Don’t lecture California about fires. Look at the state’s climate action.
“I don’t expect people who don’t live here to understand what it’s like. Trying to fall asleep as the ominous scent seeps into your bedroom, then awaking to your windowsills flecked with ash. Watching flames chew through a beloved destination on a live local newscast while you attempt to block out the near-constant throb of helicopters ferrying water across the sky. Tugging the air purifier closer to your baby’s crib in the hopes it might quiet their coughs as your toddler asks you: “Mom, is the fire coming to our house tonight?”