Things I plan to do to be climate resilient when I own my own land 🌎 🚜 🏘

Climate change is real and its impacting us all already and it’s going to only get worse. The politicians’ solutions – where they exist at all – are kind of bad, mostly consisting of evacuation centers and welfare and reminding people that it’s okay to walk away from the post storm deterus – they’ll cart it off to the landfill for you.

  • First off, recognizing that political activism is not going to protect me from climate change. The buck stops with me.
  • Buying a Prisus or electric car won’t protect me but buying a backhoe might.
  • Own a house that has metal roofing and remove trees nearby that could burn in a wildfire
  • Make sure the house and barn are well away from streams and flood plains that could flood in extreme rain
  • Have an independent off-grid electric system and on site fuel storage
  • Have a tractor with a front end loader to both bury debris and dead stock, and also fill in and repair washouts
  • Have extra materials like timber, plywood, gravel, dirt and culverts to make repairs after wash outs.
  • Not own a lot of material things that are easily damaged by water or smoke
  • Be willing to do with a lot less with the land rather than the property

Hinkley Reservior

Hinkley Reservior

This hillshade terrian map shows the terrian around the Hinckley Reservior in the Southern Adirondacks, north-east of Rome.

Smalltown West Virginia- Scenic HWY 52

While I've never been in this part of West Virginia, the scenery seems familiar with some of the areas I've explored in other parts of state. It really is a beautiful and wild state to explore.