Firestorm The Great Los Angeles Fires And America's New Age Of Disaster by Jacob Soboroff
The Great Los Angeles Fires And America's New Age Of Disaster
A vivid, on-the-ground account of California’s recent wildfire crisis that combines reporting from survivors and first responders with analysis of how climate change, decades of risky development, aging infrastructure, and policy failures turned seasonal blazes into urban catastrophes. It traces specific fires and their human toll while examining the roles of utilities, insurers, emergency managers, and elected officials, showing how institutions were unprepared for hotter, drier conditions and stronger winds. The narrative links local devastation to broader national questions about carbon-driven warming and resilience, and concludes with a warning and prescriptions for planning, investment, and equitable adaptation to limit increasingly frequent, high-consequence disasters.
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