IIf you were to drive through Medford, a small town in southern Oregon, you would pass a motel with no fuss. You would see the guests sitting on their balconies, smoking cigarettes, walking their dogs on the small patch of grass, and watching the children laugh and play in the pool.But these people are not typical hotel guests. They are 159 fire refugees, displaced after losing their homes during one of the worst fire seasons the West Coast has ever experienced. With the climate crisis causing higher-than-normal temperatures, dry conditions and strong winds, Oregon and California are facing more intense fires than ever. This new generation of fires is destroying entire communities - the September 8, 2020 conflagration known as the Almeda Fire, for example, decimated two towns in sou...