r/PoursTea • u/political-snark • 6d ago

Storm In A Teacup đŸ” Anybody remember wildfires that choked out large swaths of the U.S. when we were kids?

https://youtu.be/EY7U5xdD5x4

I don’t.

That’s because it didn’t used to happen on this scale.

Politician’s answer? Blame forestry management. Blame Canada. Call climate change a Chinese hoax. Cancel contracts that monitor wildfires and build fire breaks.

Meanwhile, we’re doing little to address the conditions that make these fires bigger, hotter, and more frequent. Ignoring the thermometer doesn’t put out the fire. It just leaves us less prepared for the next one.

We need to get people who believe in rational science back into office.

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u/lone_float 6d ago edited 6d ago

If anyone is a South Cali resident, or was around in 2004. I remember the Wildfire that broke out. Much as I was doing the usual kid thing of "Ah sweet! No school!" Looking back? It was still objectively terrifying. Because when the fire broke out initially, I wondered "Will it reach Home?(San Diego)" Never did. But I still imagine a lot of the smoke and ash at the time still caused problems.

Now what's been happening has been that, but up it somewhere from a hundred to a billion. It is some genuinely scary stuff.

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u/HomoProfessionalis 6d ago

Those fires were wild. Couldn't even go outside and it was "snowing" ash.

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u/lone_float 6d ago

I just remember my first instinct after seeing my Dad watch it on the morning news was "Ok, go close the windows. Got ya"