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| ‘Unpredictability in the System,’ and Other Travel Lessons From the Summer of ’23 | ‘Unpredictability in the System,’ and Other Travel Lessons From the Summer of ’23 |
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| Kia Karjalainen and her sister were vacationing in Greece when things took an unexpected turn. “We were in our hotel room, and I suddenly said to my sister, ‘It really, really smells of smoke. Is something burning?’” | Kia Karjalainen and her sister were vacationing in Greece when things took an unexpected turn. “We were in our hotel room, and I suddenly said to my sister, ‘It really, really smells of smoke. Is something burning?’” |
| It was mid-July on the island of Rhodes, and wildfire smoke was heading in their direction. Planes flew over their hotel pool, carrying water to the fires. Everything, including their clothes, was covered in a fine layer of ash. Ms. Karjalainen, a London-based events coordinator, tried to move up their flights home, but everything was booked. | It was mid-July on the island of Rhodes, and wildfire smoke was heading in their direction. Planes flew over their hotel pool, carrying water to the fires. Everything, including their clothes, was covered in a fine layer of ash. Ms. Karjalainen, a London-based events coordinator, tried to move up their flights home, but everything was booked. |
| “You don’t want to put yourself in danger or other people, ” said Ms. Karjalainen, 24. “You have to think of the locals and how it vastly impacts them.” The entire experience, she said, was “eye-opening.” | “You don’t want to put yourself in danger or other people, ” said Ms. Karjalainen, 24. “You have to think of the locals and how it vastly impacts them.” The entire experience, she said, was “eye-opening.” |
| Ms. Karjalainen was hardly the only traveler to have her eyes opened during the summer of 2023, when the effects of climate change — heat waves, floods, wildfires, extreme storms — seemed to crop up in every corner of the world. | Ms. Karjalainen was hardly the only traveler to have her eyes opened during the summer of 2023, when the effects of climate change — heat waves, floods, wildfires, extreme storms — seemed to crop up in every corner of the world. |