of september. new york city taking a direct hit from the tropical storm with subways turning into walls of water and floodwaters pushing cars down the streets. basement apartments were submerged, trapping residents. while the east got too much water, the bone-dry west in its second decade of extreme drought finally hit a tipping point, lake mead dropping to its lowest level on record year with unprecedented restrictions on how much water the state could use from the kinecting arizona water system. the pie is shrinking. to help address the issues t bipartisan infrastructure bill was signed into law in november. included are historic levels of funding for climate resilience and weatherization, clean energy investments, and capped orphaned oil and gas wells.