Scorched Earth, Flickering Future: Spokane's Wildfires as Canaries in the Coal Mine The unfolding disaster in Spokane is a grim harbinger of what's to come if we fail to address the root causes of our increasingly volatile climate.
The wildfires that have ravaged Washington state's second largest city are a stark reminder that human caused climate change is no longer a distant threat, but an unyielding reality.
The numbers are staggering: 65,000 people forced to flee their homes, hundreds of buildings reduced to cinders, and an estimated 700 1,110 structures destroyed.