Since then, there have been periodic storms, tornados, flooding, and power outages in the Hudson Valley area. Ayres fears how bad each storm will be. And what the next one will bring. She also experiences anxiety about elections, worrying if the candidate who wins will support climate change or roll back protections. As politicians go about their talking points, she thinks, Sure, but none of this really matters if climate change does its worst. “I sometimes feel like Chicken Little: ‘The sky is falling, the sky is falling!’ But no one is paying attention.”