By chance, we made the move to NYC from LA on January 7th, the day the fires broke out. It was fortunate that a Palisades family who has nowhere to go can stay in our LA home now, but it is not just bad luck that the fire spread all the way to their street.

The Santa Ana has always been a thing. 

Didion wrote this in 1965, a year before Ronald Reagan became governor, a decade before the concept of greenhouse gases and global warming entered the lexicon. 

I hope California can fix its problems, and I hope to come back.