I am no stranger to wide ranging and complete disasters. In the late ’90s I went through a category 5 hurricane that, in a 24-hour span, turned an island I lived on upside down. The devastation was total, but it was also familiar. We grow up with storms and bad weather. Hurricanes are an unruly […]
California Wildfires
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Torched Towns: Could Bend be Next?
Bend Ranks No. 8 in Pacific Northwest wildfire risk, study says
While the most destructive wildfire in California’s history rages on, the U.S. Forest Service and Pyrologix—a Montana-based wildfire analysis firm—have identified the 100 communities in the Pacific Northwest with the highest cumulative risk of wildfire. Bend ranks number 8. “The high ranking mentioned above confirms all the work that we have been doing since the […]
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California’s Still Battling Its Worst Wildfire Ever. Here’s How to Help
Oregon fire crews now working on the blaze near Chico
At last estimate, the three wildfires burning in California had killed 42 people, with 200 still missing. Fires have burned nearly 200,000 acres and displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Paradise, Calif. and Chico, and also around Malibu. Last Sunday, the Oregon Department of Forestry deployed two strike teams to help battle the Camp […]