Jake Bittle

An extremely well written book on many levels. The detailed chapters focusing on specific place and the cause and effect is very similar in approach to "How the Word is Passed," by Clint Smith. This is a book I would have to put down for a day or so because it was hard to handle some of the environmental impacts on people's lives Bittle told in the book. I recommend this book to anyone working Emergency Management just because it puts such a human face on real climate change disasters.

This is very accessible non-fiction that is immanently relatable to so many of us. Natural disasters are on the uptick due to climate change, and yet most people live near a coast where they will feel those disasters acutely. The stories from people affected by hurricanes and fires are sobering and many. Is it the insurance companies at fault or is it foolhardy to keep rebuilding where you will inevitably fail? Excellent.