We get lots of quotes to the effect that "local officials are preparing for impacts" from the salt water. Not a lot of information about what they plan to do. Or even what they recommend that you do. Besides, just, be aware and prepare or something.
Of course there are things that could have been done ages ago to prepare
our vulnerable water utility to handle this very predictable scenario.
But one thing we've learned about disaster recovery vs disaster
mitigation is that the emergency no bid contracts that come with the
latter tend to be better opportunities for the important people to profit. So, really, this is just the
market at work. As for you, personally, well, look, there's still time to prepare!
While there’s still time to prepare, the clock is now ticking for local residents and businesses.
“A little worried for sure. Especially with the holidays coming up cause not only do we have to deal with that, but we have to deal with the water possibly being contaminated with a bunch of salt water and so that’s going to be a big issue for us,” Debarbieris said.
Ok. How, though? How do we prepare. Besides just panic buying water if we can find it? Doesn't matter. What matters is you internalize the idea that whatever happens is somehow your fault for not preparing enough. That's always the way with this stuff. It's definitely part of the model for climate change response going forward. So get used to that.
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