Hurricane Ida slammed Louisiana on the anniversary of Katrina, as if history had decided to rhyme in cruelty. Levees held this time, but power grids collapsed, homes shredded, families stranded. Climate change isn’t coming — it’s already moving in, uninvited. The Gulf burns oil on Monday, drowns on Sunday, and Washington still debates whether science is “alarmist.”
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