Devastating Tragedy, Unfortunately, Not Surprising in the Least...

Reading great books makes one smarter. Not a radical idea. Take it to the bank. Case in point, if you ever read Mike Davis' awesome book, it came out in 1998, about L.A. "Ecology of Fear," you would not be surprised in the least by the horrible tragedy unfolding in L.A. 100 mile winds and uncontrollable fires? Yes. Of course. You know, think: Apocalypse Now. Terrible devastation, totally predictable, and unfortunately, inevitable. Why inevitable?

"The book investigates the relationship between natural disasters and social injustices in Southern California. The author explores the history of urbanization in the area and how it has disregarded environmental common sense."

Yes. You know how we've all totally tuned out those Climate Scientists? Those folks telling us we need to radically change the way  that we all live on this little blue planet? The Humans are just "whistling past the graveyard," heads down, ignoring all the signs, carrying on with "drill baby, drill" and wondering why the world is on fire...

The Smart Folks recently asked a sadly-front-loaded question: "2024 Brought the World to a Dangerous Warming Threshold. Now What?"

"At the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, Earth finished up its hottest year in recorded history, scientists said on Friday. The previous hottest year was 2023. And the next one will be upon us before long: By continuing to burn huge amounts of coal, oil and gas, humankind has all but guaranteed it.

"The planet’s record-high average temperature last year reflected the weekslong, 104-degree-Fahrenheit spring heat waves that shuttered schools in Bangladesh and India. It reflected the effects of the bathtub-warm ocean waters that supercharged hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and cyclones in the Philippines. And it reflected the roasting summer and fall conditions that primed Los Angeles this week for the most destructive wildfires in its history."

"We are facing a very new climate and new challenges, challenges that our society is not prepared for,” said Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European Union monitoring agency."

Who knew? Oh yeah, only those folks who were alive, aware, awake to the world around them. The rest of us? Folks on the right, you know, those idiotic, lunatic, always lying right-wingers, want to convince us that Climate Change is a hoax. They just double & triple down on the gob-smacking, idiocy and madness. The rest of us are just stumbling & bumbling along, dancing around the flames, trying not to burn baby burn.