Alison Hewitt
@ahewitt.bsky.social
UCLA media rep for experts on climate, environment, and humanities; former L.A. journo, lifelong Californian, mom of a parkour kid. Email: http://ucla.in/2SFXReU | newsroom.ucla.edu
Reposted by Alison Hewitt
“What made the January 2025 fires so destructive wasn’t the ignition alone, but the fact that vegetation had been dried far beyond normal by unusually high summer temperatures," says my @uclasustainablela.bsky.social colleague Alex Hall, who helped perform a rapid analysis in January. Good reminder.
October 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“What made the January 2025 fires so destructive wasn’t the ignition alone, but the fact that vegetation had been dried far beyond normal by unusually high summer temperatures," says my @uclasustainablela.bsky.social colleague Alex Hall, who helped perform a rapid analysis in January. Good reminder.