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It is so palpable, the change within a few decades is so real.

I picture middle class families who have a mortgage, and their mortgage generally says, you must maintain homeowner insurance.

If you are trying to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, there were hikers that used to come through in August, you cannot come through.

It is so palpable, the change within a few decades is so real.

Things that occurred every 1,500 years have become once in a century events.

I picture middle class families who have a mortgage, and their mortgage generally says, you must maintain homeowner insurance.

We do see in Oregon a lot of families affected by flood insurance issues.

We have seen the fire season grow longer.

We do see in Oregon a lot of families affected by flood insurance issues.

If you are trying to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, there were hikers that used to come through in August, you cannot come through.

Things that occurred every 1,500 years have become once in a century events.

We have seen the fire season grow longer.

Many of these bills just created some kind of bias, like making it harder for people on Native American reservations to vote.

I found--I will just do a closing comment here. But when I was first running for election, we were in the middle of that conversion in Oregon.

If you are trying to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, there were hikers that used to come through in August, you cannot come through.

Policy has to change around settlements in order for that to be a possibility.

Policy has to change around settlements in order for that to be a possibility.

I think maybe this is more for you, Dr. Wehner. People used to talk about 100 year events, they used to talk about 1,000 year events. I think you framed in your testimony that things that occurred every 1,500 years have become once in a…

I picture middle class families who have a mortgage, and their mortgage generally says, you must maintain homeowner insurance.

We have seen the fire season grow longer.

I support the two-state solution, but I think the facts on the ground are making it more and more difficult.