BBC News has a live update on their website and as I am preparing this the headline reads “Like Armageddon: Five fires rage in Los Angeles, with whole communities destroyed”. The lede is: “The two largest fires - in Palisades and Eaton - cover more than 27,000 acres in total and are 0% contained.”

27,000 acres and 0% contained.

Today’s episode of Daily Monsoon will just be a short one. I just want to put two pictures side by side to make a sobering point.