Summary

Chapter 21 begins with a description of something in Australia that the earth had never seen before 2003: pyro-tornadogenesis: a tornado generated by a wildfire. The flashover generated by this Canberra fire tornado ignited three hundred acres in less than a tenth of a second. Vaillant underscores the fact that the earth is more combustible now than in any other period of history. In 2018, another first was established--the Carr Fire was the largest wildfire in California's history. The neighborhood most impacted was Lake Keswick Estates. Sarah Joseph's home escaped, but Willie Hartman's did not. Video exists that shows the spinning tornado vortex was one thousand feet across. The devastation reminded survivors of the landscape after an atomic bomb. Unfortunately, the fire tornado claimed five victims including a fire safety inspector named Jeremy Stoke. A makeshift memorial for him grew and included police and fire fighter...