Despite the often-brave posturing we hear about rebuilding after natural disasters, perhaps it is time to lose the hubris and realize that yes, even North America is subject to the devastations wrought by climate change. The American hubris of exceptionalism will not protect them from the fury of nature that has visited so many other regions of the world.
It must be a sobering and, one hopes, humbling, realization.
The following is from Ft. Meyers, Florida, brought to you by Hurricane Ian.