Jeva Lange 🫎
@jeva.bsky.social
Writes about climate & culture for Heatmap.news | Hiking, running, mountains, boats, nonfiction books, long movies | 📍 Seattle
Anyway, seems inefficient and also I’m about to watch some Ken Burns
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Anyway, seems inefficient and also I’m about to watch some Ken Burns
Oops I looked at my baby again
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Oops I looked at my baby again
No, a bridge! komonews.com/news/local/t...
'Galloping Gertie': Looking back at the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
Thursday marks the 84th anniversary of when the Tacoma Narrows Bridge infamously collapsed due to strong winds in 1940.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
No, a bridge! komonews.com/news/local/t...
The Bruce Springsteen biopic (picked something we didn’t mind missing if she cried, which she did lol).
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The Bruce Springsteen biopic (picked something we didn’t mind missing if she cried, which she did lol).
The Bruce Springsteen biopic (picked something we didn’t mind missing if she cried, which she did lol)
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The Bruce Springsteen biopic (picked something we didn’t mind missing if she cried, which she did lol)
I’ve just started trying to get in the habit of this!
November 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I’ve just started trying to get in the habit of this!
This year, we’ve gotta do Subscription Sunday between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday!!!
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This year, we’ve gotta do Subscription Sunday between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday!!!
Please give it read! Despite having recently made ~ motherhood ~ my entire personality on here, I’m super proud of this package and am grateful to my terrific editors at @heatmap.news for giving me the space and encouragement to put it together!
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Please give it read! Despite having recently made ~ motherhood ~ my entire personality on here, I’m super proud of this package and am grateful to my terrific editors at @heatmap.news for giving me the space and encouragement to put it together!
Aaaand finally, we have my interview with the director of the Paradise, California, Recreation and Park District who is using his limited power and funding to prevent a catastrophe from striking the town again heatmap.news/the-aftermat...
The ‘Buffer’ That Can Protect a Town from Wildfires
Paradise, California, is snatching up high-risk properties to create a defensive perimeter and prevent the town from burning again.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Aaaand finally, we have my interview with the director of the Paradise, California, Recreation and Park District who is using his limited power and funding to prevent a catastrophe from striking the town again heatmap.news/the-aftermat...
I also talked to three former hotshots who wrote books about their experiences on fire crews and the perspective it gave them on recovery in the West. (Congrats also to Jordan Thomas, whose WHEN IT ALL BURNS is a @nationalbook.bsky.social Award finalist!!!) heatmap.news/the-aftermat...
What the Public Doesn’t Know About Fighting Wildfires
Three former hotshots talk about getting up close to the flames, how it changed them, and what could actually prevent future fires.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I also talked to three former hotshots who wrote books about their experiences on fire crews and the perspective it gave them on recovery in the West. (Congrats also to Jordan Thomas, whose WHEN IT ALL BURNS is a @nationalbook.bsky.social Award finalist!!!) heatmap.news/the-aftermat...
The centerpiece of the project is a case study of the recovery effort in Medical Lake and Elk, Washington, after major fires there in 2023. Though they weren’t megafires — or perhaps because of that — recovery and rebuilding has been a fight every inch of the way heatmap.news/the-aftermat...
Most Wildfires Never Make Headlines. Here’s What Happened After Two of Them.
More than two years later, hundreds of people in eastern Washington are still struggling to recover.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The centerpiece of the project is a case study of the recovery effort in Medical Lake and Elk, Washington, after major fires there in 2023. Though they weren’t megafires — or perhaps because of that — recovery and rebuilding has been a fight every inch of the way heatmap.news/the-aftermat...
Next, I talked to four wildfire survivors about why they made the decision— or had the decision made for them — to move away after the fire heatmap.news/the-aftermat...
Why Relocating After a Wildfire Can Be Impossible
Insurance often leaves homeowners with a devastating choice — to stay in the place where they lost so much, or to give up everything.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Next, I talked to four wildfire survivors about why they made the decision— or had the decision made for them — to move away after the fire heatmap.news/the-aftermat...
I’ll take you on a little tour of what I’ve been working on. First up, a piece inspired by my frustration with Google Maps not showing evacuation zones (or even being able to figure out which zone my mom was in during a recent fire near her home outside Phoenix) heatmap.news/the-aftermat...
The Surprisingly Tricky Problem of Ordering People to Leave
Wildfire evacuation notices are notoriously confusing, and the stakes are life or death. But how to make them better is far from obvious.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I’ll take you on a little tour of what I’ve been working on. First up, a piece inspired by my frustration with Google Maps not showing evacuation zones (or even being able to figure out which zone my mom was in during a recent fire near her home outside Phoenix) heatmap.news/the-aftermat...