So according to your assessment
what are other trends
for climate impacts
going forward
and some examples of that?
One of the key terms
or key phrases I like to use
is warmer and wetter.
That describes
the climate change we've seen
to date and also
the climate change
we're expecting in the future
in Wisconsin.
For example
the 2020s are currently
the warmest decade
in state history.
The 2010s were
the wettest decade
in Wisconsin's history.
We've seen an increasing number
of heavy rainfalls
punctuated, unfortunately
with the state record last year
last summer in Milwaukee
dumping 14.5 inches.
How well does
Wisconsin's infrastructure
hold up to these
changing climate impacts?
It's a mixed bag.
One of the ways that
we're struggling right now
is with these increasing numbers
of extreme rainfall
because much of
Wisconsin's infrastructure was
built 40, 50, even 100 years ago
in some cases
for a different climate.
That climate was cooler
and it was drier than the
climate we're experiencing now.
And so certain ways
that we used to
manage stormwater
just aren't valid anymore.
They aren't as effective, and
so the infrastructure
can't hold up as well.