“MWEDZI MUTSVUKU. Mwedzi mutsvuku.”
Aya akanga ari mashoko omwana wangu ane mwedzi 18 okukura, achitsanangura denga zuva rorereka pana November 8 sezvataibuda munzvimbo yake yokuchengeta vana masikati. Ndichikachidza kusuwa kukuru, ndakati, “Sweetie, ndiro zuva. Denga rakasviba neutsi.
Ndakaedza kusafunga zvakanyanya pamusoro penyika yaari kukurira, uye kuti mapapu ake maduku sei akanga achizadzwa nemhepo yakasvibiswa kubva kumoto unopisa wakanga watouraya vanhu vakawanda.
Mangwanani iwayo, Paradhiso, guta rine vanhu 27,000 165 riri makiromita XNUMX chete kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweSan Francisco, rakapotsa raparadzwa nomoto wesango.
Pakazosvika masikati, mhepo yainhuwa semoto wemusasa mhiri kweBay Area, uye kubva ipapo, kunaka kwemhepo kwave kwakaipisisa kupfuura chero kupi zvako pasi rose, kunze kweChina neIndia. Zvikoro zvakavharwa uye vanhu vamanikidzwa kupfeka michina yekufemesa. Mhepo ine muchetura yapinda munzvimbo dzedu dzebasa nedzimba, zvichikonzera dambudziko rehutano.
Vagari vakabviswa muParadhiso vakatamburira kuti vawane pokugara vachitsungirira mhepo yakasviba yakashata. Chitoro chisina basa cheSears muChico chave yakashandurwa kuita nzvimbo yekudzorera njodzi, uye mazana avanhu anomira mumutsetse zuva riri rose, achikarira betsero mukuvakazve upenyu hwavo.
Vamwe vakadzika misasa munzvimbo ine tsvina iri pedyo neWalmart muChico, umo basa rokuzvipira raigamuchira marori ezvokudya, zvipfeko uye mvura yokugezera nokuda kwokubuda. Asi masevhisi iwayo aive yakavharwa neSvondo masikati, vachimanikidza vakakuvadzwa nemoto kuti vaenderere mberi - asi kuenda kupi, vazhinji vaisaziva.
Inozivikanwa se "Camp Fire" - zita risingaite kururamisira kumadziro ekuparadza nerufu akatarisana nevagari - moto wesango muNorthern California wapararira kune anopfuura 150,000 maeka uye unongova makumi mashanu neshanu muzana.
Sezvo chinyorwa ichi changa chichinyorwa, nhamba yevakafa i76, uye haisati yamira kukwira. Vanhu vanoda kusvika chiuru nemazana matatu vasipo.
Vanhu vari kupa DNA vaine tarisiro yekuwana zvakasara zvevadikani vavo, uye vakuru vakuru vari kutotaura kuti zvingave zvisingaite kuwana munhu wese, kunyangwe vari kutsvaga nezvikwata zvembwa dzembwa. Uyu ndiwo moto wakaipisisa munhoroondo yeCalifornia uye yakauraya vanhu vakawanda mumakore zana apfuura munyika yose.
ZVAVE zvinouraya masvondo maviri kune vekuCalifornian. Mumwe moto muSouthern California - Woolsey Fire muMalibu, iyo yakatanga panguva imwe chete neCamp Fire - yakauraya vatatu. Vamwe vevakabviswa muWoolsey Fire vanga vachangopona kupfurwa kwemagandanga mu Thousand Oaks country bar, uye vakatozotiza moto mushure mekuenda kuchirangaridzo.
Nguva yese iyi, Munyori Wemukati Ryan Zinke akaenderera mberi nekutengesa mutsara wokusaziva wenharo nezve chakakonzera njodzi - kuvaka pane yaDonald Trump inorwara tweet nezve "kutadza kutonga kwemasango. Gadzirisa izvozvi, kana kusisina kubhadhara kweFed!
Popular Science nezvimwe zvinobudisa nhau akaramba zvaitaurwa nezvokutarisira masango - kutaura zvazviri, nzvimbo yakarohwa neCamp Fire yakaderedzwa nekupisa kwakadzora makore gumi apfuura. Zvichakadaro, mhinduro yehasha pasocial media yakadana chikonzero icho Trump naZinke havadi kutaura nezvazvo: shanduko yemamiriro ekunze.
Vashoma vevanhu vanotenda zvirevo zvisina musoro zvekuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze-kuramba bapiro rekurudyi, asi vazhinji vanonzwisisa kuti kuwedzera kwemoto unouraya kune zvese zvine chekuita nekudziya kwepasi.
MuCalifornia, imwe mhedzisiro huru yekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze kwave kuri kutenderera kwekusanaya kwemvura kwemakore ikozvino. Vakuru vehurumende vanoti kuti kusanaya kwemvura kwakapararira pamusoro pe85 muzana yeCalifornia, uye nharaunda dzemahombekombe epakati nekumaodzanyemba kweCalifornia, kubva kuSan Luis Obispo County kusvika kumuganhu weUS-Mexico, "mukusanaya kwemvura kwakanyanya."
Pakazere, kutenderera kwekusanaya kwemvura, kozoti kunaya, kwowedzera kupisa nekusanaya kwemvura zvinoreva kuti chero chinomera chakakura nekukurumidza panguva yekunyorova chinoshanduka kuita mafuta ekutanga panguva yekuoma.
Uyezve, kushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze kwakawedzera mwaka wemoto. Yakabatana nemhepo inopisa kwazvo yeSanta Ana iri kuvhuvhuta nemuCalifornia izvozvi, nyika yave bhokisi retinder.
CHIMWE CHOKWADI CHINONYANYA chakaziviswa nenjodzi iyi ndechekuti vanhu veParadhiso, senge vakawirwa nemoto muSanta Rosa gore rapfuura, yanga isina hurongwa hwekuzivisa nezve emergency. Vakuru vakuru vakasarudza kushandisa gadziriro yakadzama yechenjedzo kuti vadzivise kutsvikinyidzana kwemigwagwa, asi mwoto wacho wakapararira nokukurumidza zvikuru, uchisundwa nemhepo yemamaira 50 paawa.
Mushumo unokatyamadza mu Los Angeles Times inodonongodza kuti maodha ekubuda akatumirwa sei uchishandisa nharembozha inonzi CodeRed, iyo inovhara landlines nenhamba dzenharembozha dzakatumirwa nekuzvidira nevagari. MuParadhiso, izvo zvaingosanganisira vanenge 25 kusvika ku30 muzana yevagari—vazhinji vavo vasina, pakupedzisira, vakapiwa chiziviso chemoto zvachose.
Vamwe vagari vakawanda vakapona pamoto uyu kuburikidza nekuedza kwavo vamene kumhuri dzavo nevavakidzani, kwete chero rubatsiro rwehurumende. Zvinoshamisa kuti mwana ane makore gumi ari kunzi ndiye akaronga muti wefoni wakazivisa vavakidzani neshamwari kuti vaifanira kubva.
Zvisinei neizvi chokwadi, munhu akajairwa-anopa mhosva anouya nenjodzi dzese dzemamiriro ekunze - mune iyi nyaya, kuti vagari havana kuteerera kuvakuru vehurumende nehurongwa hwekuzivisa - vanogona kunzwika munhau.
Mune dzimwe nzira, musiyano uripo pakati peCamp Fire neWoolsey Fire inoratidza kuti kusaenzana kwehupfumi nemagariro kunotamba sei munjodzi dzisiri dzechisikigo. Mufananidzo wenyeredzi dzeHollywood dzichihaya vanodzima moto vega kuti vadzivirire dzimba dzavo dzekugara uku vanhu vakatsva kusvika vafa vachitiza matirakita mapaki inyaya yemaguta maviri.
Moto wese wakatanga pasi pemamiriro akafanana uye wakawedzerwa ne50-mamaira-per-awa Santa Ana mhepo. Asi zvivako zvinopfuura 12,000 1,000 zvakatsva muParadhiso, nepo zvinopfuura chiuru zvakaparadzwa muVentura neLos Angeles Counties.
Mumwe musiyano mukuru ndewehupfumi. Mari yepakati peParadhiso inosvika zviuru makumi matatu zvemadhora, ukuwo Woolsey Fire yakarova dzimwe nzvimbo dzekuita zvakanaka.
DEMOCRATIC GOV. Jerry Brown akashoropodza kutaura kwekutuka kwaTrump pamusoro pekutonga masango uye akanongedzera kune chokwadi chekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze uko kuri kugadzira "chinhu chitsva."
Asi kusaita kwaBrown mukumisa kubviswa nekunatsiridzwa kwemafuta emafuta munyika ane vakabatsira kukuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze. Vatungamiriri vezvematongerwo enyika vemapato ese vakaramba kuisa zvimwe zviwanikwa kune zvivakwa zvinodiwa kudzivirira njodzi uye kubatsira pazvinoitika, seCal Fire.
Zvichakadaro, Brown ane mutoro chaiwo wechokwadi chimwe chinotyisa: Akava mutariri wehurumende wouranda hwomuzuva razvino uno mukudzima moto. Sezvakataurwa neWBUR, vasungwa zvino vanoumba inoda kusvika 40 muzana yevanodzima moto muCalifornia kana totaura nezvemoto wesango.
Bazi reCalifornia Dhipatimendi reMasango uye Dziviriro yeMoto rinoshanda pamusoro pemisasa yekuchengetedza ye40 munyika yese inoshandisa vana vese - vanonzi "vadiki" - uye vanhu vakuru vasiri vatadzi vasina chisimba kurwisa moto.
Vasungwa vanopihwa madhora 1 paawa - asi chete kana vachirwisa moto unoshanda. Vakadzi vadzimi vemoto vari musungwa vanobhadharwa kunyange iri pasi peiyi! Iyi mibairo yakaderera inochengetedza nyika $100 miriyoni pagore. Uye pasinei nemubhadharo wavo, vasungwa vanopiwa mabasa akaoma zvikuru mumamiriro ezvinhu akaipisisa.
Brown nehurumende yenyika vane mhosva neimwe nzira: Vakapa pass kuPacific Gas & Electricity (PG&E), iyo yanga iine mhosva mukupisa kwakawanda kwazvino.
Pakutanga gore rino, vaongorori vemoto vakawana kuti midziyo yePG&E yaive nebasa rekutanga moto gumi nenhanhatu gore rapfuura, kusanganisira iyo 16 Tubbs Fire iyo yakapotsa yatsvaira Santa Rosa nekuuraya vanhu makumi maviri nevaviri. Maererano nemishumo, mu2017 yemoto, vaongorori vakawana humbowo kuti kambani yakatyora mitemo yekuchengetedza nyika.
Zvakadaro Brown neCalifornia paramende vakavhotera kubvisa PG&E ye$17 bhiriyoni mufaindi nekubvumira kambani kuzvipfuudza kune vatengi.
Uye zvino zvinoratidzika PG&E inogona kuwanikwa ine mhosva yekubatsira kutanga Camp Fire.
Mumwe mushandi wePG&E akadaro mubvunzurudzo na SW kuti mukuru wekambani akabvuma mhosva yeCamp Fire pamusangano wekambani yemaoko svondo rapfuura:
Pakanga pane kukundikana kwemutsara wekugovera - imwe yetambo duku dzemagetsi pamatanda emapuranga. Iyi mitsetse yekugara haigoni kubata mhepo ine simba, uye mhepo dzakakwira kusvika kumakiromita 55 paawa muParadhiso.
Iyo kambani haisi kupindura mubvunzo wekuti iri kuomesa sei hurongwa hwayo, saka kukundikana uku kuri kuitika. PG&E inoisa zviwanikwa zvakawanda mukugadzirisa zvivakwa muBay Area, nekuti Silicon Valley nemakambani ehunyanzvi arimo. Nzvimbo dzekunze dzinoiswa pamoto wekumashure nekuti hadzina mapurojekiti makuru.
Izvi zvinoreva kuti nzvimbo dzine moto mukuru hadzina kuvandudzwa. Zviteshi zvepasi ndezvekare. Mune dzimwe nzvimbo, michina yacho inobva kuma1950 nema1960. Yakachipa uye yakasviba ihwo huzivi hwePG&E. Izvi zvaitarisirwa. Izvi hazvisi kunze kweblue. Vamwe vedu takazviona zvichiuya.
Mushandi, uyo akakumbira kusazivikanwa nekuda kwenhoroondo yekambani yekutsiva kune vanoridza mhere, akati vashandi vakatarisana nekushungurudzika kubva kune vatengi neveruzhinji, asi vashandi havana simba pamusoro pemamiriro ezvinhu:
Kutonga kwakashata kuri kuita sarudzo, kwete vashandi ve22,000. Kambani iyi yakashandisa kuputika kwakaitika muSan Bruno muna 2010 kwakauraya vanhu vasere kudzosera kumashure mihoro uye kuwedzera mabhenefiti, uye vari kutsvaga mamwe maregisheni kubva kuvashandi. Isu hatina vashandi vashoma uye tinoshanda zvakapfurikidza. PG&E inochengeta grid ichimhanya kwemaawa makumi maviri nemana, zvinoreva kuti munhu wese anoshanda zvakanyanya uye zvisingaite.
Tsika yekuchengetedza yakatangwa mushure meSan Bruno - izvi zvakagadzira tsika yekutaura muPG&E, asi manejimendi haasi kushandisa izvi kuwedzera kuchengetedzwa kwevashandi nenharaunda. Pane kudaro, vari kushandisa mutemo uyu kuchengetedza vashandi.
MUMAVIKI maviri apfuura, mwanakomana wangu ave achiona “mwedzi mitsvuku” yakawanda mukati mezuva.
Asi haasi iye ega. Kwese kuNorthern California, tiri kuona tsvuku - kubva kukwira kwemhepo pa "zvisina hutano," "ngozi" uye "ine ngozi."
Pfungwa dzedu nemwoyo zviri kuonawo kutsvuka nehasha pamusoro pezvinokosheswa negadziriro ino inoramba ichitikuvadza nokutiuraya. Isu tinonzwa kutsvuka mumwoyo medu kuti makumi ezviuru zvevanhu vasina pekugara havakwanise kuwana pekugara, kana masks ekuvadzivirira kubva mukusvibiswa, pavanenge vachinetsekana mumigwagwa nemumatende, mumaRV nemotokari mumigwagwa, vese vari munzvimbo dzakapfuma. muU.S.
Isu tinoona kutsvuka nekunzwa kusemeswa nemaboss nevakuru vakuru vasingamise zuva rebasa nemuhoro apo mhepo yemhepo inorondedzerwa se "ine ngozi" - uye panzvimbo iyo inoita kuti vanhu vaende kubasa uye, zvakatonyanya, kugara kunze mumhepo ine chepfu, vachiita basa rinorema.
Mhinduro dzinopihwa nevatungamiriri vezvematongerwo enyika - pavanopa chero chinhu zvachose - hadzina kukwana. Chinzvimbo chavo sevamiriri veboka recapitalist nemakambani zvinotsveyamisa zvavanokoshesa kupesana nepasi nevanhuwo zvavo.
Mhinduro dzichafanira kubva kune vedu vari pazasi - vashandi vePG&E, vanodzima moto, vadzidzisi, vanhu vari kurwisa kushaya pekugara uye vanhuwo zvavo vemarudzi ese vanotsungirira kushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze kwavasina basa nazvo.
Parizvino, tese tiri kutarisira hutano hwedu uye hutano hwevamwe. Mangwana, patinogona kufema, tinofanira kupfuurira kurwisa kupenga kwetsika ino nokubatana mumwoyo yedu.
ZNetwork inopihwa mari chete kuburikidza nerupo rwevaverengi vayo.
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