July and August...Fire Season Dread.

Our community is enveloped by an oasis of green. A million acres, to the north and to the south was blackened by the Dixie Fire. We don't feel safe. The Air Quality Index is bound to to rise from the springtime 30's to something well over 100, soon. This will happen due to the increased traffic from second-homers and high lake tourists. Lightning or man-made fires will double and triple those numbers. We remember the Summer AQI numbers jumping to 400 and 500. It is hard to breathe when the numbers jump that high. Walking and riding your bicycle offers a daily reminder, we thrive on good air...we struggle with bad air. There are many trees and homes left to burn in California. You will see it in the headlines, by mid-July people will be evacuating their communities and praying for mercy from the Fire Gods. We have our "Go bags and Go vehicles" in the ready position. Yes, this is a "climate weirding" issue and it will not be something we tell our grandchildren about...they will know the story well...Their lives will be fraught with even more extremes. I wish them well...the future looks frightening from here.