Go back.

回去吧

ASHA and her friends had a narrow escape from the California wildfires.

ASHA和她的朋友們在加州野火中險些喪命。

Thick smoke has followed us over the ridge, but we're almost out.

濃煙已經跟著我們越過了山脊，但我們快出來了。

They were lucky to have returned safely after walking 13 miles on foot.

他們很幸運，徒步走了13里路後安全返回。

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Some were left with a permanent scar.

有些人留下了永久的疤痕。

By the time I got there, it was little more than smoldering rubble carrying a local journal lesson.

等我到了那裡，那裡只是一片冒煙的廢墟，承載著一節地方誌課。

Barry Creek had to cover her father's store burning down, but it was only the second time I had ever heard him cry before.

巴里-克里克不得不掩護她父親的商店被燒燬，但這只是我以前第二次聽到他的哭泣。

I did not think he would be able to handle it quite as well as he is able to handle most of life's obstacles.

我不認為他能夠很好地處理，因為他能夠處理大部分的生活障礙。

Wildfires are not new to California.

加州的野火併不陌生。

Why is this year unprecedented?

為什麼今年是史無前例的一年？

You know it is about forest management.

你知道這是關於森林管理。

Please remember the words very simple forest management.

請記住非常簡單的森林管理這幾個字。

But is it just about managing the forests?

但這僅僅是為了管理森林嗎？

Native Americans have always harness fires to keep forest strong.

美國原住民總是利用火來保持森林的強大。

Ah, healthy fire takes out weak and dead trees and returns nutrients to the soil.

啊，健康的火能把弱小的樹木和死亡的樹木幹掉，把養分還給土壤。

But a century of misguided fire suppression policy in the U.

但美國百年來錯誤的滅火政策。

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Means dry fuel has been piling up.

意味著幹燃料已經堆積如山。

What we end up with our 90 years of buildup and top of climate change that is now catalyzing this process, they are creating a tinderbox, and we're seeing actually different climate change domino chains happening all at the same time.

我們最終的結果是我們90年的積累和氣候變化的頂部，現在正在催化這個過程，他們正在創造一個火藥桶，我們看到實際上不同的氣候變化多米諾骨牌鏈在同一時間發生。

In California, we had one of the longest droughts.

在加州，我們經歷了最長的乾旱之一。

This caused a massive tree mortality throughout the state.

這造成了全州樹木的大量死亡。

At the same time, we're having unprecedented heat waves.

同時，我們也遇到了前所未有的熱浪。

Those heat waves then caused lightning strikes.

這些熱浪就造成了雷擊。

We had over 14,000 lightning strikes in 24 hours that ignited 900 fired.

我們在24小時內有超過14000次雷擊，點燃了900次發射。

Now we're on Lee at the start of the fire season, and Californians face a long term impact Now that the state has rebounded from the second spike of cove, it we are now facing this, um, abysmal air quality issue that will impact our state's economy.

現在，我們在火災季節開始時李，加州人面臨著長期的影響現在，該州已經從第二個尖峰灣反彈，它我們現在面臨著這個，嗯，糟糕的空氣質量問題，這將影響我們國家的經濟。

Workers, um, folks that are unemployed on top of the pandemic.

工人，嗯，在大流行病之上失業的人。

Everybody's emotional health is so low, and you know that finally, the thought crossed my mind and my husband's mind Is this really sustainable long term, Like many Californians carried in her family are fearful for the future.

每個人的情緒健康度都是如此之低，你知道，最後，我和我丈夫的腦海裡想到的是，這真的是可持續的長期，像許多加州人在她的家庭中進行的是對未來的恐懼。

Two years ago, I thought, Things is the one time I'll ever have to cover anything this tragic.

兩年前，我就想，事情是我唯一一次要報道這麼慘的事情。

And here I am now, and I'm feeling it a lot more personally because my family has been directly affected by this fire.

而我現在在這裡，我個人的感受更多，因為我的家人已經直接受到這場火災的影響。

But not everyone can afford to leave.

但不是每個人都有能力離開。

Not everyone can uproot.

不是每個人都能連根拔起。

They may have lost their homes, but this is still the place where they're earning an income to be able to support themselves and potentially those they love.

他們可能已經失去了家園，但這裡仍然是他們賺取收入的地方，能夠養活自己和可能養活他們所愛的人。