It's not the first time a photo like this has been widely shared after a disaster.
by an artist named Chad Mize. One commenter likened them to “a bunch of ballerinas hanging around in the bathroom.” Many people wished the birds well. One poster proclaimed, simply, “AESTHETIC.”
For many people, the image apparently offered a bright spot in an otherwise bleak sea of imagery: destroyed boats, roofless homes, flooded everything. Or maybe for some, divorced from their catastrophic context, the flamingos just looked beautiful—strange birds in a strange situation. But the photo of flamingos seeking shelter was neither especially cute nor funny, despite the Instagram comments and media coverage billing it as such.
Moreover, it’s wrong to latch on to the flamingos as a distraction from an otherwise terrible situation. Theythe terrible situation. Their plight is part of the disaster, not apart from it. Making light of it is the opposite of what we should be doing.The link between climate change and extreme hurricanes is not always direct. But what’s clear is that disasters like Hurricane Ian, whichat least 103 people, will become more common and more severe in the very near future.
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