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The System Isn’t Designed to Help You
The System Isn’t Designed to Help You If climate change doesn’t kill you, it will bankrupt you. It’s been about two months since the Lahaina fire, and the long term nature of their recovery is just starting to set in — for some at least. I know from first-hand experience that it takes months for […]
Dixie Wildfire Becomes Largest Active Fire In US, Charing Nearly Half Million Acres
Dixie Wildfire Becomes Largest Active Fire In US, Charing Nearly Half Million Acres The Dixie Wildfire continues to ravage hundreds of thousands of acres, fueled by strong winds and bone-dry vegetation in Northern California. The wildfire has become the third-largest in California history, and the largest in the US as more than a hundred large […]
Bootleg Fire In Oregon Uncontrollably Doubles In Size Amid Megadrought
Bootleg Fire In Oregon Uncontrollably Doubles In Size Amid Megadrought Large swaths of the Western half of the US experienced triple-digit temperatures this past weekend, with intense heat expected to continue through mid-week. As the West baked, a huge wildfire doubled in size in southern Oregon, continuing to threaten major transmission lines that feed power […]
How To Create a Wildfire Action Plan
How To Create a Wildfire Action Plan Wildfires can happen suddenly and be catastrophic for those affected. Because this emergency is a quick one, you should have a wildfire action plans ready and be able to execute it if the worst happens. Wildfires can happen suddenly and be catastrophic for those affected. Because this emergency […]
“Diablo Winds” Are Ferociously Whipping “Out Of Control” Wildfires Across Vast Stretches Of Northern California
“Diablo Winds” Are Ferociously Whipping “Out Of Control” Wildfires Across Vast Stretches Of Northern California Why does this keep happening to California year after year? As you read this article, enormous wildfires are ravaging large portions of northern California, and Governor Gavin Newsom has already declared a statewide emergency. An extreme wind event that began […]
Woolsey Fire Started at Santa Susana Field Lab — Site of “[fourth] largest release of iodine-131 in the history of nuclear power”
Woolsey Fire Started at Santa Susana Field Lab — Site of “[fourth] largest release of iodine-131 in the history of nuclear power” In my Nov. 16 column, I reported on potential radiation risks posed by California’s Woolsey wildfire having burned over parts or all of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory—south of Simi Valley, Calif., 30 […]
Woolsey Fire Burns Toxic Santa Susana Reactor Site
Woolsey Fire Burns Toxic Santa Susana Reactor Site Photo Source NASA MODIS (TERRA Satellite) | CC BY 2.0 “A common denominator, in every single nuclear accident … is that before the specialists even know what has happened, they rush to the media saying, ‘There’s no danger to the public.’ They do this before they themselves know […]
California’s Deadliest Fire Now Blocking Sun; Temps Drop By 10 Degrees As “Hazardous” Air Chokes Residents
California’s Deadliest Fire Now Blocking Sun; Temps Drop By 10 Degrees As “Hazardous” Air Chokes Residents California’s deadliest fire in state history has generated so much smoke that it’s blotting out the sun – which has caused surface temperatures to drop by as much as 10 degrees Farenheit, according to the US National Weather Service. The smoke from the […]
Malibu Evacuated As “Apocalyptic” Fire Rages; 75,000 Told To Flee Ventura County
Malibu Evacuated As “Apocalyptic” Fire Rages; 75,000 Told To Flee Ventura County The upscale California town of Malibu has been ordered to evacuate after a raging wildfire jumped the 101 freeway at approximately 5 a.m. and barreled towards the seaside community amid high winds. MANDATORY evacuation is in effect for the entire area south of the 101 […]
Paradise Lost: Aggressive “Wall Of Fire” Decimates Entire California Town, “God Help Us”
Paradise Lost: Aggressive “Wall Of Fire” Decimates Entire California Town, “God Help Us” One year after the deadliest and costliest wildfire season in California’s history, three wildfires have broken out in Northern California. On Friday, the most aggressive of the three fires destroyed most of the town of Paradise, a community with 27,000 residents, forcing […]
Massive “Fire Tornado” Blaze Started By A Flat Tire; White House Declares “Major Disaster” In California
Massive “Fire Tornado” Blaze Started By A Flat Tire; White House Declares “Major Disaster” In California One the most destructive wildfires in California history, the Carr fire, is still raging with only about 40% of it contained while elsewhere in the state, especially in the north, fires continue to expand. Overnight a seventh person was reported […]
‘Anonymous’ Greece Takes Down Government Website Over Athens Fire Disaster Response
‘Anonymous’ Greece Takes Down Government Website Over Athens Fire Disaster Response Cyber group Anonymous Greece have brought down the website of Greek government over the dozens of victims in the Athens wildfires. Access to the website “government.gr” was denied for a period of time and showed “Forbidden.” As KeepTalkingGreece.com reports, in a post on their […]
We Are Seeing Heat And Drought In The Southwest United States Like We Haven’t Seen Since The Dust Bowl Of The 1930s
We Are Seeing Heat And Drought In The Southwest United States Like We Haven’t Seen Since The Dust Bowl Of The 1930s Despite all of the other crazy news that is happening all around the world, the top headlines on Drudge on Monday evening were all about the record heatwave that is currently pummeling the […]
Foresters vs. Ecologists
Foresters vs. Ecologists Photo by Andrew Malone | CC BY 2.0 There is a huge difference between the Industrial Forestry worldview and an ecological perspective. Many people assume that foresters understand forest ecosystems, but what you learn in forestry school is how to produce wood fiber to sell to the wood products industry. I know […]
We are all Albertans now
We are all Albertans now It would be easy–too easy–to point to the wildfires which have devastated huge areas of northern Alberta near Fort McMurray, the hub of tar sands mining in Canada, and say that Albertans are reaping what they have sown. Yes, it’s true that climate change is coming to one of the very […]
