Oooh, this is a good one!
Federal Emergency Management Agency
PrepTalks: Dr. Dennis Mileti "Modernizing Public Warning Messaging"
"Issuance Delay" is the huge problem with wildfires! (and warnings not being issued at all...)
Concern about the capacity of Europe's forests to absorb carbon dioxide emissions is a key reason European Union governments have agreed to water down their new 2040 emissions-cutting goal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/07/climate-change/europe-sickly-forests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #forests #wildfires #europe #climatechange
"The National Weather Service and Southern California Edison (SCE) are currently monitoring a period of Red Flag Santa Ana gusty wind conditions expected to impact Ventura County early Tuesday morning through Wednesday. The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning that will be in effect from 6am Tuesday through 6pm Wednesday. There will be an extended period of warm weather with dry conditions. Northeast winds are forecasted to be between 15 to 30 mph with gusts from 35 to 45 mph."
LA Times: California insurers set to charge homeowners for L.A. County fire costs
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Possible burn scar flooding. #CAwx #wildfires #SantaBarbaraCounty #venturacounty #rain
Possible burn scar flooding. #CAwx #wildfires #SantaBarbaraCounty #venturacounty #rain
U.S. federal authorities arrested a 29-year-old man on charges he intentionally started the blaze that days later became the Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Los Angeles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/crime-legal/man-charged-la-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #wildfires #california
LA Times: 22,500 homes lost. Over five years later, only 38% rebuilt: What California fire survivors face
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They locked this firefighter up for FOUR WEEKS without due process (finally released). He had proper paperwork and status to work in the US--visa being processed, he was contributing to helping fight fires in Washington. He was ONLY released because of legal action.
"The attorneys argued immigration officers wrongfully arrested Hernandez and violated his constitutional rights. They say his arrest was made without a warrant, based on no information beyond Hernandez’s race and his invocation of his constitutional right to silence, according to the suit.... Hernandez’s attorneys say immigration officials concealed Hernandez’s whereabouts from his family and attorneys for 48 hours after his arrest... Late Tuesday morning, Hernandez’s attorneys got word the federal government had decided to move to dismiss the removal proceedings against him and were releasing him that day. He was released around noon."
Fire Engineering: Firefighter Arrested at WA Wildland Fire Released from ICE Detention
They locked this firefighter up for FOUR WEEKS without due process (finally released). He had proper paperwork and status to work in the US--visa being processed, he was contributing to helping fight fires in Washington. He was ONLY released because of legal action.
"The attorneys argued immigration officers wrongfully arrested Hernandez and violated his constitutional rights. They say his arrest was made without a warrant, based on no information beyond Hernandez’s race and his invocation of his constitutional right to silence, according to the suit.... Hernandez’s attorneys say immigration officials concealed Hernandez’s whereabouts from his family and attorneys for 48 hours after his arrest... Late Tuesday morning, Hernandez’s attorneys got word the federal government had decided to move to dismiss the removal proceedings against him and were releasing him that day. He was released around noon."
Fire Engineering: Firefighter Arrested at WA Wildland Fire Released from ICE Detention
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Wow, this CALFIRE captain now has a side business running 1,000 goats for brush clearance.
Wow, this CALFIRE captain now has a side business running 1,000 goats for brush clearance.
Reporters spoke to dozens of farmers and 10 crop experts who said the smoky skies of midsummer had mainly positive impacts for canola — although the experts cautioned that more research is needed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/09/23/climate-change/canada-wildfire-upsides/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #canada #environment #agriculture #wildfires #climatechange
LA Times: Could wildfire smoke become America’s leading climate health threat by 2050?
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"Smoke from #wildfires exacerbated by #ClimateChange may cause as many as 71,000 additional deaths per year in the United States by 2050, a study published Thursday in the journal Nature found." https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18092025/wildfire-smoke-premature-deaths/
"Smoke from #wildfires exacerbated by #ClimateChange may cause as many as 71,000 additional deaths per year in the United States by 2050, a study published Thursday in the journal Nature found." https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18092025/wildfire-smoke-premature-deaths/
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The Garnet fire torches trees in the Sierra national forest. The blaze has devastated more than 22,000 hectares (55,000 acres) of land since breaking out on 24 August.
Photograph: Noah Berger/AP
The Garnet fire torches trees in the Sierra national forest. The blaze has devastated more than 22,000 hectares (55,000 acres) of land since breaking out on 24 August.
Photograph: Noah Berger/AP
Climate change has played a major role in Europe, the world's fastest-warming continent, where an area the size of Cyprus has been lost to wildfires this year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/09/05/climate-change/europe-wildfires-lost-area-size/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #europe #wildfires #forests
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Firefighters question leaders’ role in ICE raid near Bear Gulch Fire
Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/firefighters-question-leaders-role-in-ice-raid-near-bear-gulch-fire/