: Fire burns near a Smokey the Bear fire warning sign as the Oak Fire burns through the area on July 24, 2022 near Jerseydale, California. The fast-moving Oak Fire burning outside of Yosemite National Park has forced evacuations, charred over 11,500 acres and destroyed several homes since starting on Friday afternoon. The fire is zero percent contained. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
After consecutive years of demoralizing — despondent, painful, gnashing-of-teeth depressing — wildfires that tore through Northern California like riptides, 2022’s…
