Thread by @DrJasonJohnson

The wildfires out in California are so much worse than what most of our 24 hour press is covering consistently. This isn't a criticism, the 2020 campaign justifiably eats up a tremendous amount of airtime, but seeing the impact firsthand is terrifying

The sky in large parts of Southern CA are a burn umber, or even red regardless of the time of day. Because you can actually SEE the fires off in the horizon. Every single national forest in Cali is closed because of these fires. That's JOBS on the line as well

The #wildfires in Southern CA have burned over 11,000 acres in the last week. Which is more than every single professional and college football field in America.... Twice

#Wildfires also have a huge impact on #COVID__19 patients and survivors. It's almost impossible to describe the impact on air quality that comes from living so close open uncontrolled fires. The ash makes breathing even harder for people who might be suffering already

#wildfires in Madera and Fresno CA are burning up land the size of New York's Central Park EVERY 30 MINUTES over the last few days. Can you IMAGINE if Central Park was on fire? The kind of non-stop coverage it would get? Unfortunately that coverage isn't happening enough

Environmental policy has really fallen off the map in the 2020 election but CA fires should REALLY remind everyone that these issues are serious, that radical environmental policy might be the only thing that prevents this kind of damage from being annual, AND national