It's not that hyperbolic. I used to go up the 120 (i.e. Stanislaus) to go camping, then went on a long pause. When I returned after the previous multiyear droug

It's not that hyperbolic. I used to go up the 120 (i.e. Stanislaus) to go camping, then went on a long pause. When I returned after the previous multiyear drought, before the pandemic (so, around 2019), everywhere I drove half the trees were gone. To be clear, these weren't the touristy areas around Yosemite. I almost couldn't recognize it. It's been bad since. During the pandemic was when we had those reddish end-of-days skies because of all the wildfires. I'm scared to go back and see what there is now.