It's 80F (27C) with clear blue skies in northern California this afternoon. A perfect day!
That's a problem. It's the middle of winter. It should be 20 degrees colder and raining. We're breaking high-temperature records that have stood for 150 years. Average rainfall to date is 18 inches; we've had 6. If it doesn't rain hard in February and March, we're in for another drought and a kindling-dry fire season next fall. Worldwide, 2020 was one of the hottest years ever (graph from NASA's GISS Surface Temperature Analysis).
The expanded edition of "A Fire Story," coming out in a couple of months, hits the point that it's a book about living in a climate-changing world. I didn't really say that in the original book but the time since has made it clear to me, and convinced me that I shouldn't be coy about saying so.
Today is beautiful. Karen and I had a picnic. I never would have expected Armageddon to be so . . . pleasant.
First off, thank you for posting this. Second, we are murdering our planet. I understand what’s happening but it’s so eye opening to see a graph like that. Have a nice day! Can’t wait to buy the extended version!
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