There are other books, of course, but I really do think that City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear are absolutely required reading for anyone living not just in LA or California, but anywhere on the West Coast.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Saturday, 12 September 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
thanks, table. don't know either of those.
― sleeve, Saturday, 12 September 2020 20:32 (three years ago) link
At this point, maybe check out Ecology Of Fear first? Davis' "The Case For Letting Malibu Burn" chapter is u & k
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 12 September 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
Agreed with Elvis.
It's hard to think about the places I love most burning.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Saturday, 12 September 2020 21:58 (three years ago) link
https://longreads.com/2018/12/04/the-case-for-letting-malibu-burn
― mookieproof, Saturday, 12 September 2020 21:59 (three years ago) link
Feeling for anyone near these blazes, it's unbearably smokey here,have a sore chest from being out running errands
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 13 September 2020 00:06 (three years ago) link
Thanks for the link to that Mike Davis-essay. Very interesting.
― Mule, Sunday, 13 September 2020 09:36 (three years ago) link
That Davis essay is essential.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Sunday, 13 September 2020 11:45 (three years ago) link
(Apologies for the twitter cross-posting)
Bloody sun over Sierra Madre. Ash fall is getting coarser. pic.twitter.com/JKcwy7NgYb— Chris Barrus (@quartzcity) September 13, 2020
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 13 September 2020 13:36 (three years ago) link
One hour ago on Highland Oaks Dr. pic.twitter.com/IlppS32lxU— Chris Barrus (@quartzcity) September 13, 2020
thickest smoke so far in Eugene this morning, just unbelievable
so grateful for the HEPA filter in our furnace
― sleeve, Sunday, 13 September 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
OregonLive: The desperate fight to save his family ends in tragedy
Back in the Jeep, struggling to navigate a road once so familiar but now shrouded by smoke-filled darkness, Chris almost ran over what looked like a bikini-clad woman on the road. Once he was closer, he realized she was wearing underwear. Her hair was singed, her mouth looked almost black, and her bare feet were severely burned.He impatiently tried to help her into his car, explaining how he needed to find his wife and son, feeling like she was resisting.Finally, she spoke. “I am your wife.”
He impatiently tried to help her into his car, explaining how he needed to find his wife and son, feeling like she was resisting.
Finally, she spoke. “I am your wife.”
xp: the VIIRS global fire maps can be a bit misleading. The satellites are sensitive enough to pick up controlled fires of field waste (crop stems etc) used to return minerals to the soil and aid pest control, as well as controlled trash fires. Only a minority of the dots are deforestation by fire.
― Disgraced, committing sudoku (Sanpaku), Sunday, 13 September 2020 16:01 (three years ago) link
Jfc
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Sunday, 13 September 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
trigger warning galore on that story, fwiw
― sleeve, Sunday, 13 September 2020 16:57 (three years ago) link
sleeve, I enjoyed this newer Mike Davis book too, you might dig: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2779-old-gods-new-enigmas
― brimstead, Sunday, 13 September 2020 17:03 (three years ago) link
(slightly o/t)
thanks, man
― sleeve, Sunday, 13 September 2020 17:03 (three years ago) link
Finally a day of breathable air here in Seattle. Really looking forward to stepping outside without putting on my N-95.
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 19 September 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
Portland metro got some breathable air yesterday. I went for a 4 mile walk in the rain just to enjoy it.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Saturday, 19 September 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
very good to hear! I hope Eugene is getting better too, sleeve
― rob, Saturday, 19 September 2020 17:56 (three years ago) link
yep, thanks, we're back to "normal" for now. currently at the coast, it's lovely
― sleeve, Saturday, 19 September 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
Someone rendered the 2020 CA fire perimeters to date on a topo map, and it's striking.
― Disgraced, committing sudoku (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
there's been some good map overlays comparing the Holiday Fire in Oregon to previously logged areas, gee what a surprise
― sleeve, Wednesday, 23 September 2020 14:56 (three years ago) link
Pretty bad tonight. An acquaintance lost his Santa Rosa home to the Tubbs fire in October 2017, and right now its looking like the Shady fire will hit eastern Santa Rosa by morning, crossing land burnt just 3 years ago.
― Disgraced, committing sudoku (Sanpaku), Monday, 28 September 2020 05:32 (three years ago) link
I have a handful of friends who moved up north, near Santa Rosa to more easily quarantine without getting the same kind of cabin fever that people living in urban apartments/dense housing do ... and they got evacuation notices at like 6am this morning
― sarahell, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 01:14 (three years ago) link
fuck that sucksthese fires look so bad
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 01:19 (three years ago) link
was talking via zoom to a client today and we were both like, "can this stop now?" like, after the almost two weeks of shitty air quality from SCU and CZU .. it's like, geez not again, also it was 95 degrees this afternoon
― sarahell, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
yeah getting kinda ptsd from it - cant even imagine ppl who are going through evacuations or losing property for a second time
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 01:43 (three years ago) link
4 yrs ago next week, early on a Monday morning, my parents emergency evacuated from their home. This Monday morning, for the 4th time in 4 yrs, they are uncomfortably close to a major fire. I’m a climate scientist and I study global warming. Even I can’t process this step change.— Abigail Swann, PhD (@ecoclimatelab) September 28, 2020
― Voulez-vous un coup d'etat, ce soir? (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 07:10 (three years ago) link
was reading about The Restaurant at Meadowood’s burning, it is kind of shocking.
― Dan S, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 22:31 (three years ago) link
oh what I didn’t know that! :( i ate there 10+ years ago, one of the best & fanciest meals of my life
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
Orange skiesCarnivals and cotton candy and youAnd I love you too you know I do...
They're back! At least here in Oakland... it was supposed to be in the 90s today, but the smoke is blocking the sun
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 1 October 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
it was definitely in the 90s yesterday in Oakland ... today isn't as bad.
― sarahell, Friday, 2 October 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
though if you were somewhere where it _wasn't_ in the 90s I wanna know where that paradise is!
― sarahell, Friday, 2 October 2020 20:28 (three years ago) link
it was even horrible and gross in Alameda, and it's a fucking island, surrounded by water!!
we can see the California smoke in Oregon today
― sleeve, Friday, 2 October 2020 22:27 (three years ago) link
Bobcat flare-up near Mt. Wilson this afternoon. ugh.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 3 October 2020 00:20 (three years ago) link
did the observatory survive after the last round?
― sleeve, Saturday, 3 October 2020 00:22 (three years ago) link
Everything at Mt. Wilson and Stony Ridge survived but it was uncertain for a couple of days there. Even after all this, there are still little canyons up in the Angeles NF that haven't seen fire in decades.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 3 October 2020 00:31 (three years ago) link
Someone rendered the 2020 CA fire perimeters to date on a topo map, and it's striking.― Disgraced, committing sudoku (Sanpaku), Wednesday, September 23, 2020 7:38 AM (one week ago)
― Disgraced, committing sudoku (Sanpaku), Wednesday, September 23, 2020 7:38 AM (one week ago)
this is pretty incredible. wondering if you could point me to where you saw this, who did it, etc.? i'm kinda hoping there's one for Oregon.
― alpine static, Saturday, 3 October 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
Sorry alpine, I saw it on r/MapPorn. I think its by a regular there that does ray traced 3D topo maps, but can't recall the name.
― Sanpaku, Saturday, 3 October 2020 06:30 (three years ago) link
no problem, thank you!
― alpine static, Sunday, 4 October 2020 23:26 (three years ago) link
great news for all you wildfire fans out there
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwxDXxZUYAc9EWS?format=png&name=medium
― map ca. 1890 (map), Friday, 19 March 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
high plains wind + fire danger
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Monday, 29 March 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link
There is a LOT of smoke, and winds are picking up (as forecast). Some of us here are a little skittish in this drought....(Not my photo, from a HS group on FB) pic.twitter.com/hCPxk5KIi7— Terre Logsdon (@terreal) March 28, 2021
Controlled burn in Lake County CA. I'll bet you a beer/kombucha we're not doing enough of these.
― lukas, Monday, 29 March 2021 20:20 (three years ago) link
Probably not. Controlled burns are incredibly important not just for prevention of wildfire spread but for the soil and habitat, too.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 15:22 (three years ago) link
Gotta say, though, Lake County is truly one of the weirdest places in all of California.
o t m
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
Quite!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 17:38 (three years ago) link
I've been to most of California and I endorse that message.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link