“It’s summer. It’s supposed to be hot.”
“But I mean, we’re setting records. In Europe, this year’s all-time hottest temperature is 2° higher than last year’s, which was 2° hotter than—”
“Yeah, Europe. Who cares about Europe?”
“Glaciers are disappearing. Rivers are running dry. There’s drought everywhere. Hundreds of wildfires are burning out west right now. Up north, too. The air’s poisonous.”
“There've always been fires in summer. When I was a tadpole—”
“It’s raining ashes in Michigan today.”
“There. You see? The rain will put out the fire. Really, kid. It’s just weather.”
Inspired by A Little Bit of Magical Thinking. AI image created by Angus Peterson.
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