Keep California Habitable

Climate change is something that affects our lives and the way we live. Our weather became more dry and hot due to climate change. Which is terrible due to all the wildfires California has been having lately, Dry and windy weather are the main factors that allow wildfires to spread. There has been a total of 6,402 wildfires in California this year and we have lost a total of 250,349 acres so far. There has only been three deaths and eight non fatal injuries due to the fires but many families have lost their homes and are struggling to rebuild their community. Many workers have lost their jobs and land such as farmers who grow crops and those who own family run businesses. Wildfires often come in contact with power lines and this causes blackouts for those living near a town or city. This affects thousands and can take weeks to repair depending on where these power lines are located, Which means no power to store your food, use the lights in your house or to stay updated on the news with information about the fire in your area. Research shows that climate change is to blame for more extreme weather in california and as the state gets hotter and drier over time we will continue to have more and more wildfires. We have to make serious changes now with how we burn controlled fires and how we protect our homes from being destroyed. We could build the powerlines far away from any nearby trees to prevent blackouts, install solar panels to houses that need it, use cameras to detect fires as they start so they don’t spread to other places and store food in places around our houses in case the fires last days or even weeks.