Fires that Reach the Skies

After the fire the fire still burns
The heart grows older but never ever learns
The memories smolder and the soul always yearns

After the fire the fire still burns 

The fire still burns, raging through the pain
Blackening the promises the tears and the rain
The fire will burn
'Til the wind begins to turn
And it all begins again

-- Roger Daltry

All the fires you could want are lighting up the skies these days. And, when one is put out, another starts. And it all begins again.

"Alberta Burns Due To Climate Change Fueled Wildfires, Yet Provincial Government & Media Refuse to Mention It," screams one headline. Oh, the media are mentioning the fires, but not mentioning the cause: Climate change, the news article's author says.

 

   He mentioned it only because he writes for an environmental news source, CleanTechnica. You ever heard of that? Or is it not quite as big as CNN or Fox News?

 

   The Alberta fire is not insignificant. Almost 30,000 have been evacuated. A state of emergency has been declared. "I don't know that I ever recall seeing multiple communities evacuated all at once in a fire season," Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said.

   Did she say, "fire season"? For most of the world, that is yet ahead.

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