To the editor: Rising up within the foothills of Los Angeles, I’ve been properly conscious of the risks of wildfires my complete life. (“The fiery and icy weather of the West and East Coasts is no coincidence,” Opinion, Jan. 15)
So once I moved to japanese Tennessee for school a number of years in the past and noticed the plush, verdant forests and rivers, I assumed it was a land resistant to wildfire. How may a spot that will get extra rain in a yr than Seattle and Portland mixed ever burn?
Then in 2016, a wildfire swept via the small city of Gatlinburg, destroying hundreds of constructions and killing 14 individuals. It shattered my phantasm that anywhere may actually be climate-proof.
Whereas it actually is sensible for an individual to re-evaluate their residing scenario following a close-by pure catastrophe, given the almost fixed tales we see within the information of disastrous calamities occurring everywhere in the world brought on by excessive climate occasions, the place may anybody go to be secure?
That is why we have to work collectively as people to finish our habit to fossil fuels and do all the things in our energy to mitigate the results of local weather change. The results of inaction are all too apparent.
Justin Johnson, Hermosa Seashore
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To the editor: Californians ought to count on extra fires like these in Pacific Palisades and Altadena — and worse — for one easy cause.
Sure, we now have Santa Ana winds. And sure, we now have wildfires yearly. However a drought lasting this far into winter has made these fires way more intense. Droughts are extra frequent and extreme due to local weather change.
Humanity, the nation, California and Los Angeles nonetheless don’t have the political will to take emergency motion to unravel the human-caused local weather catastrophe. So, what can L.A. leaders now do about it?
The ports of L.A. and Lengthy Seashore are main polluters that sicken each dock employees and close by residents. The 2 cities management the ports. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and Lengthy Seashore Mayor Rex Richardson want to finish their cities’ “planning” and clear up the ports instantly.
Cliff Marcussen, Los Angeles
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To the editor: As we rebuild from the devastating fires, I hope we’ll construct all-electric properties as an alternative of piping flamable pure gasoline via our neighborhoods and into our properties.
Catherine Ronan, Los Angeles
