California Wildfires: The Devastating Impact of Climate Change

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That science, that science is going to be key. Because if

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we ignore that science and sort of put our head in the sand and think it's all about vegetation

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management, we're not going to succeed together protecting Californians. That

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was a clip from a number of years ago, I think it was 2020, where Donald Trump

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was talking to a panel discussing the wildfires that we're having at that

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point that were devastating communities within California. Sound

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familiar? This is the problem with what's happening with

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wildfires. Climate change is causing things that

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we cannot control and the Santa Ana fire that's

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happening in LA right now due to the Santa Ana winds is

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out of control. And it's really difficult to fight, no matter how

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much water you have, no matter how many people you have, just because of the

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speed of the winds and how dry things are. We're gonna talk

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today, on today's episode of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast, about why

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the fires happen, the blame and the myths that are going on, the

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fact that people are in a very vulnerable position, and what we

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can do about it. On this episode of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast, let's

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start the show. Hey,

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everybody, welcome back to a somber episode of the How to Protect the Ocean

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podcast. I am your host, Andrew Lewin, and this is the podcast where you find out what's happening with

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the ocean, how you can speak up for the ocean, and what you can do to live for a

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better ocean by taking action. And this is an

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episode that I don't ever want to cover. This is something that is

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devastating to a number of people in L.A. County, and it's

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a really difficult pill to swallow for all of us. It's

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a perfect example, unfortunately, of the devastation that climate change

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can cause, and we are in the thick of it. This

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is a problem where there's really not much

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we can do until these winds of the Santa Ana winds really

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stops. And it's scary. It is

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scary. Now, I would love to say that this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing.

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but this has been predicted for quite some time. And we're gonna talk about it on today's

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episode because I think it's something that we do need to talk about it. I've

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done a little bit of research and I wanna talk about a few things of why this

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happened, the blame and the myths that are going around the

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fire, as well as, people are in a very vulnerable

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position. They're getting hurt, they've lost their homes, they've lost their

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childhood memories, they've lost a lot, people have lost their

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lives. You know, it is a difficult thing. This

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is not just a case where celebrities are losing their homes and they can buy new

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homes. That could be true. There's a lot of people who

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are suffering right now and a lot of the fire people that are out there doing

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their best to put this fire out and putting themselves in danger again

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in a vulnerable position to fires where they're just

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trying to contain. They know they can't put out right away until

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these winds die down. So we're going to talk about What the

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heck happened? It goes back a couple of years. In

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2023, there was a lot of precipitation in California. They had

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record snowfalls up in the mountains. They had a

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lot of water. In fact, in the spring, they had a lot of landslides, and

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they had a lot of disasters regarding water. There was a lot of floods. LA got flooded.

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But in that time, there was so much water that all this

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vegetation grew, and it was quite lush for

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quite some time, for about a year. In comes 2024, super dry in LA. Very,

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very dry in California, drought conditions, all that vegetation just

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dried up. That just becomes an accelerant for any

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type of fire that could happen. It doesn't matter how it started, once

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that starts, if you get a bad wind, see where I'm going with this,

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if you get a bad wind, you're in trouble. And

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that is what really happened this year, a

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few weeks ago. The Santa Ana winds, which happen every

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once in a while, were massive this year. They

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were 90 mile an hour winds, and they still haven't settled

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down. It's caused any type of ignition of

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vegetation to go widespread. There were reports

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of, you know, five football fields of area

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being covered within an hour. Just think about that.

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Think about how fast this fire can go. You've seen pictures,

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you've seen videos of the fires. You've seen

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what's happened before, what happened during and what happened after. People

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had to leave just in the nick of time because they could not predict how

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fast this fire was going to spread. There are a number of

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different fires and you just never know. Once the winds change, you never know

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where it's going to go. Scientists refer to this Scientists

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refer to this action of being super

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wet conditions to super dry conditions as a hydroclimate whiplash,

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where essentially it happens where it gets extremely wet for one year, extremely

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dry, and then they're intensified by global climate

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change. So the wetness is intensified by global climate change, and the

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dryness is intensified by global climate change. It's

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climate change, folks. It's what people have been saying all along.

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And this is the problem that we have. These

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abrupt climate variations contribute to the increased vegetation growth during

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wet periods and followed by the drying of that vegetation during droughts,

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creating an abundant fuel for wildfires. This

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pattern has been observed in California, exacerbating the frequency and intensity

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of wildfires. This has been happening for a long time, but it's getting worse and

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worse. And once you get those bad winds, those Sandana winds, you get what

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we have right now, an absolute disaster, $250 billion

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worth of damage, 250 billion with a B. It's

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the cost of climate change. Unfortunately, it's putting

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people at risk. It doesn't matter where you are in your

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1% or a 99%, it doesn't matter. It's coming for us. And

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if you're put in vulnerable positions, if you live in an area that

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is vulnerable to wildfires or drought or flooding, eventually

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it's gonna catch up. And if we continue to ignore climate change,

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these are the things that are gonna happen. We saw it out in Hawaii,

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in Maui, and now we're seeing it here in California. And it's devastating. It's

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absolutely devastating. I feel so bad for the people who had to

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go through that. I have friends who lost their childhood homes

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and their childhood friends have lost their homes. Parents

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just barely getting out, 11 dead so far. It's

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absolutely devastating. And we continue to have people like the

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next president that's coming in in a couple of weeks to talk that, hey, it's

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gonna get cooler in a couple of years. This is what he said in 2020. It's gonna

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get cooler in a couple of years. You just watch. We've had record heat

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every single year, including last year in 2024. And there

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are arguments all the time. I always see it. It's, you know, it's, It's

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it's wet. So why is it the things now? Everything's not warming. It's

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wet outside. We're getting rain. We're getting all this stuff. It's not snowing

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or it's snowed too much. How's this global warming? It's

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always the same thing. People believe in conspiracy theories. You

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know, it's government trying to control people. It's climate change.

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The scientists have been saying it for years for decades. And

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we continue to just ignore the people in charge that we elect to

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be in charge, continue to ignore the signs, continue to

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ignore what people are going through. It's like they don't even care.

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All they care about is the money that they're paid to get in to

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power. And it's really interesting because when you see these disasters happen,

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the blame game starts to show up and all the myths start to

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show up. you know, the blame first going on the fire department, which why

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are you blaming the fire department when the fire department is the one

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that is out there trying to stop

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these fires from happening, which is virtually impossible. And you have like, you know,

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the chief firefighter. was a woman criticized because she

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came out one time and said, yes, there will be, you know, the fire department will

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be focusing on making a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace.

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That's all that she that's all she said one time. And now it's like, oh, well, it's because she's

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not hiring white men, that this is the problem that

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we're in. They can't put out the fire. That's not the case. That was debunked. And

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that's not the case. It does not matter how many firefighters we

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have. It does not matter how much water is available. The fact that these

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winds are picking up the fire in such dry conditions due to climate change,

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we're in trouble. That's why these fires are happening. And it is insane.

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People are even saying there's not enough water in, you know, the

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hydrants are like drying up. The chief came out

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and said, hey, you know, we have the right amount of water. It's

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just, there's not enough. They have a million gallon tanks of water waiting.

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to be used in the hydrants. It's just not enough. It's very difficult to predict this

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extent of fire, the intensity, the speed

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at which this fire is going. It is almost impossible to stop.

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And they just have to wait till the fires die down. And then unfortunately, people

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are in a vulnerable position because of climate change. This is what

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we've been saying. This is why scientists are so frustrated. There's

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data that comes out. We tell the people, the people who are making money because that

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are causing climate change say, you know what? We want to continue to make money. So

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we're just going to pay off the decision makers and we're going to start putting

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out misinformation out there. And we're going to say, Hey, you know what? Let's,

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let's not worry about climate change. It's not even real. Don't even worry about all this stuff.

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The scientists are saying they're just elitist. They just want to control you. It's

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not, it's nothing. It's insane. It's insane to even think. that

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we're at a position like this. I find it funny that the next

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president is blaming the governor for saying, hey, there's not

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enough water because you diverted some water for smelt,

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which is a conservation project way north of

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where the fires are. And then there's also a situation

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where, well, they got rid of a dam. And they could use the

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water from the dam for an indigenous reconciliation project. And

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that's the reason. That's not the reason. It's the decades of

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federal government ignoring climate change and not doing

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anything about it. And to be honest, anybody who has

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been in power, whether it be Democrats or Republicans, who

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have been the president over the last like three, four

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decades are responsible because they did not move at

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all, or they did not move fast enough to help climate change. Or

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they reversed all the actions that were done in climate change, AKA Donald

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Trump, getting out of the Paris Accord. We continue to

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fall within these traps. It's continuous. We try and

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blame all of these people, blame the mayor for cutting the

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budget of the fire department, which they never really did. It was debunked.

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And here we are, we have people who are living in areas that

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are vulnerable to fire. They are spending millions on

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their homes and they are losing out because the

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insurance companies are getting out of dodge. They're getting out of California

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because it's so difficult. Their insurance claims canceled.

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or their insurance canceled, or they're not renewed because they live in

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a fire hazard. If you want to know about climate change and where the most vulnerable

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spots are, you watch where insurance companies will not cover

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certain disasters. They're starting to get out of Florida because of hurricanes, and

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the Southeast because of hurricanes, and they're getting out of California and other places because

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of fire. Because they can't, they don't have the reserves, they don't have the

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money to cover the amount of money that's required

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to cover all these disasters. They're not built for that. So

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they get out of there. They know way ahead of time. And whether they

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may not renew your insurance for that coverage, or

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they don't offer it to you at all anymore on new houses or new bills.

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They know exactly what's happening. And they just get out. And then we're

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stuck with the bill. The people are stuck with the bill. And look, I

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get it. We see celebrities on TV because it's

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in LA, it's in Hollywood. And people are like, oh, well, you

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know, these celebrities, they make millions, tens of millions, hundreds of

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millions of dollars. Why should we care? They're going to be able to buy a nice house. Yes.

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I mean, obviously it sucks to lose a house. You

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lose pictures. I can't even imagine. It is devastating. But

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yes, many of them, of the celebrities, probably either have homes somewhere

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else or they can afford to pay for another home. They

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lose all their, their memories. They lose all of, you

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know, any kind of memorabilia that they have, any type of

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ancestry things that they have, which is awful for

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anybody. It doesn't matter how rich you are, how poor you are. It's awful. But

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yes, they could probably move and buy another house. And although

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it affect their income, they'd still be able to have a house. It's

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the people who can't afford to move. That's where it becomes really devastating. They

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have no homes. They can't afford, they have to move out of the

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state, because it's really expensive to live, and they have no place to go. Nobody's

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gonna buy their house. Why would you buy in a place that is so

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vulnerable to wildfires that took out entire neighborhoods? Not

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just one, entire neighborhoods. Not to mention all the air

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quality hazards that are out there for people for years

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to come. It is brutal the way people continue to

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get treated Yet we listen to politicians who

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deny climate change, who want to drill baby drill, and

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these things continue to happen. It's awful. Now what can we do

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about it? The first thing is put decision makers in place that

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agree that climate change is happening and we need to do something about it, like three decades

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ago. That's what we need to do. Put people into place who

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are capable of understanding the complexities of climate change and

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what need to happen. It's really it. That's all you have to do is

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use your vote. Climate change, back when Obama

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was president, the Navy said that climate change was the biggest

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threat to the United States, to the world, to the planet. Yet

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all of a sudden we've forgotten that. No, no, they're just blowing up

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promotion. It wasn't even a big topic in the US presidential

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election. It won't be a big topic in

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the next election for Canada, other than taking the carbon tax away,

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which is a measure to combat climate change. It's

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unreal. Yet we continue to just fall into these traps.

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This disaster will happen. We'll follow it for a few months. We'll

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forget about it, just like we did to Hawaii. And then we'll continue with

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our way. And then we'll continue to vote people in who don't do anything about

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climate change when they're in power. We do it to ourselves. And

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I'm frustrated. I'm so sick of it. We just continue to do it to

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ourselves. And until we realize that climate

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change is affecting all aspects of our life, including the economy, we're

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going to run out of money. We can't always pay for these natural disasters. $250 billion.

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We have to, we have to change something. Things have to change. And

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if we keep ignoring it, we're going to keep having these happen. And there's going to

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be areas in the United States, as well as around the world where we

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cannot live because it's too unsafe for people to

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live. And that's going to continue that, that area is going to continue to

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grow. And we're going to continue to have problems as

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people are trying to figure out where they can live and where they can't. So it's

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a, it's a, an awakener, although we've, we've had these problems before,

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but people need to like, as people are, are, you

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know, donating money to the red cross and donating money to people to

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help them survive, maybe they should realize like, maybe I should donate

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to campaigns of politicians who are actually going to do something about climate change.

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Cause those are the ones we need. The scientists are all, they're pretty much on board.

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They're like climate change is happening, but the decision makers refuse to do

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anything about it or do anything about fast enough. Like there's even criticism with

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the Biden administration that they're not working fast enough, including and

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with the Trudeau government as well. We just aren't

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doing it fast enough because we don't want to pay for it, but we're going to

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have to pay for it in one way or another. And it could be with our homes. It could be

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with our lives. It could be with just our

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countries and it's not discriminating against any country. It's

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going after everything. So it's a rude awakening. I hate to start off the week like

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this, but something I thought I had to cover. I feel so, so bad

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for the people who are, who have been devastated by these fires. And

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I'll put links now where people can donate to help people out

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in these fires as they continue to burn. And hopefully people can

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recover and find a way to live on, but it's going to forever change

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them. That's it for today's episode. If you have any comments or anywhere that people

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can donate, please let me know. You can hit me up on Instagram at

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how to protect the ocean. You can also and I hope everyone is safe out

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there, especially our fans and our audience in the L.A. region.

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And I just I hope that everybody is just able

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to recover and get to a safe spot. Thank you very much for listening to this episode of

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the How to Protect the Ocean podcast. I'm your host, Angelo, and have a good day. I'll