“…And I Feel Fine!”

Where are my friends? pic.twitter.com/fyhyVyFpLU

— Empire State Building (@EmpireStateBldg) June 7, 2023

Smoke. Underground.

Ballston-MU Metro station, Arlington, Virginia, moments ago. pic.twitter.com/4kGyHxlw48

— George Conway 🇺🇦 (@gtconway3d) June 8, 2023

Just because it’s affecting some of the most populated areas of the country (and the centers of mass media), doesn’t mean we should “politicize” it, right?

For Republicans, discussing ways to avoid preventable tragedies is “politicizing the issue.”

That’s what politics is for. It’s a mechanism to solve preventable problems. Talking about how to prevent future avoidable catastrophes is responsible; it doesn’t make these fires grow. https://t.co/ZMJYzPLZqM

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) June 8, 2023

Fox News: the only threats to you are the ones we make up. https://t.co/BsaHvfmdlI

— Schooley (@Rschooley) June 8, 2023

I mean, after it affected the other most populous area of the country, also a communications center.  (The Golden Child was in Denver when the California fires smoked Colorado across the continental divide. I get Schooley’s feelings.)

I'm sure there's some people being asses about it, but I think most west coasters are just feeling a weary, if black humored, kinship with what the east coast is going through now and we will again soon enough. We're all in the same soup. pic.twitter.com/hhWFPvSzzt

— Schooley (@Rschooley) June 8, 2023

For the deniers, this is the real problem. Reality sooner or later swamps fantasy and denial. Misery loves company.