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In this week’s update, learn how you can join local businesses in supporting wildfire evacuees.
As 30 different wildfires continue to burn—so vast they can be seen from space—toxic flames that blanketed the West Coast have forced many Central Oregonians to grapple with this grim and historic event, first-hand. More than 7,500 firefighters from nearly 40 states and three Canadian provinces are battling the blazes in Oregon, according to the […]
The recent rash of wildfires across the western United States has destroyed small towns, burned thousands of acres of forests, displaced hundreds of people and created a super plume of smoke that currently stretches across the U.S. and parts of the Atlantic Ocean. Though the wildfires have had a devasting effect, one government agency is […]
The Lionshead Fire on Mt. Jefferson and the Warm Springs Indian Reservation is the largest fire burning in Central Oregon—while at the same time, at least a dozen other fires have destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least 10 people. Another 22 are still missing. For those looking to help evacuees and firefighters, the […]
With 10% of the people in Oregon under some type of evacuation order, and roughly 1 million acres burned throughout the state, there’s plenty of reason to believe that out-of-control wildfires could reach Bend in the coming years. While the future is impossible to predict, Central Oregon may be more protected than other parts of […]
On this week’s Source Update, we are discussing the raging Oregon wildfires. How were they originated? How can we prevent them? What will happen to the locals? Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update Podcast Aug 26
Locals mobilize to offer a space for people without homes to go, away from the hazardous air quality
As Oregon and California set new wildfire destruction records this past week (3.1 million acres burned in California and 1 million in Oregon), climate change experts argue this is just the beginning. “Climate change dries out the grassland and will continue to make summers longer and hotter, with longer fire seasons,” explained Brad Chalfant, founding […]
Central Oregonians are keeping windows and doors closed today, as smoke from the many fires burning in Oregon began to blow this direction starting Thursday night. Keeping the windows and doors closed helps preserve indoor air quality—but for those who live outdoors or in temporary shelters, that’s not really possible. Friday afternoon, Bend shelter Shepherd’s […]
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