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The new normal: This was the first time in 130 years that a fire had come so close to Hannah Nordhaus’s ancestral home in New Mexico. At this point, she was no stranger to wildfire, having seen four in as many months near her house in Colorado, she writes. In the drying West, blazes have become a common sight. Pictured above, Max Nordhaus, left, the author’s great-grandfather, built the first house on the family property in 1890. The Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire burned through the canyon on May 1, but the houses survived. “Keep your head on a swivel,” the sheriff told her.
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