Cascading EffectsMaricopa County found that in 72% of indoor heat deaths where an air conditioner was present, it wasn't working. The equipment was there. It just didn't protect anyone. We kept finding versions of that everywhere this week. Johnstown's Army Corps flood system performed exactly as designed in 1977 and 84 people still died, because the flood came from a watershed it was never built for. The question we couldn't put down: how do you know when the protection you're counting on actually covers what's coming?SUBSCRIBE
The Goats Have a Start Date. The Supreme Court Doesn't.
What Boulder actually spends on wildfire and flood, traced through the budget lines nobody names out loud, while the Supreme Court takes its time deciding who pays.
