon coast. No fog.

We already have climate refugees from the California wildfires.

[royable]

9. I generally agree with you, but....

The recent severe flooding in Vermont could as easily happened in western Maine.

The infrastructure along Maine’s 3000 mile coastline is going to be in a mess as sea level rises. Roads, bridges, ports, towns, factories. Look at a contour map to see how much of Maine is less than (take your pick) 10, 20, 40 feet elevation.

When I was young, central Maine used to frequently have three week spells in winter when the temps never got above zero. That doesn’t happen any more. The number of days over 80 in the summer has skyrocketed though.

Climate change has introduced the spruce budworm, disease spreading ticks and all sort of other nasty creatures.

But, if anyone can handle these challenges, it’s resilient Mainahs.

[Scrivener7]

10. Yes. You are very lucky. I can't believe how much the weather has changed

here in New York since I was a child.

[Polly Hennessey]

11. I would like to think there is a safe place but

I am skeptical.

[3Hotdogs]

13. After we divorced, I bought a condo in Wells Beach. That's about the same time that she started

calling me a maniac.