CHICAGO — It felt like the opening minutes of a disaster movie. This summer, Trevor O’Donnell, 64, had been reading the cascade of news about extreme weather: wildfire smoke covering the country, deadly flooding in unexpected places, record-breaking heat. To O’Donnell, a tourism executive who splits his time between Palm Springs, California, and Douglas, Michigan, American life now resembled a scene straight of out a Hollywood film, when the hero’s family is making breakfast as alarming televisi
Wasn’t expecting to see DCI on the front page, but here we are
Our weather is fucked. Here in the PNW our summers are so much hotter and drier. Our winters are warmer and more mild as well. Climate change has fucked our planet beyond recognition. If you told someone from Seattle 20 years ago that our summers would be as hot as Southern California they would tell you you’re crazy, but we’re getting there.
Remember a couple years ago when we hit 117°? Insanity.
It was my first day at a new job, working from home in a tiny room with no air conditioning. Definitely remember that unfortunately.
Don’t forget the wildfire smoke.