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This has been a doozy of a year. And it's the best year so far blah blah. So how are you all coping? Does it hit anyone else like a bolt of lightning that probably I - we - won't die of old age?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (4 children)

We live on an ocean-going sailboat. We make our own water and electricity. We have ~25 years of membranes, filters, and most parts. While we have the means to move around to cooler climes, going further northward means more severe storms and shorter working life of everything. So there's that consideration.

Having the escape hatch of the boat does a lot to ease the anxiety.

Other coping mechanisms:

  • fixing people's bicycles for free and evangelizing micro-mobility
  • monitoring and mapping marine health in maritime communities (kelp, fish counts, bottom conditions); yes this is "just" monitoring, but one measurement is worth 1000 opinions and hopefully helps to move the needle on getting everyone to pull together on environmental protections
  • community education on aeroponics and micro-hydroponics
  • community support on emergency preparedness

I'm sure I'm skipping over some of my other copium prescriptions, but those are the most salient.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We had the same idea. Even ended up living on an old 37' for about a year... then we popped the stern tube during an engine test (40 years worth of copper corrosion)...

Well you can imagine what that was like. It was only through sheer dumb luck that we saved literally everything we own. That coupled with some expensive engine repair and we ended up spending the cost of the boat again in repairs.

There's more to the story but ye, we live in a house now.

This is not to discourage any one btw, just pick your boat better than we did. Also, you need to be really into DIY or really rich, because God damn, boat stuff is expensive!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

then we popped the stern tube during an engine test (40 years worth of copper corrosion)...

0_0 HFS! Glad you're okay AND saved your necessarily minimal (because boat) belongings!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Hopefully you can evolve some webs on your feet for better swimming after we all live in Water World.

This thread is ridiculous

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I love this guy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wow that's amazing, do you have social media I can follow?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Our social media and blog are severely neglected, in large part because of surveillance and chokepoint capitalism (see: Cory Doctorow). But this would probably be the best entry point into our socials: https://youtube.com/@svcascadia