How Hot Does A Fire Have To Burn?

Photograph Source: CAL FIRE_Official – Public Domain

Sizzling summer.
Arid winter.
Supercharged Santa Ana winds.

L.A. burns in January.

Homes destroyed.
Insurance claims denied.
Politicians bury their heads deeper in the sand.

How hot does a fire have to burn for people in power to feel it?

The flames flame out.
The smoke drifts
and drifts.

Scarred land.
Lives lost.
Ash.

Oil production boomed under Biden.
Trump promises to make it explode.

756 billionaires in America!
Hip hip hooray! Rejoice! Rejoice!
We are the richest country on Earth!

This is only part of the cost.

Nathaniel St. Clair is Associate Editorial Director of CounterPunch and producer of CounterPunch Radio. You can follow him @NatStClair.