THE HUMAN IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE On September 9, 2017, strong winds from Hurricane Irma knocked a powerline onto Climate Reality Leader Becky Van Horn’s family home in Florida and started a fire that would eventually burn the structure down. Though she and her family were safe, the loss of the family home was devastating. “Woke up this morning to the news that my house in Florida was ‘engulfed’ in 昀氀ames. Fire is out, and hopefully we will be able to salvage the most important things,” Becky wrote in an email to Climate Reality. “The past 23 years of my life were spent in that same house and for nearly 24 hours, all I had was one picture of when the 昀椀re had just begun. For 24 hours, I had no idea what was left. It was one of the most tragic and in昀氀uential experiences that has ever happened to me.” 5