Newspaper Page Text
SOTHEBYSREALTY.COM
Nothing
compares to
what’s next.
Brokerage in
Metro Atlanta
Sotheby’s International
Realty Brand Affiliate
Worldwide
As we walk through 2023,1 want to thank you for
choosing me to help you turn someday into right now.
To help open doors to everything you've longed for.
To lift the weight from your shoulders. Thank you
fortrusting me.
PEGGY HIBBERT
#1 Agent in Druid Hills • #1 Intown Brokerage
c. 404.444.0192 o. 404.874.0300
peggy@atlantafinehomes.com
Sotheby's
INTERNATIONAL REALTY
Atlanta Fine
Homes
Atlanta Fine Homes, LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal
Opportunity Act. Each franchise is independently owned and operated. Source: Homes sold by
RealTrends: FMLS. 1/1/21-12/31/21. Druid Hills. All Property Types + Price Points. Intown Ranking:
TrendGraphix. Top 5 Firms. 1/1/21-12/31/21. Zip Codes 30306,30307,30308,30309,30324. Alf
Property Types + Price Points.
FINAL
WECKS!
ARMOR FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANN AND GABRIEL BARBIER-MUELLER
ACT Foundation, Inc.
William N. Banks, Jr.
Cousins Foundation
Burton M. Gold
Sarah and Jim Kennedy
THE ANN & GABRIEL §1
BARBIER-MUELLER s
Museum f
BUYTICKETSATHIGH.ORG
Armor of the Nimaitachidd Type, attributed to Myochin Yoshimichi, Muromachi period, ca. 1400 (helmet bowl); attributed to Myochin Munenori, mid-Edo period, eighteenth century (armor),
iron, gold and copper alloy (shakudo), silver, bronze, wood, gold, brocade, lacing, fur, and leather, T192. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo by Brad Flowers.
4 | AUGUST 2023
How’s the weather
down there?
For most of the summer, I’ve been editing Atlanta Intown
from Ann Arbor, Michigan. I had the opportunity to come and
spend some time here to finish a new poetry collection and catch
up on traveling derailed by the pandemic and my treatment for
cancer.
In between issues, I’ve had the opportunity to make multiple
visits to Detroit, spend a weekend in Toronto, see the wonder of
Niagara Falls, marvel at the architecture in Chicago, and come to
appreciate the charms ofToledo.
While you’ve been broiling in the Georgia sun, we’ve been
in the high 80s here, which is abnormal. The typical high
temperature in July is around 82°, but we’ve been at or near 90° with some days of hellish
humidity.
The smoke haze from the Canadian wildfires has blanketed most of the state over the
past month. I know Atlanta has gotten some of this, too, but up here we’ve been under
air quality emergencies with the haze and smell lingering for days at a time.
For some reason, I thought Michigan didn’t have tornadoes, but I was wrong. Just
a few weeks after my arrival, a tornado touched down and knocked out power in my
neighborhood overnight.
While I was visiting Chicago, a flash flood and severe storm interrupted the NASCAR
race, swamped the
Riverwalk, and filled my
shoes with ankle-deep water.
None of this is normal.
The Detroit Free Press
recently reported nine of
the 15 hottest years on
record in metro Detroit
have occurred since 2001,
according to data from
the National Weather
Service and the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
Of the 10 years with
the highest total rainfall in
Michigan, six have occurred since 2006, according to data from the National Centers for
Environmental Information.
We’re seeing more and more weather extremes happening around the globe: from days
of punishing heat in the American Southwest, to floods in New England, to extreme heat
in Europe, and wildfires in Greece.
I’ve been getting regular reports from friends in Atlanta who’ve all said the same thing:
you’re so lucky not to be in Atlanta this summer. My friend who has been house-sitting
my condo said she’s definitely had to lower the thermostat. I’ve got the high Georgia
Power bills to prove it.
Scientists say the planet has warmed about two degrees Fahrenheit since the 19th
century and will grow hotter until humans stop burning coal, oil, and gas. These warmer
temperatures are contributing to extreme weather events, including heat and flooding.
Unfortunately, conservative politicians around the world continue to push the use
of fossil fuels. In the U.S. there’s an ongoing push for more oil drilling permits and the
easing of environmental restrictions.
Georgia, somehow, has managed to become a leader in electric vehicles. Gov. Brian
Kemp said he wants the state to be the “electric mobility capital of the world.”
As a result, Georgia is now beating Michigan for new investments from auto
manufacturers and suppliers, according to an analysis by the Center for Automotive
Research. There’s even a move in Georgia to install more EV charging stations.
And while Georgia is becoming a leader in EV, it’s still failing to adopt policies that
will reverse climate change. The money is great and all, but so is paying attention to
science.
Earlier this year, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said Earth
is likely to pass a dangerous temperature threshold within the next decade, pushing the
planet past the point of catastrophic warming unless nations take action to move away
from fossil fuels.
Let’s hope cooler heads will eventually prevail in politics and business before it’s too late.
EDITOR'S
NOTE
Collin Kelley
RoughDraftAtlanta.com