As the flames destroyed building 8409, a wall disintegrated. Neighbors that never talked were talking. People that waved from distant staircases were now hugging. A burning building built this bond.
So began my first extended-day music festival and only the second time Ive seen the seminal jam band, Phish. Luckily, the rest of the three-day festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, California went smoother than my entry.
new report by the Global Humanitarian Forum (GHF) says that global warming already kills about 300,000 people a year. The report also says that climate change costs around $125 billion in economic losses annually.