How to be mental in the apocalypse
5 min readJan 3, 2020
In the last moments of 2019, a town gathered by the water under a red sky. The fire had come too quickly, there was no time to evacuate. In the distance, the popping of gas cylinders as they exploded in the heat. A row of tankers would fend it off, brave volunteers fighting against the flame, and if all else failed, which it might, everyone would have to get in the water.
As I watched, like so many others, in abject horror, I thought, Could I do that?
