Moving would obviously be a problem ... but the Imperial Weatherman should do something about the weather!
The Empire is busy getting ready for December.
I just have to deal with it because I have no choice. Until this last year, I seldom had breathing problems. This year, not only did my allergies suddenly get worse, but the breathing difficulties became very problematic.
There is no place else that I could go and function at the same level I am now. I can’t live in snow country because my balance is off, and I fall a lot; the Midwest is too humid; East Coast is all of the above; AZ would subject me to Valley Fever again, and I don’t need that. New Mexico may be a good place, but again, the weather is probably too damp, since it gets rain from hurricanes in both oceans.
So here I am, trying to make a silk purse.
I’m going to have a breathing treatment, then I’m going to read. I’ll see all y’all in the morning!
Technically, I've only been assigned to deal with the weather on Earth and Mars. As a side job, I'm arranging for the "weather" in the Flying Castle habitats to normalize according to a twenty-four hour heating and cooling cycle. This allows a natural circulation similar to the super-rotation on Venus, but with a lot less power!
For Earth and Mars, the equations and procedures have been worked out, but funding has been stuck in limbo for an unconscionable amount of time. While we have resources, and the advantage of position, I do not intend to donate our materials, labor, time and ingenuity for a promise of payment sometime down the road.
If Earth wants their weather dealt with, they will just have to summon the gumption and pay the piper. I still have my eye on Manitoba, you know.
(Mars, by the way, will be set up as a type of lend-lease for their Terraforming. Without an existing population, it's difficult to assess fees for services.)