The wildfires sweeping through the Los Angeles area have cost lives, destroyed buildings and forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes. The destruction of celebrity mansions has caught the attention but we should not forget the plight of ordinary Americans . Unlike the A-list stars many will have been left destitute and homeless by the infernos. The devastation caused should stand as a rebuke to those who continue to deny the climate crisis. This is not a natural disaster but a