Aside from all the angst the current fires and weather events is causing .. it’s amusing to see how many of the media commentators and politicians bang on about things being “impacted”
Synonyms being: bump, collision, concussion, crash, impingement, jar, jolt, jounce, kick, shock, slam, smash, strike, wallop.
“Affected“ might have been be a better descriptive.....but I guess, at the end of the day, people might have polarised opinions and it doesn’t have that snappy buzz phrasing
