To the Editor:

In the Aug. 28 issue Jay Mann called out the doomsday advocates who suggest that those living on the coast should retreat. Like Jay, I say: “Hell no, we will not go.” But I believe that major changes are necessary and every one of us must adjust his or her lifestyle. And it may cost some money because we got by cheap when we did not build the appropriate infrastructures.

In the Sept. 11 story about his new book The Geography of Risk, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert M.

September 18, 2019