Verdine White!
Posted on 05/09/2022 1:15:43 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
When UNLV senior Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio looked out the window of her Airbnb in Irvine, Calif., she saw flames rising in the nearby mountains and scorch marks on the ground. A wildfire was approaching the apartment, where she had moved from Las Vegas during the pandemic to be closer to family.
Driving alone, she zig-zagged through fallen trees and weaved around traffic in the city, hoping she would make it to her family friend’s house in Fullerton, about 20 miles away. She worried about her family situated throughout Southern California.
“All while seeing the flames in my rearview mirror,” she said. “That was terrifying.”
The fires triggered Solano-Patricio’s post-traumatic stress disorder, something she was diagnosed with in 2018.
The heat and smell of burning earth coupled with the fear for the well-being of her family would have been overwhelming had she not learned how to quell these anxieties in therapy, Solano-Patricio said.
She uses UNLV’s counseling services while she majors in urban studies and does policy research with Brookings Mountain West, which focuses on solar capacity and other climate-adjacent issues in the state.
An American Psychiatric Association poll revealed that more than half of Americans were “somewhat or extremely anxious about the impact of climate change on their own mental health.”
Solano-Patricio was raised by her mother, who is a housekeeper. They lived in “complete poverty,” Solano-Patricio said, much like her other family members in California, some of whom are undocumented.
Solano-Patricio said that for many low-income families, including hers, there is a general acceptance of climate change’s impact, such as wildfires, because it is not economically feasible to move elsewhere.
These mental health disorders will be exacerbated by climate change’s impacts seen in Las Vegas, such as extreme heat, said Chris Kearny, chair of UNLV’s psychology department.
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Nobody cares except psychos. Climate change was listed as the most important concern by 1% of the population according to a recent poll.
I’m 78. I live in Upstate NY. Nothing has changed. The trees bloom in the spring. The summer is warm and sunny. The leaves fall off in the fall....and in the winter, I freeze my a** off.
Ha! I have absolutely no anxiety about global warming or “climate change”.
Verdine White!
She should just stand alone in the Forrest and face those fears.
While I do think that the desert SW is going into a prolonged drought, my only concern is my AC bill. It’s happened before, it’s likely happening now, and it will happen again. Just as it ever was.
California’s climate should be just like the North Pole and maybe they will SHUT UP
Snail Darters, Desert Tortoises, and Leftist Pansies...
Hardest Hit!
Wore the grooves out of that record back in the day.
Excellent...
Not my problem burn it all down as long as I have a good life.
I am 59. Grew up in WNY. I have lived in southern NH for 37 years. This was a very mild winter followed by a colder than normal spring. My fruit trees and maples are just starting to leaf out. We are at least two to three weeks behind normal.
Follow Tony Heller on Gab, and check out his timeline, for some great responses to the Warmist Alarmists.
Climate Change: Formerly known as “The Weather”. 🌞⛅☁🌧🌩🌫🌬🌪
Yup, here’s the obligatory daily climate change fear porn.
Already saw the obligatory daily COVID fear porn.
And now, there’s the obligatory daily “all women are gonna die “abortion fear porn.
And, of course, no matter what, women and minorities hardest hit.
The simpleton, butt-kissing media is as predicable as each day’s morning light.
I’m all for clean air and water - that’s a no brainer.
But it’s the Sun that causes climate change - I really doubt cattle farts and fossil fuels exhaust from our planet are enough to affect the Sun.
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