https://simplecast.com Not Built For This We used to think of climate change in future tense, as something we’d have to deal with decades from now. But the past few years of seemingly never-ending disasters have made it clear that climate change is happening now. California’s fire season is no longer just a season, but a year-round event. 100-year storms now hit our coasts every few years. Intense rain events are washing away mountainsides and drowning downtowns. And extreme heat is making parts of the Southwest nearly unlivable during the summer months. 99% Invisible will look at how these dynamics are playing out right now, in communities across the country, from Vermont to California, and from southwest Florida to central Arizona and the Louisiana coast. Copyright © Roman Mars. All rights reserved. en Tue, 5 Nov 2024 23:25:00 +0000 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:25:38 +0000 https://www.siriusxm.com Not Built For This https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5b7d8c77-15ba-4eff-a999-2e725db21db5/0a6d3f46-0e0c-4651-9b3e-a49a6d03dbe4/3000x3000/not-built-for-this-cover.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://www.siriusxm.com serial We used to think of climate change in future tense, as something we’d have to deal with decades from now. But the past few years of seemingly never-ending disasters have made it clear that climate change is happening now. California’s fire season is no longer just a season, but a year-round event. 100-year storms now hit our coasts every few years. Intense rain events are washing away mountainsides and drowning downtowns. And extreme heat is making parts of the Southwest nearly unlivable during the summer months. 99% Invisible will look at how these dynamics are playing out right now, in communities across the country, from Vermont to California, and from southwest Florida to central Arizona and the Louisiana coast. 99% Invisible false https://feeds.simplecast.com/cgyFeUY3 99% Invisible contact@99pi.org ede84464-dae9-431f-8ac6-135d6d72d055 Not Built For This #6: Maximum Temperature The impacts of climate disasters are often measured in terms of property damage. But in places like Phoenix, Arizona, and in hot places all over the world, climate change is wreaking a very different kind of havoc – on living things. In the final episode of Not Built for This, we reckon with the biological limits of climate adaptation.

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]]> Tue, 5 Nov 2024 23:25:00 +0000 contact@99pi.org (Delaney Hall, Emmett FitzGerald) https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=42735 The impacts of climate disasters are often measured in terms of property damage. But in places like Phoenix, Arizona, and in hot places all over the world, climate change is wreaking a very different kind of havoc – on living things. In the final episode of Not Built for This, we reckon with the biological limits of climate adaptation.

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]]> Not Built For This #6: Maximum Temperature Delaney Hall, Emmett FitzGerald 00:41:06 In the final episode of Not Built for This, we reckon with the biological limits of climate adaptation. In the final episode of Not Built for This, we reckon with the biological limits of climate adaptation. extreme heat, heath-related deaths, climate change, saguaro cacti, climate crisis, phoenix false full 6 1 0b98a58f-2557-4ef7-9e71-37f06716f91f Not Built For This #5: The Little Levee That Could Most of the stories in this series have been about places that are ill-prepared for the extreme weather that is coming their way. But this story is about a place that managed to get the kind of infrastructure that will actually help it survive climate change. How after more than two decades of tireless work, the residents of Hamilton City, California finally got the levee they deserved. 

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]]> Tue, 5 Nov 2024 23:20:00 +0000 contact@99pi.org (Emmett FitzGerald) https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=42733 Most of the stories in this series have been about places that are ill-prepared for the extreme weather that is coming their way. But this story is about a place that managed to get the kind of infrastructure that will actually help it survive climate change. How after more than two decades of tireless work, the residents of Hamilton City, California finally got the levee they deserved. 

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]]> Not Built For This #5: The Little Levee That Could Emmett FitzGerald 00:48:48 How the residents of Hamilton City, California finally got the levee they deserved. How the residents of Hamilton City, California finally got the levee they deserved. climate change, levee, climate crisis, flood protection, hamilton city, weather whiplash false full 5 1 0f1f78f3-a428-48f1-a354-08ef866aa2b8 Not Built For This #4: Unbuilding the Terrace All across the country thousands of people are living in locations that regularly flood, and many of these places will only get more flood-prone as the climate continues to change. Residents who live in these danger zones are often trapped in a demoralizing loop—flooding, rebuilding, and praying each time that the pattern doesn’t repeat. However in some neighborhoods the government is trying a different approach. They’re buying out flood-prone homes and helping residents relocate to higher ground. But what’s it like for residents to fight like hell for help, and the only help on offer means leaving the place they love?

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]]> Tue, 5 Nov 2024 23:15:00 +0000 contact@99pi.org (Emmett FitzGerald) https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=42731 All across the country thousands of people are living in locations that regularly flood, and many of these places will only get more flood-prone as the climate continues to change. Residents who live in these danger zones are often trapped in a demoralizing loop—flooding, rebuilding, and praying each time that the pattern doesn’t repeat. However in some neighborhoods the government is trying a different approach. They’re buying out flood-prone homes and helping residents relocate to higher ground. But what’s it like for residents to fight like hell for help, and the only help on offer means leaving the place they love?

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]]> Not Built For This #4: Unbuilding the Terrace Emmett FitzGerald 00:48:20 What’s it like for residents to fight like hell for help, but the help on offer means leaving the place they love? What’s it like for residents to fight like hell for help, but the help on offer means leaving the place they love? greinwich terrace, flooding, climate change, lake charles, community displacement, buyout program, climate crisis false full 4 1 f0216738-984f-49e0-b012-b0962c6ef9a5 Not Built For This #3: The Price is Wrong Insurance companies are not climate activists, but they know more about climate risk than just about anyone. And as storms get more extreme and unpredictable a lot of insurers are running the numbers on Florida and realizing that the math just isn’t working anymore. For decades, low cost insurance helped mask the risks of living in some of the riskiest parts of the country. However a climate correction is now underway. Prices are skyrocketing. And on America’s riskiest peninsula, residents are beginning to feel climate change where it hurts—in their bank accounts.

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]]> Tue, 5 Nov 2024 23:10:00 +0000 contact@99pi.org (Emmett FitzGerald, Jayson De Leon) https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=42660 Insurance companies are not climate activists, but they know more about climate risk than just about anyone. And as storms get more extreme and unpredictable a lot of insurers are running the numbers on Florida and realizing that the math just isn’t working anymore. For decades, low cost insurance helped mask the risks of living in some of the riskiest parts of the country. However a climate correction is now underway. Prices are skyrocketing. And on America’s riskiest peninsula, residents are beginning to feel climate change where it hurts—in their bank accounts.

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]]> Not Built For This #3: The Price is Wrong Emmett FitzGerald, Jayson De Leon 00:49:36 As storms get more extreme and unpredictable, insurance companies are running the numbers on Florida and realizing that the math just isn’t working anymore. As storms get more extreme and unpredictable, insurance companies are running the numbers on Florida and realizing that the math just isn’t working anymore. climate change, hurricane, cape coral, flood insurance, florida false full 3 1 3dd47a1f-88b4-4f49-9ce1-282c75ae0dd4 Not Built For This #2: The Ripple Effect In disasters where a lot of people lose their homes, the impacts are not confined to a single city or town. They ripple outward, cascading into the surrounding area, as the survivors are forced to go looking for new places to live. This is the story of what happened after the famous fire in Paradise, California, and where many of the survivors ended up. It’s a cautionary tale about a town caught in the cross hairs of both the climate crisis and the housing crisis, and what happened when thousands of displaced people showed up on its doorstep.

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]]> Tue, 5 Nov 2024 23:05:00 +0000 contact@99pi.org (Emmett FitzGerald) https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=42655 In disasters where a lot of people lose their homes, the impacts are not confined to a single city or town. They ripple outward, cascading into the surrounding area, as the survivors are forced to go looking for new places to live. This is the story of what happened after the famous fire in Paradise, California, and where many of the survivors ended up. It’s a cautionary tale about a town caught in the cross hairs of both the climate crisis and the housing crisis, and what happened when thousands of displaced people showed up on its doorstep.

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]]> Not Built For This #2: The Ripple Effect Emmett FitzGerald 00:57:22 How a wildfire in California exacerbated a housing crisis. How a wildfire in California exacerbated a housing crisis. chico, climate change, unhoused, wild fire, homeless, fire, displacement false full 2 1 b3a18a48-8b2b-45e1-9de7-8acbf5941050 Not Built For This #1: The Bottom of the Bowl Reporter Emmett Fitzgerald was used to hearing people call his home state of Vermont a “climate haven.” But last summer, he got a wake up call in the form of a devastating flood.

All throughout the United States, people are watching the places they love change in unpredictable and scary ways. Places that once felt safe are starting to feel risky. Places that already felt risky are starting to feel downright dangerous. And as the climate continues to change, people are being forced to make impossible decisions about how to live, and where to live, in an increasingly unstable and unfamiliar world.

This is a series about climate change and how we prepare for the extremely bumpy ride ahead of us. Because right now we’re all living in a world that was just Not Built for This. 

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]]> Tue, 5 Nov 2024 23:00:00 +0000 contact@99pi.org (Emmett FitzGerald) https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=42646 Reporter Emmett Fitzgerald was used to hearing people call his home state of Vermont a “climate haven.” But last summer, he got a wake up call in the form of a devastating flood.

All throughout the United States, people are watching the places they love change in unpredictable and scary ways. Places that once felt safe are starting to feel risky. Places that already felt risky are starting to feel downright dangerous. And as the climate continues to change, people are being forced to make impossible decisions about how to live, and where to live, in an increasingly unstable and unfamiliar world.

This is a series about climate change and how we prepare for the extremely bumpy ride ahead of us. Because right now we’re all living in a world that was just Not Built for This. 

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]]> Not Built For This #1: The Bottom of the Bowl Emmett FitzGerald 00:28:53 Reporter Emmett Fitzgerald was used to hearing people call his home state of Vermont a “climate haven.” But last summer, he got a wake up call in the form of a devastating flood. Reporter Emmett Fitzgerald was used to hearing people call his home state of Vermont a “climate haven.” But last summer, he got a wake up call in the form of a devastating flood. flooding, climate change, infrastructure, community, montpelier false full 1 1