An Apocalypse Experience: West Coast Fire

 

This unprecedented wildfires in cities across west coast had turned the sky orange the picture trending on social media clearly speaks that how this looks like a doomsday. This wildfire has forced more than thousands of families to evacuate their home which is devastated.

The reason of orange color sky is because air pollution level has increased. When there are accidents or events like biomass burning or wildfires that produces such a high density of air particles in the atmosphere that diffuses light, then the result is orange color sky or into darker color sky. This also implies the worsening air quality of that region

Around 6 million of land in more than 10 states of USA burned in 2020 and approx. 35 people were killed in the fast moving fires.in WA, more acres burned in 1 day than the last 12 fires season combined and had led to catastrophe. While in California a highest record of 2.5 million acres burned.

The fires have made the air in the region so much dangerous to breathe. The CA government has equated the inhaling   with smoking 20 packs cigarettes. California, Oregon and Washington they all are in same soup of cataclysmic fire and the reason is dry grass and dumbest mistake.

 

What Caused It?

As if 2020 wasn’t strange enough already. This year’s wildfire season has been one of the worst in history with not just its impact but because it’s contributing factor to climate change at an unprecedent rate. With around dozens of fire burning has record 2 million acres of area that was impacted. And now we are finding out that one of the biggest blazes started in one of the dumbest ways.

80 miles east of LA a gender revel party starts a massive blaze that is still burning. This is done through a pyrotechnic device that explodes and blow out blue or pink gas to announce sex of an unborn baby was ignited, but within few minutes got out of hand with temperature over 100 degrees and plenty of fuel to feed the fire in the brush in surrounding area.

Jenna karundis is created with starting the gender-revel trend over 10 years ago with pink icing in a cake to revel her baby’s gender. After the incident she commented that enough is enough.

 

Climate Fires

It’s a disastrous new normal. We talk about this as wildfire instead we need to think more about it as climate fires. The climate crisis is fueling historic and one of the most dangerous west coast infernos. People are unfortunately seeing this explosive fire seasons as a routine rather than an exception, due to the recurring nature.

In last five years the people there have witnessed 3 worst fire seasons ever in the history of state of Washington.

The mechanism is the grass become drier which leads to the heat go up even the wind goes up and this all phenomena take place due to changes in climate and the increasing temperature of earth due to global warming.

The things that is pointed out by environmentalist is that firstly we should start taking this wildfire as climate fires as they act as constant alarm for humankind about climate change. Also, because climate is the reason that creates a situation that make them so explosive in nature.

 

Donald Trump on This Issue

“It will get cooler” that’s what USA’s president have to say about this catastrophic accident. He has been coming under a lot of criticism for not doing more with the crisis.

The experts have stated that this wildfire has to do a lot with the climate change but on the other hand trump blames the state of California and forest management for fire mismanagement. He added that the management over the years have not worked properly by removing dead and dry trees etc. Hence, it is a fault on their part. This is how trump has diverted the attention.

This statement of trump and his action regarding the same will definitely impact the presidential election this year and will impact the candidature of Trump. Also, this issue is clearly used by trump’s opponent to pint at tremendous urgency of the climate change issue.

Joe Biden clearly called Trump climate arsonist because how this year fire season has progressed and the president’s refusal to rally address this issue Joe Biden also added that these climate issues will became more worst if Trump wins second term.

We should fight the cause of these fire before all of us are burnt and what is left is mere ashes of regrets.

 

Written by - Shalaka Pathak

Edited By - Adrija Saha