Stephan:   I had conflicted emotions when I read this. There was a certain satisfaction in seeing people who live in an alternative fact world, confront the real thing. I also felt sorry for them. Because the state is Republican they have elected for years, I don't quite know what to call them, christofascists, racists, morons? But when you get to the lick log that's not the problem. It's not the politicians, it's the people. The politicians are but a reflection of the voters.  And they're getting what they voted for, even though it is not what they wanted or expected. Because the Republican Party is not fact-based the state is woefully unprepared for what is happening, hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians are going to have their lives devastated, their worlds turned upside down, and a small number will be killed. I hope this sacrifice is recognized for what it is, and that other Red value states act before disasters like Florence are visited upon them. Twelve years, until someone can offer counter data of the same gravitas I take it that twelve years is what we have to alter civilization, or it will be altered dramatically beyond our control.