I find it interesting that Peg Ferm of Monroe, Washington, writes in a letter to the editor that she thinks HCN’s article on Imperial Beach has no relevance for her (HCN, 10/15/18). Monroe, in Snohomish County, is located in a floodplain. There have been record (disaster-level) floods 18 times in the past 56 years in that county, the last one in November 2015. While it is true that Imperial Beach is not “the mountain West,” neither is Monroe, Washington, and it appears that climate change is affecting both communities. That is relevant to all of us. Thank you for the article.

Linda McCone
Paonia, Colorado

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Rising seas will touch us all

by Linda McCone, High Country News
November 26, 2018

<h1>Rising seas will touch us all</h1> <p class="byline">by Linda McCone, High Country News <br />November 26, 2018</p> <p>I find it interesting that <a href="https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/50.18/letter-to-the-editor-going-downhill" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/50.18/letter-to-the-editor-going-downhill" rel="noopener">Peg Ferm</a> of Monroe, Washington, writes in a letter to the editor that she thinks <em>HCN</em>’s article on Imperial Beach has no relevance for her (<a href="https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/50.17/climate-change-can-a-california-town-move-back-from-the-sea-imperial-beach" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/50.17/climate-change-can-a-california-town-move-back-from-the-sea-imperial-beach" rel="noopener"><em>HCN</em>, 10/15/18</a>). Monroe, in Snohomish County, is located in a floodplain. There have been record (disaster-level) floods 18 times in the past 56 years in that county, the last one in November 2015. While it is true that Imperial Beach is not “the mountain West,” neither is Monroe, Washington, and it appears that climate change is affecting both communities. That is relevant to all of us. Thank you for the article.</p> <p><em>Linda McCone<br /></em><em>Paonia, Colorado</em></p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=187658">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">Rising seas will touch us all</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/50-20/letter-to-the-editor-rising-seas-will-touch-us-all/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=119732&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/50-20/letter-to-the-editor-rising-seas-will-touch-us-all/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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