Extreme weather is no longer a warning about the future. It is the present. We cannot fix what we refuse to see.

Why, when the danger is shared, can’t we work together?

Perhaps part of the answer lies in our myth of rugged individualism. When needing one another is treated as weakness, working together can begin to feel like surrender. I recognize that resistance in myself. I don’t want to be dependent on anyone or any system. I want to carry my own weight, solve my own problems, remain in charge of my own life.