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In These Times spoke with Shan­na Couper Orona, who goes by ​“Couper,” a 47-year-old unhoused activist liv­ing in San Fran­cis­co. Couper is a dis­abled for­mer fire­fight­er who uses her skills to act as a street medic for unhoused peo­ple across the city. She spoke to In These Times about what it’s like to weath­er seem­ing­ly apoc­a­lyp­tic con­di­tions, how the poor air qual­i­ty is affect­ing peo­ple more vul­ner­a­ble than her, and what she would like to see the city do to sup­port its unhoused pop­u­la­tion. ​“Peo­ple out here, when they wake up, they can’t breathe, or they have bloody noses,” she says. ​“It’s scary, and who do they have to turn to? There is no one to give a fuck about them.”

Robin Street-Morris. Fire in the Wind. 2020. Transparent watercolor and powdered soft pastel on 300lb cold press paper. 13" x 20" (33 x 51cm).

“These threats are making people “unhealthy, thirsty, poor and homeless”, Mora said. “Climate change is like a horror movie with 400 endings to choose from.”...” Guardian

“ Maya Lilly—who has lived through several California wildfires that threatened her home—explains the science behind wildfires. How is climate change responsible for making wildfires worse? Global warming produces more heat and more fuel—two ingredients that necessary for fires. “ The Years Project

“"It’s pretty scary out there these days. There are wildfires in the West and a hurricane causing More severe climate fires “catastrophic” flooding in the South. And the destructiveness of those disasters is being aggravated by climate change.“

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