Farhad Manjoo: It’s the end of California as we know it. I don’t feel fine.

(Marcio Jose Sanchez | AP) Trinh Nguyen, of the Camarillo Fire Dept, monitors the advance of the Easy Fire on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, in Simi Valley, Calif. Driven by powerful Santa Ana winds, the brush fire broke out before dawn between the cities of Simi Valley and Moorpark north of Los Angeles and exploded to more than 1,300 acres, threatening 6,500 homes, Ventura County officials said.