i donβt think people get what these fires mean for California.
the fight against climate change is not βfor the futureβ or βcoming upβ
no. it is now. for california, for me, for the 37 fucking million of us who live here, it is now. it is now. it is fucking now. there is smoke blanketing my entire city. the other day there was ASH FALLING FROM THE SKY. there are people who are living with red, terrifying smoke, right outside their front doors. i canβt open a window because it all smells like a fucking fire. the sky is entirely grey, because itβs all fucking smoke. my entire fucking STATE is affected by this shit. my STATE.
by the way, california? our population is 71% of Englandβs. an entire country.
and yes, there are issues other than climate change that have caused this shit, of course. but Iβve grown up through two droughts. Iβve watched the fountains in my town get shut down, Iβve watched them grow dusty and old. Iβve fixed my sprinklers to account for the new water restrictions. Iβve grown up knowing each winter was colder, each summer hotter. Iβve grown up seeing this shit.
every year, we come to fire season, and i hope and watch and desperately wish that itβll be okay. that thousands of people wonβt lose their homes this year. that i wonβt have to walk home with a red sun blazing over me and smoke so thick i canβt stop coughing. that Iβll be able to step outside and not smell it. that people wonβt lose their towns, their belongings, their livelihoods. every damn year.
my entire state is kindling. my friends outside of cali reach out to me about the fires, telling me they hope Iβll be safe. but i canβt go outside without inhaling lungfuls of smoke. i canβt do anything but watch as hundreds of thousands of acres burn.
2.5 million acres have burned this year. million. 2.5 fucking million acres. 20x what burned last year.
my state is on fire. my city is covered in smoke. a one year old boy DIED because of these fires, and who knows how many will join him by the time this is over.
so yes, please, donate. but i am tired as shit of people pretending that wildfires in california should be normal, that this is okay, that this is just βsomething that happensβ no. no. vote for politicians who support renewable energy. vote for politicians who care about climate change. because, in the grand scheme of things, what we need is restrictions and laws and regulations. one person installing solar panels isnβt going to do shit.
those bottom photos are san francisco. my state is burning.
you can donate to help here. but this isnβt something thatβll go away. itβs going to get worse and worse, unless we fucking do something.
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