This story was originally published by Wired and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the Fukushima disaster unfolded in Japan, the Blue Lake Rancheria, in Northern California, was dealing with its own crisis. Several miles inland and uphill from the Pacific Ocean, the 100 acres of tribal land had turned into a haven for roughly 3,000 coastal dwellers who were fleeing a feared tsunami from that same earthquake.
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Dan Spinelli, Mother Jones
Mon, 05/20/2019 - 3:00am
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