Ignore the political propaganda. We live in a world with more fires now, and we need to prepare for it.

In general, the misinformation, finger-pointing, and political opportunism flew fast and furious. But if you remained calm, resisted the urge to dunk on your political enemies, and watched the situation unfold, I think there were a few important signals you could extract from the storm of information. Basically, the lessons I take away from the horrific L.A. fires are:

• The insurance industry as we know it is in big trouble.
• Climate change is making wildfires worse, but there’s not much we can do about that right now.
• Forest management needs to get a lot more proactive, but is being blocked by regulation.
• Wildfire preparedness is just a lot more important than it used to be.