It is easy to be resilient if your not living in a toxic environment. 

It is too darn bad all mines don't produce after a couple dozen years. I wish they were like the salmon and were still producing ore for 2 million years! How wonderful would that be! 

That way, Maui in Febuary would turn into March, April, May, June, July... It would be wonderful for Alaska! Apologies to the good folks down in Maui.