Just saw some video a friend who is a MN firefighter who got sent out to CA posted. Can't share it but it's pretty intense seeing up close a 50 foot Spruce tree up in flames..
What chunk of our economy will exist without a livable planet? Asking for a friend. I think the concept you're dancing around is leadership. When the United States leads and innovates with the support of its allies, the world follows. This has been true for a hundred years. We are the best hope for solving this issue and abdicating that leadership role just dooms us all to failure.
A crimson Moon rises over Mt. Shasta and the West Coast continues to burn, yet there are some who still don't believe we are in the midst of a tipping point in our world. A slow moving catastrophe our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren will battle and I don't like the odds.
It's very rare to still have wildfires in December. In previous decades now would be when it was raining. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...a-wildfire-season-santa-ana-winds/6484832002/ Santa Ana winds bring new wildfire threat to Southern California, prompt another round of power shutoffs Elinor Aspegren USA TODAY The Golden State hasn't seen the last of wildfire season. The gusty Santa Ana winds were blowing throughout Southern California on Monday and into the night, spreading one fire in Ventura County and prompting power shutoffs and red flag warnings in other areas. Southern California utilities cut the power to tens of thousands of customers, and warned many others they could be without power in an effort to prevent wildfire ignition from potential wind damage to power lines. And dry conditions and strong offshore winds prompted the National Weather Service to issue red flag warnings through Tuesday across southwestern California and the Bay Area — a rare occurrence for Northern California in December. A brush fire pushed by the gusty Santa Ana winds took off late Monday morning near Ventura, northwest of Los Angeles. By the afternoon, the Cornell Fire was nearly 175 acres and had prompted several road closures. Though the wildfire had not yet prompted shutoffs or evacuations, “people will need to stay aware of their local conditions and follow the advice of local officials,” said David Sweet, a meteorologist with the weather service's Oxnard office. The Santa Anas bring seasonal risk each year. Those winds blow from the interior toward the coast, and combined with low humidity, have the potential to create dangerous fire conditions This round of winds won't last long: NWS Los Angeles forecasts they will continue into Tuesday morning before weakening in the afternoon. Still, red flag warnings will remain in effect until Tuesday night, with low humidity and strong winds up to 50 mph providing favorable conditions for rapid fire spread. In the past, Southern California's fire season ran from about May or June to November, according to Cal Fire. Now, it seems as if wildfires can break out just about any time of the year. But the worst blazes are still reserved for July and August, when the state is baking, then later in the fall when the flames are pushed by hot, dry and capricious winds – Santa Anas in the south and the Diablos in the north. Golden State wildfires have killed 31 people this year. Five of the six of the largest wildfires in California history started in August and September and, collectively, burned more than 2,500 square miles, an area about the size of Delaware. A 7,000-acre fire last week in Orange County prompted evacuations and destroyed several homes. It was 60% contained on Monday, the Orange County Fire Authority tweeted.
Have so many Californians moved to the Hill Country that it's now become a part of California itself?
