Our house is on fire and climate change is the spark

Like in many other areas of the world, climate change is increasing the frequency of hot, dry days here in California. Not only that, but our warming planet is leading to record high winds and earlier springtime snowmelt. The combined effect of increased development near wooded, sub-optimal forest management, and these impacts of climate change is longer, more destructive fire seasons. This is the new normal. And, unless we take drastic action, it’s only going to get worse from here.

If you need more convincing, I was born and raised in Northern California. I’ve spent the majority of my life here, and am now raising my three kids in a town near where I grew up. When I was a child, we never had “smoke days” where school was cancelled. We never woke up to eerie dark orange skies because wildfire smoke had blotted out the sun. Now, days off of school due to noxious, smokey air is budgeted into district plans, just like how flex snow days in colder regions are added in June. That is crazy. And absolutely avoidable.

Despite all the challenges ahead, I am still optimistic that we’ll be able to create a world–and a California–where our kids and grandkids can thrive. We’re living with the unfortunate consequences of decades of not heeding scientists’ warnings, but we still have a chance to avoid the worst of what could follow.

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