{"id":16519,"date":"2017-09-26T13:51:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T17:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=16519"},"modified":"2017-09-26T13:51:49","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T17:51:49","slug":"natural-disasters-another-good-reason-to-let-canada-take-our-would-be-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/26\/natural-disasters-another-good-reason-to-let-canada-take-our-would-be-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural disasters another good reason to let Canada take our would-be refugees?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After two weeks on a cruise ship I’m catching up on the news. A reasonable high-level summary seems to be that Earth is trying to shake off 325 million human parasites by trashing the U.S. with hurricanes, flooding, tornadoes, and other severe weather.<\/p>\n

Back in January I wrote\u00a0Why accept any refugees to the U.S. if they are welcome in Canada?<\/a>\u00a0after Canada offered to accept an unlimited number of refugees conditioned only on their being rejected by the U.S. I’m wondering if the idea makes more sense in light of recent weather events.<\/p>\n

What is the value of obtaining refugee status in the U.S. only to be wiped out by a hurricane, monster thunderstorm, rising sea level, or tornado? Canada is too cold for tornadoes, big thunderstorms, and hurricanes. It is well inland and elevated from the rising seas. Most Canadian provinces should be net beneficiaries from global warming, e.g., through a longer and more productive farming season.<\/p>\n

Not only does Canada have a far lower crime rate than the U.S., but at least central Canada seems like a far safer place from a weather risk point of view.<\/p>\n

Readers: What do you think? If we sincerely have the best interests of refugees in mind, is it time to print up “You will be a lot safer in central Canada” signs for our borders?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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