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January 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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On Monday, specialized Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents reached the hillside where the Palisades Fire sparked to begin an investigation into the cause.
Pacific Palisades had a fireworks problem. Now one may have caused a disaster
Pacific Palisades had a fireworks problem for a while. Now one may have caused a disaster, as investigators begin probe of megafire's origin
www.sfchronicle.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
On Monday, specialized Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents reached the hillside where the Palisades Fire sparked to begin an investigation into the cause.
Reposted by Bay Area Risk Ready
How was California supposed to prepare for a fire f**king a tornado?
January 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
How was California supposed to prepare for a fire f**king a tornado?
A few years back, I stopped reading American dystopian fiction. Living in disaster-prone California and amidst political and climate realities, that genre felt too dark (and painfully real). I then turned to Icelandic authors and this is my latest favorite 💫: www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/0...
Review | A cool Icelandic novel emerges out of the covid pandemic’s long winter
In “Your Absence Is Darkness,” Jón Kalman Stefánsson contemplates curses transmitted from one generation to the next.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A few years back, I stopped reading American dystopian fiction. Living in disaster-prone California and amidst political and climate realities, that genre felt too dark (and painfully real). I then turned to Icelandic authors and this is my latest favorite 💫: www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/0...
California faces climate "whiplash"—droughts followed by floods. We need smarter water storage (aquifer recharge), stronger flood defenses (levees, floodplains), and proactive wildfire prevention (controlled burns, more vegetation mgmt.). Disaster plans at all levels must address cascading risks.
Our recent review on "Hydroclimate Volatility on a warming Earth" will be in front of the journal paywall for all to read/download freely for 14 days (until 1/23). Thereafter, this specific (ReadCube) link will grant read-only access to all: https://rdcu.be/d6ceH
Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - Rapid transitions between extreme wet and extreme dry conditions — ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ — have marked environmental and societal...
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January 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
California faces climate "whiplash"—droughts followed by floods. We need smarter water storage (aquifer recharge), stronger flood defenses (levees, floodplains), and proactive wildfire prevention (controlled burns, more vegetation mgmt.). Disaster plans at all levels must address cascading risks.
Some federal legislators want to tie wildfire aid to conditions, punishing the already suffering CA wildfire victims. The facts are states like CA, WA, MN, NH, & NY subsidize others. CA gave $83B more to the federal govt than it got back in 2022, propping up recipient states like TX, KY, & MS.👇
January 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Some federal legislators want to tie wildfire aid to conditions, punishing the already suffering CA wildfire victims. The facts are states like CA, WA, MN, NH, & NY subsidize others. CA gave $83B more to the federal govt than it got back in 2022, propping up recipient states like TX, KY, & MS.👇
🚗🔥Wildfire Evacuation Preparedness: 8 yrs ago, when I began working in Bay Area emergency preparedness, the advice was 'know 2 ways out' and 'have 2 modes of transportation.' Lessons from wildfires like Paradise changed this: the safest plan is to head downhill and STAY IN YOUR CAR. More in thread:👇
January 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🚗🔥Wildfire Evacuation Preparedness: 8 yrs ago, when I began working in Bay Area emergency preparedness, the advice was 'know 2 ways out' and 'have 2 modes of transportation.' Lessons from wildfires like Paradise changed this: the safest plan is to head downhill and STAY IN YOUR CAR. More in thread:👇