I’ve been thinking of this 1976 movie, Network, for a while. I even referenced the most famous quote in my new book because it summed up my own fury and frustration, the feelings that led me to write said book, MADNESSS on the Brink of Eco-Apocalypse.
Imagine my shock, then, to discover that my local movie theater is showing this movie tomorrow night (January 17 at 7pm)! Vidiots has been there for us so many times, but this is above and beyond. I ❤️ @vidiots
I have to go to that screening. Especially after the week we have had here in Los Angeles County. Climate change set up the “perfect” storm for us, from the unprecedented rains of the past two years—which spawned so much more vegetation than usual, to the utter drought of this winter that dried up so much of that foliage—coupled with the stronger than usual, hurricane-force winds.
Anyone thinking Los Angeles just “wasn’t prepared,” tell me: just how does one prepare for 100mph winds shooting fire across three football fields per minute. THREE HUNDRED YARDS A MINUTE.
And I thought I was MAD back when I was writing this book, months before these latest disasters—because yes, these fires fall hard on the heels of the hellacious hurricanes last fall, wreaking disaster in places that had never seen a hurricane before.
WHEN WILL IT BE ENOUGH?
If you’re mad as hell, too, I invite you to join me. If you can’t be at Vidiots for the movie, open a window wherever you are. It’s good therapy, and we need that now more than ever.
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