The destruction reveals this city — like any in America — was never safe, it’s just that memories are short and the climate crisis consistently underestimated.

The city is home to the world’s largest collection of weather data. But it’s inaccessible as the federal data center that houses it remains without power.

Some cities are safer than others. But you can’t move to escape climate change—and every community needs to do more to prepare. Asheville, North Carolina, often shows up on lists of “climate havens”—cities that can supposedly avoid the worst impacts of climate change.