Do you find yourselves experiencing any anxiety about not being grounded in a particular location with any of the climate change impacts we are seeing? Another way to phrase that might be to ask whether NOT being a homeowner or location specific eases your concerns about climate change uncertainty?
Actually the answer is, “no,” and actually NOT being a homeowner protects us from any damage that COULD happen to a property we owned. Case in point. We left Da Nang, Vietnam in July and a few weeks later they got hit by a typhoon. It was more bluster than damage, but over the last few days Valancia, Spain, got hammered by massive rains and flooding. Being agile in any place in danger is a freeing thought, to know that we are not forced to be tied down.
Now, there’s another aspect of your question which alludes to “climate change,” which is affecting some of the countries we plan to visit. The old, traditional wet season/ dry season in Asia is not so cut and dried anymore and makes it harder to plan around what we THINK the weather might be like. But, that is the same anywhere-- including the US. Shorter winters, hotter summers have been trending for a long time, so the truth is, no one can predict anything anymore!
Do you find yourselves experiencing any anxiety about not being grounded in a particular location with any of the climate change impacts we are seeing? Another way to phrase that might be to ask whether NOT being a homeowner or location specific eases your concerns about climate change uncertainty?
Btw, this was supposed to be in the “ask any quedtion” section! Not sure it landed in the right spot. 😊
Hi Jamie,
Actually the answer is, “no,” and actually NOT being a homeowner protects us from any damage that COULD happen to a property we owned. Case in point. We left Da Nang, Vietnam in July and a few weeks later they got hit by a typhoon. It was more bluster than damage, but over the last few days Valancia, Spain, got hammered by massive rains and flooding. Being agile in any place in danger is a freeing thought, to know that we are not forced to be tied down.
Now, there’s another aspect of your question which alludes to “climate change,” which is affecting some of the countries we plan to visit. The old, traditional wet season/ dry season in Asia is not so cut and dried anymore and makes it harder to plan around what we THINK the weather might be like. But, that is the same anywhere-- including the US. Shorter winters, hotter summers have been trending for a long time, so the truth is, no one can predict anything anymore!
May I use this for a future columns??