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@androidsixteen.eth
I was devastated by the WNC floods last year. Seeing the LA fires, I intellectually feel a similar sadness. But emotionally, I feel more detached since Iโ€™m less connected with the land Perhaps we must viscerally feel the anguish of climate volatility before we can solve it. Ie. it may be a crisis of the heart, not the mind
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@ted
climate volatility is a long-term problem that will take years, if ever, to reverse completely; we must focus on practical, tactical solutions to allow humans to better endure and survive this volatility. unfortunately, the environmentalists and the tactical problem solvers have long been at odds in LA.
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@marvp
100% agree with that last part. Empathy (as a population, not individually) is a lie, people need to experience things in order to care.
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@maurelian.eth
The physical and economic damage is relatively quantifiable. The cost of the mental anguish is not. It may be the something that weakens it... but it might also be what wakes us from our slumber and creates a more cohesive 'wartime' culture.
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@deanpierce.eth
In September 2020 my kid was three months old and the air in Portland decided to turn poison (AQI>500) for a week. We couldn't drive anywhere because there was no reasonable way to filter the air in the car, and it was smokey in all directions for 100 or so miles. More and more people are going to be having these experiences.
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@superbuu.eth
Incredibly sad, billions of dollars in damages so many people just lost everything they own. Their entire lives are turned upside down. My mother's house burned down a few years ago it's devastating
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@n1ftey
human nature to not feel something as viscerally until it directly impacts you. if more people understood this, the world would look very differnt
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@jawa
Iโ€™m nervous about mudslides that frequently follow these fires. Once we get rain thereโ€™s no vegetation left to hold the dirt down.
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@madisonsommer.eth
I've felt very similar about this event compared to Helene. It is heartbreaking to look at before and after photos of specific places
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@annonwindlikesca
Climate change is a deeply personal issue that requires empathy and connection to the land for real change
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@femmie
really powerful thought, connecting emotionally might be just as important as understanding intellectually.
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@amber1
Climate volatility may demand a visceral response, as true understanding often arises from emotional connection rather than intellectual acknowledgment.
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