When the Water Rises in Brunswick, So Does Fear of What’s in It
Semona Holmes via Grist Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Just across the road from the waterfront in Brunswick, Semona Holmes lives in a house surrounded by fruit trees, potted flowers, a fish pond, and—when it rains, or the tide is extra high—floodwater.
- ▪Semona Holmes via Grist Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs.
- ▪This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- ▪Just across the road from the waterfront in Brunswick, Semona Holmes lives in a house surrounded by fruit trees, potted flowers, a fish pond, and—when it rains, or the tide is extra high—floodwater.
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Semona Holmes via Grist Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Just across the road from the waterfront in Brunswick, Semona Holmes lives in a house surrounded by fruit trees, potted flowers, a fish pond, and—when it rains, or the tide is extra high—floodwater. “If you can imagine this entire area here completely flooded,” she explained on her front porch on a recent afternoon. “The flooding would be—we would have, like, a river on our street.” The floodwater has reached to her knees at times. Once, after a hurricane, her neighbor canoed down the block.
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