Saturday, November 03, 2007

RAVAGED EARTH REVISITED



Now we have a degree of confusion (see yesterday’s comments) about what fire photographs were taken when and by whom, I will simply leave it that this scary image all too vividly illustrates how all those little boxes (that’s right, the ones made out of ticky-tacky) are being built on hillsides with histories of cyclical wild fires. And all evidence appears to indicate that a longer fire season and larger and more intense fires are yet another symptom of escalating environmental catastrophe. Which is ultimately what counts and why I post these pics. Breathtaking as they might be, this is a horrorshow not an art exhibit.

The secret word are Scorched Earth

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous6:18 PM

    (This could be an extra verse to the Pete Seeger tune.)
    And the contactors who built them
    All collect the insurance
    And they build them all over
    And they all look the same.

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