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So according to your assessment

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what are other trends

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for climate impacts

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going forward

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and some examples of that?

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One of the key terms

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or key phrases I like to use

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is warmer and wetter.

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That describes

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the climate change we've seen

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to date and also

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the climate change

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we're expecting in the future

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in Wisconsin.

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For example

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the 2020s are currently

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the warmest decade

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in state history.

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The 2010s were

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the wettest decade

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in Wisconsin's history.

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We've seen an increasing number

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of heavy rainfalls

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punctuated, unfortunately

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with the state record last year

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last summer in Milwaukee

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dumping 14.5 inches.

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How well does

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Wisconsin's infrastructure

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hold up to these

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changing climate impacts?

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It's a mixed bag.

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One of the ways that

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we're struggling right now

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is with these increasing numbers

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of extreme rainfall

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because much of

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Wisconsin's infrastructure was

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built 40, 50, even 100 years ago

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in some cases

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for a different climate.

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That climate was cooler

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and it was drier than the

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climate we're experiencing now.

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And so certain ways

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that we used to

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manage stormwater

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just aren't valid anymore.

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They aren't as effective, and

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so the infrastructure

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can't hold up as well.