As the refrain from an old Steely Dan song goes, "Here come those Santa Ana winds again..."
These seasonal Santa Ana winds and drought have combined to turn the LA fires into monstrous blowtorches swallowing houses and commercial buildings in minutes. Normally peaking at 50-60 mph, the winds are now gusting over 100 miles per hour, accelerating the fires to points not seen before. 10,000 structures burned, at least 10 dead, and 200,000+ people displaced.
From the photographs, Malibu looks like Hiroshima or Dresden. Nobody of good faith can argue that this is not a climate change inflected disaster of the first order. Unfortunately, the woods are full of people not of good faith.
- We Are Living in the Pyrocene—At Our Peril
Started by Surly1 Jan 10, 2025, 07:50 AM
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