Josh Fisher: 'My hope is... that we lean into this awareness. Let it awaken you. Let it radicalize you. Just whatever you do, please don’t avert your gaze.'
A grass fire burns between Saltair and the Great Salt Lake Marina off I-80 on Saturday, April 30, 2022.If you took a walk outside last Saturday evening, you may have been treated to some midsummer flurries. Only instead of snow, the white flakes drifting through the airTo some extent, wildfires are routine and expected. In fact, they can play an important role in the natural ecosystem of a region.
Of course, I don’t mean to say that people outside of Utah are ignorant to the crisis or aren’t also impacted by it. By the time I moved cross-country, my coastal city of Norfolk, Virginia, had garnered the nickname Nor-flood, with portions of the city projected to beBut living here is different. Whereas I could adapt to occasional flooding by parking on high ground and planning alternate routes to work, poor air is unavoidable.
In addition, our experiences of climate change make for powerful testimonies about its real-world impacts. Personal stories tend to leave a stronger impression than mere statistics, and we sure have plenty to draw from.Recently, I explained to a Utah native how foreign these threats are to my friends and family back east. I worried that, as they aren’t confronted with the effects of climate change as often, they may not fully grasp the direness of the situation.
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