Oil has been washing up on Southern California beaches all week.

This earthquake reminds us, yet once again, that in California we have to be prepared for anything and everything.

So many disasters, so little time.

And it's the same group of people fighting them, year-round, for years. So when they get tired, uh, what happens?

I'm Gustavariano. You're listening to the Times, daily news from the LA Times. It's Monday,

July 18, 2022. Today, burnout.

It's real.

America has seen a great resignation of millions since the start of COVID-19, and we can

sticker all we want when it's office workers or baristas or other white-collar folks

ditching a job for hashtag van life.

But how about when it's firefighters, scientists, doctors, the people we entrust with the worst of the worst that Mother Nature throws at us and that we humans keep making worse and worse?

It's times like these where we fall back on our monthly panel of peril, my colleagues of catastrophe, these Renoirs of Ragnarok, who try to give us solace in these very, very dark and hot times.

Yep, it's time for our Masters of Disaster, Zazza, Zza.

Musica maestro. In the wildfire chair, we have Alex Wigglesworth.

Alex, when you see people burning firewood for barbecues, what do you do?

Make s'mores.

Gosh, that very accepting. Covering earthquakes is

Ron Lynn. Any chance, Ron, that you could put a giant N95,000 mask on the San Andreas fall,

so the big one ever happens? Yeah, we just need some big rubber bands. Okay, okay, good to know.

I'll be on that. And finally, our Cassandra of the coast, Rosanna Shaw, I heard that in addition to being declared an honorary turn this year, you now have a superpower. What is it? Gustavo, I hate to break it to you, but I think you've already made this joke before. Did I? Your jokes are like a starfish. No matter how many times the leg gets cut off, it just grows back.

Or maybe it's just my bad jokes that happen. That must be regenerative jokes. That's what

Rosanna gots. Welcome all. Alex, let's start with you. I want to ask about these viral resignation

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