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Chitchat<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Christownsendoutdoors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Christownsendoutdoors</span></a></span> I'm surprised how few folk seem to be aware of this. The warning has been ongoing for several weeks now</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WildfireRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildfireRisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a></p>
Dismal Manor Gang<p>I told DW we’d better do the wildfire brief before beginning Saturday silliness. </p><p>The piss-yellow wildfire smoke sky was dramatic through the low-e glass. Less so to iPad camera’s eye. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VAwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VAwx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/greyhounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greyhounds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wildfirerisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfirerisk</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1923272/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1923272/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Xcel Energy to implement power shutoffs to 1,100 in Texas, New Mexico amid wildfire risk <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/customers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>customers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PowerShutoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerShutoffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicSafetyPowerShutoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafetyPowerShutoff</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WeatherForecasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeatherForecasts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WildfireRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildfireRisk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/XcelEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XcelEnergy</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>"The increasing severity of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> highlights that reforming <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ForestStewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForestStewardship</span></a> – taking better care of the forests, including safeguarding <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OldGrowthForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldGrowthForests</span></a> – is one of our best hopes to protect communities across B.C.</p><p>Harmful <a href="https://beige.party/tags/forestry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forestry</span></a> practices like <a href="https://beige.party/tags/clearcutting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clearcutting</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/unsustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unsustainable</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndustrialLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndustrialLogging</span></a> make extreme heat and wildfires worse. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Clearcuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clearcuts</span></a> are <a href="https://beige.party/tags/tinderboxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tinderboxes</span></a>, more prone to creating embers because dead trees and branches dry out in the hot sun and become more <a href="https://beige.party/tags/flammable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flammable</span></a>. Tree plantations and improperly tended young forests also increase wildfire risk: Younger trees have thinner bark and low-hanging branches that can act as ladder fuels, and the trees are often planted too close together, making it easy for fire to spread.</p><p>Fortunately, intact and properly managed <a href="https://beige.party/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> are more resilient to the worsening wildfires and heatwaves. For example, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OldGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/rainforests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainforests</span></a> have dense canopies which provide cooling shade that resists fire. They are cooler and wetter than young forests, acting as giant sponges. Old-growth trees in the drier interior have thick bark, high branches and are widely spaced which all reduce <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WildfireRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildfireRisk</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/SierraClubBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SierraClubBC</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopEcocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopEcocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SaveOldGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOldGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDP</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BanCorporateLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanCorporateLobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floods</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCwildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCwildfires</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCfloods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCfloods</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NaturalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClimateMitigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateMitigation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopDeforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopDeforestation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/JustStopOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustStopOil</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DoTheRightThing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoTheRightThing</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OneEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OneEarth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCForestryReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCForestryReform</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>100,000 trees left by <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/PGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PGE</span></a> across Northern California, claim residents. h/t <span class="h-card"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@barkflight" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>barkflight</span></a></span> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/WildfireRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildfireRisk</span></a> <a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/pge-felled-trees/3170889/?_branch_match_id=1156420131216992835&amp;utm_medium=share&amp;_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz0tKTkqsTCxKTdRLLCjQy8nMy9Z3TzIycE5KiQiqSAIABsE90CcAAAA%3D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcbayarea.com/investigations/</span><span class="invisible">pge-felled-trees/3170889/?_branch_match_id=1156420131216992835&amp;utm_medium=share&amp;_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz0tKTkqsTCxKTdRLLCjQy8nMy9Z3TzIycE5KiQiqSAIABsE90CcAAAA%3D</span></a></p>
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