The new abnormal
by Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Content Agency
Nov 15, 2018
3 minutes
Thousand Oaks, California: a city torn apart by wildfire and gunfire. Both are unnatural disasters.
"This is the new abnormal," Gov. Jerry Brown said this week at a press conference, talking about global warming and the three voracious fires that are tearing up his state, one of them -- the Camp Fire, in Northern California -- the deadliest and most destructive in the state's history.
"Unfortunately, the best science is telling us that dryness, warmth, drought, all those things, they're going to intensify," Brown said.
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