as if 2020 wasn't strange enough already
this was the morning commute over san
francisco's golden gate bridge this week
smoke and ash from wildfires mixed with
the cool pacific ocean air to produce
another worldly effect 11
15. crazy
11 15 in the morning and it's
like the middle of the night almost and
it looks like the apocalypse right now
it's like nighttime in the daytime we
were just like this is the weirdest day
we've ever seen so we might as well
you know come out and experience it
together
take a break from work and come outside
historic fires are ripping through three
western states
in california almost 5 000 square
kilometers have burned
firefighters don't expect to bring the
blazes under control
until the middle of october some
villages
have already been lost
survivors describe how the flames
advanced
oh the wind was blowing so hard it was
wasn't wouldn't
still should have been daylight but it
was dark and the ashes were everywhere
just and the wind was blowing
outrageously bad
i mean it was bad a driver in
oregon filmed the dramatic scenes as an
inferno engulfed the forest
while a bird's eye view reveals the
total obliteration the fires left in
their wake
the governor told residents to brace for
a huge loss of life
and property and said this would not be
a one-off event
we are feeling the acute impacts of
climate change
we are seeing its devastating impacts in
oregon
on the west coast and frankly throughout
the entire world
in washington state too fires have
wreaked havoc and heartbreak
everything gone clothes beds
everything as firefighters continue
their battle across the west coast
meteorologists are warning that it is
not yet even peak
wildfire season