Fires Don’t Discriminate—Nor Should Recovery, Say LA Faith Leaders

As images from the cataclysmic firestorms engulfing Los Angeles County emerged, one word came up consistently in the captions: apocalyptic. The devastating effects of unusually wet winters followed by record-dry foliage and the incendiary whip of Santa Ana winds created the conditions for what Sammy Roth, the Los Angeles Times’ climate columnist, called “apocalyptic infernos.” But for faith and justice leaders in LA, the fires were apocalyptic in another way.