As someone who lives in California, I can definitely empathize with Aussies currently going through this. It sucks. And the reason I asked what Australia's position on climate change was is because here in the US, we have an administration that is doing everything in its power to deny climate change, including withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and many other smaller things that all add up.

As a result, any time there is a natural disaster in the United States, it makes dealing with them by our emergency services so much more difficult than it already is. I just really don't understand what people have to gain from denying climate change. It doesn't matter if you're liberal, conservative, independent or even non-political, what's happening to the planet quite literally affects all life on it. And I really do mean all life. That includes us.