@rstein @thorsheim that's not how #utilities work:
One cannot unsubscribe to #sewage and having neither #electricity nor #water will get the building condemned.
Same with #BuildingInsurance: They need to have that againdt #fire or the building will be condemned & seized by the City Fire Chief until reinsured retroactively and fully inspected by a Fire Inspector.
https://www.europesays.com/1981905/ TVA’s annual controlled burn bringing new life to environment #ControlledBurn #DouglasDam #Environment #fire #plants #TVA
Feds cancel $35 million wildfire prevention grant for Napa County
More than one-third of county residents live in designated wildfire hazard zones.
#Napa #NapaCounty #NapaValley #California #fire #WildfireMitigation #WildforePrevention
https://abc7news.com/post/feds-cancel-napa-countys-35-million-wildfire-prevention-grant/16141347/
I recently discovered Windy has a map overlay layer for (wild)fires.
Have to admit it worries the pants off me seeing how many there are on the go atm.
https://www.windy.com/56.928/-4.030/ukv?ukv,rain,56.562,-3.821,8,p:firespots
These fires are crazy. Getting smokey for me now, too, due to the wind direction. But, thankfully, nowhere near.
New thematic issue of Phil. Trans. Roy Soc B is coming! Stay tuned
"Novel wildfire regimes under climate change and human influences: impacts, ecosystem responses and feedbacks"
#fire #wildfire #royalsociety @ecology @plants @wildfirescience @plantscience @nature @biodiversity
I've just published a new page on my website documenting the last 3 months on an art residency exploring fire through the plant aiteann (gorse) and its relationship to sitka spruce: https://shanefinan.org/VAP/15_aiteann.html
This was part of the international research project investigating wildfires called FIRECULT. For the project, I created charcoal and made new drawings, made work with fire, and created two new video artworks.
CAL FIRE OV-10A N421DF Bronco makes a pass at Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #CALFIRE #FIREHAWK #OV10A #Bronco #fire #aerialfirefighting #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9
Today In Labor History April 8, 1864: The 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, banning chattel slavery. However, it permitted a continuation of wage slavery and the forced labor of convicts without pay. And on this date in 1911, 128 convict miners, mostly African-Americans jailed for minor offenses, were killed by a massive explosion at the Banner coalmine near Birmingham, Alabama. While the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, which occurred just two weeks earlier, elicited massive public attention and support for the plight of immigrant women working in sweatshop conditions, the Banner explosion garnered almost no public sympathy, probably due to racism and the fact that they were prisoners.
In Paris, 200 firefighters battle a major fire.
The Paris fire brigade talked about a 'major fire' and called on the public to 'stay away from the area and let emergency services work.'
A thick black cloud of smoke could be seen from across the French capital as 60 fire trucks and 200 firefighters battled the blaze that had ripped through one of the city's biggest recycling plants.
Docuseries ‘Wildfire’ takes audience to front line
During the worst wildfire season in Canada's history, two former firefighters suited up not to join the fight, but to film it. Their docuseries 'Wildfire' debuts April 29.
#film #fire #Canada #Wildfire
https://globalnews.ca/news/11120369/docuseries-wildfire-release/
43 and raining is fire weather. Spring is not quite here. #fire
Rotisserie time. First use this year of the wind up, clockwork rotisserie with a pork roast. #cooking #food #rotisserie #fire
https://jazzaria.bandcamp.com/album/fire-and-forget
Some things are burned to remember - others, to forget. When systems are burning knowledge is lost, and the fire spreads. The past is lost twice - first slowly, then all at once.
Featuring clarinet, accompanied by bass drum, hi-hat, crackling fire, and tom drums.
What's in that bright red fire retardant? No one will say, so we had it tested
#HackerNews #in #that #bright #red #fire #retardant? #No #one #will #say #so #we #had #it #tested
fireretardant #transparency #environmentaltesting #toxicchemicals #healthrisks
A Fire Deficit Persists Across Diverse North American Forests Despite Recent Increases In Area Burned
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56333-8 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #fire #wildfire #bushfire #NorthAmerica #USA #Canada #management #planning #mitigation #climatechange #NAFSN #treering #firescar #forest #tree #vegetation #contemporary #model #severity #loss #cost #economics #ecosyastems #humanlife #infrastructure #risk #hazard #lossoflife #water #watersupply #waterresources
#Disneyland's Mickey & Friends parking structure is on #fire. I was just there days ago.
With the drop in US tourism from #Trump's dumb trade war, it's symbolic that "the Happiest Place on Earth" is in flames.
(Would be even more so if it was started by a malfunctioning #Tesla.)
The soul sister of burlesque Demi Noire on FIRE!
More of this kinda stuff over on my substack at https://matricardo.substack.com/p/i-met-bon-jovi-in-a-travelodge-car
I'd love you to subscribe!
Gore Vidal OWNS Conservative William F. Buckley.
Gosh, you just love to see it.
Over and over, on replay.
C'mon Dems, get with the program.
Vidal: As far as I’m concerned, the only pro or crypto-Nazi I can think of is yourself. Failing that...
Buckley: Now listen, you queer, stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I’ll sock you in the goddamn face, and you’ll stay plastered.
Vidal: smiles because he knows he just outed Buckley as a homophobe.
https://youtu.be/L5DJjVwoyxM
#Fire
Greg Cocks 
