I live in Los Angeles and had just finished a post about gross Rick Caruso's using private firefighters for his bougie village in the Palisades that's still standing, and I started to cry and then I clicked on to your post and it's made me feel better. I mean, I'm still crying, but it's good to hear your beautiful memories and wish for some kind of reckoning for the cretins coming into power. Maybe the good will come in as quickly as the fires did, leaving good in their wake as opposed to utter destruction.
I also heard about some folks who fought the fires themselves (no bougie private firefighters) who were then able to save their properties through their own efforts, while folks who listened to the government and evacuated lost everything. It makes me so angry to think about how mobilization doesn’t happen for the average American, even in a crisis. We’re really out there fighting our own fires, literally and metaphorically. Something has to change. My heart is broken for all the loss, and I’m so, so angry. Glad you are safe, and I hope the mending and rebuilding isn’t as ugly as we all fear it will be.
I live in Los Angeles and had just finished a post about gross Rick Caruso's using private firefighters for his bougie village in the Palisades that's still standing, and I started to cry and then I clicked on to your post and it's made me feel better. I mean, I'm still crying, but it's good to hear your beautiful memories and wish for some kind of reckoning for the cretins coming into power. Maybe the good will come in as quickly as the fires did, leaving good in their wake as opposed to utter destruction.
I also heard about some folks who fought the fires themselves (no bougie private firefighters) who were then able to save their properties through their own efforts, while folks who listened to the government and evacuated lost everything. It makes me so angry to think about how mobilization doesn’t happen for the average American, even in a crisis. We’re really out there fighting our own fires, literally and metaphorically. Something has to change. My heart is broken for all the loss, and I’m so, so angry. Glad you are safe, and I hope the mending and rebuilding isn’t as ugly as we all fear it will be.
I love having your wisdom to lean on when I feel out of control.
Beautiful. Thank you for this. <3
Yes, beautifully and precisely. Thank you for writing!!