Don't Look Up: can we really solve the Climate Crisis as easily as a Comet Crisis?
Comparing the comet crisis in Don't Look Up to the to the climate crisis in our world—and whether it's too late to stop it
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Comparing the comet crisis in Don't Look Up to the to the climate crisis in our world—and whether it's too late to stop it
Acres. about 35,000 people had just hours and in some cases just minutes to evacuate. >> it looked like something i'd only ever seen out of an apocalyptic film. >> reporter: one resident loolook ing back at the home she left behind. the wind threw her back. she described debris flying everywhere saying a trash can flew into her car as she drove away. the cause of the fires is still unknown. >> it was a suburban/urban fire. the costco we all shop at. the target we buy our kids' clothes at. all surrounded and damaged. >> reporter: no one saw it coming. >> i grew up in louisiana. i've seen hurric...
>> it runs on topography and winds and where there is shrubs and toler grasses where it entered neighborhoods and took out a block and left everything around it standing. there is an entire community that is completely wiped out. that is just smoking holes in the ground. >> reporter: one resident looking back at the home she left behind said the winds physically through me back as she rounds up her cats and a few possessions and vaccinated. she said a trash can flew into her car as she drove away. the cause of the fire is unknown. no one saw it coming. >> i grew up in louisiana and i've seen h...
Taking many steps to prevent fires. we tell them what to do if there is a fire or fire drill. we have them practicing safe exiting. we don't raise the temperature in the hallway, we don't put in realistic sound of fire, we don't have people screaming, we don't make it frightening. we tell them it's an unlikely occurrence but a reasonable step we can take. we shouldn't probably call this many active shooter drills. we should use another name that's not as frightening to kids and more about safety. we wouldn't start with a live exercise. we would simply say in a situation that we are doing this ...
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