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Seattle is already seeing the impacts of climate change, including record-breaking heat and smoke from West Coast wildfires; in the coming decades, parts of the city will be periodically inundated with floodwaters. Ann Grodnik-Nagle ’06, climate policy advisor for Seattle Public Utilities, says that Seattle is focusing on both mitigation—the city is committed to reach carbon neutrality by 2050—and adaptation, prioritizing vulnerable communities of color.
By Ted O'Callahan I shoot over the drop, flying out of my kayak. Coughing and choking, I pop up in a wave train—essentially a wet roller coaster—that whumpity-bumps me downstream until I’m finally spit into a calmer pool. In a patch of slow water before that rapid, Jim Snyder—a paddling legend who has been riding West Virginia’s Cheat River since 1970—described the safe route for me to take. I listened, but failed to execute his instructions and got sideways. That’s what led to this impromptu swim.
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