The three-year drought in California has ended for all but 9% of the state. That’s good news. However, the huge amount of rain the Golden State received over the winter will cause more growth than usual in the state’s forests and other lands. So all that means — says AccuWeather in its Fire Outlook 2023 …
Wildfires in the West — A Wet Winter was not Wet Enough Read More »
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is going to face manslaughter charges over four deaths from a wildfire in Northern California that killed four people. The fire in question is the Zogg Fire. It started in September of 2020 when a tree fell on a PG&E distribution line. It burned 88 square miles of the state …
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Last year the state of Oregon released a draft of the communities most at risk from wildfires. It was very specific about areas within those cities. A glance at the map, and the accompanying explanation, appeared to assign high risk to areas, and to home and business owners, where the risk may have been negligible. …
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