In many ways, it seems that things are getting worse, in California and elsewhere. Now each year could surpass the last, setting records for the size, destruction, cost and loss of life (“California Fires Are Getting Worse. When 2018 became the worst fire year on record, we recognized a new reality. Fourteen of the 20 most destructive fires in state history have occurred since 2007, and California has 78 more annual “fire days” now than it had 50 years ago. If it seems that wildfires are burning nearly all the time these days, that there’s no longer a definable fire season in California, you’re right. California was one of the hardest-hit states. In the first nine months of 2019, more than 40,000 wildfires across the U.S. Estimates suggest that Dorian caused $7 billion in property damage in the Bahamas alone.Įlsewhere, fires caused terrible destruction.
How many of us in North America even heard about last autumn’s terrible flooding across central Africa, which killed scores of people and forced thousands from their homes, many of which were destroyed? Earlier, Hurricane Dorian, which caused damage along the United States’ eastern seaboard, was the worst natural disaster in the Bahamas’ recorded history, leaving roughly 70,000 people homeless and hundreds presumed dead. Sadly, the reality of devastating disasters lies all around us, whether we are aware of it or not. Other popular films, such as the 2017 thriller Geostorm, depict widespread natural disasters with the potential to destroy our entire planet.ĭo any of these disaster movies portray a real future? Many blockbuster movies, like last year’s Avengers: Endgame, feature the world on the brink of destruction, while others, like Captain Marvel, portray it in the midst of conflict between forces of good and evil. The end of the world fascinates millions.
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