It’s not raining like it should be. First of all, it didn’t start until well into June. It was so hot in May, when the rainy season typically begins, that there were forest fires in the nature reserves and farmland in and around Mexico City. I haven’t been in California for the truly apocalyptic fires of recent years, but I still know that smell. It smells like you’re inside a fireplace—not bad, but suffocating. The air looks dusty and, disturbingly, it has a taste. Breathing goes from an unconscious activity to a frightening, sometimes painful sensory experience. Mexico City has more than its fair share of environmental emergencies, but I wasn’t expecting forest fires to be one of them.
Rainy season, 2019
Rainy season, 2019
Rainy season, 2019
It’s not raining like it should be. First of all, it didn’t start until well into June. It was so hot in May, when the rainy season typically begins, that there were forest fires in the nature reserves and farmland in and around Mexico City. I haven’t been in California for the truly apocalyptic fires of recent years, but I still know that smell. It smells like you’re inside a fireplace—not bad, but suffocating. The air looks dusty and, disturbingly, it has a taste. Breathing goes from an unconscious activity to a frightening, sometimes painful sensory experience. Mexico City has more than its fair share of environmental emergencies, but I wasn’t expecting forest fires to be one of them.