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30 Aug, 4 tweets, 1 min read
I asked a local resident and firefighter from South Lake Tahoe if there's any chance of holding the Caldor Fire at Echo Summit tomorrow. He just responded "lol." I still hold hope out for a stand along US 50 tomorrow, but we need to be prepared for all contingencies.
Goodnight, be safe, and rest up. We're going to need it.
Echo summit was described to me as "looking down a gun barrel." Kudos to the IMT for being proactive on communications and evacuations while being calm, realistic, and direct. When a primary dozer line +2 contingencies get spotted over, I'm nearly at a loss foe words.
For* words.

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28 Aug
I've got a column of smoke showing from the Idylwild 1 fire camera, it's distant and could be structure fire. Looking south of the mountain toward Temecula. Probably RRU, anyone know whats up?
Looking at the camera angle and ridge it's on, looks to be west of I15, could be on the Pendleton Marine Base. Reaching out to local contacts for further into. Does appear to be a wildfire, however #CAFire. alertwildfire.org/inlandempire/i…
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27 Aug
1/n: Alright I'll bite on the first responder vaccination mandate discussion: Ideally company level education, good medical advice, and promotion of facts vs. FUD should guide firefighters to get vaccinated. Now that Pfizer is FDA-approved, there's really no excuse.
2/n: You're never going to get 100% compliance. For example LACOFD Local 1014 is at 70%, recommending vaccination but opposing mandates. I think in fire, mandates will backfire. But you can't have first responders putting the general public at higher risk w/Delta.
3/n: Unfortunately mis-information is pretty rampant in the fire world (anecotal experience, n=12) so there's higher hesistancy. Weekly testing of those not vaccinated, and a higher insurance premium to compensate for higher risk for medical bills+legal exposure.
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26 Aug
Impressed with how everyone on my social media feed in California is a fire behavior and climate expert, epidemiologist, and foreign policy and human rights scholar all at once. Must have been a lot of studying to get that universal research degree! (Sarcasm).
Note, there are literal experts in each subject I actually do follow, providing good intel and insight in current times. However, "eric" from college who now runs a weed grow is not one of them... #thursdaythoughts
I mean I'd listen to Eric about growing cannabis, but unless they were special forces in Badakshan I don't need their take on foreign policy.
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25 Aug
Effective immediately I am no longer working for any publication that does not pay a hazard fee for wildfire coverage due to the time, experience, PPE, and additional damage to cameras for coverage. Not that I really did before, but wanting to educate peers who may be newer.
I've reached out to the management of some of the organizations in question for their positions on putting freelancers at safety and financial risk, and will be publicly disclosing who does what in the next week or so. It's time to push back against bad contracts+exploitation.
Further, news organizations need to cover basics like fuel, field meals, and hotel when necessary for these stories. Cost of doing business has skyrocketed while rates remain the same over a decade.
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1/n: Thinking about the intersection of a coronavirus pandemic and what looks to be an early-onset wildfire season in CA: If many communities need to utilize social distancing+quarantine, what happens during large-scale evacuations?
2/n: We're going to see those self-isolating out of caution, or those sick being forced to leave their homes, often with little notice, and put into evacuation shelters, relative/friend's homes, =higher risk of spreading or contracting the virus.
3/n: Last 2 fire seasons have seen mass evacuations of 100,000s of people and more, so what happens if a pandemic, even a local one, happens in early summer, or during a major wind event? The probability of this occurring, given Bay Area outbreak, is not insignificant.
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2 Nov 19
1/n: Wildfire Gratitude: W/ fire activity moderating, I want to thank some folks. 1st firefighters on front lines who let me photograph their work to save lives+property. Seeing you bust your tails day after day up close gives me continued respect for the yeoman’s work you do.
2/n: To law enforcement. I can get on your case in the heat of things when some try and deny 409.5/media access, but the majority are professional, courteous, and often lack the PPE or safety gear, but are still keeping the peace during major fires. Thank you.
3/n: To OES, logistics, support, camp crews, utility+road road workers, and dispatchers supporting frontline first responders. You keep the machine humming and well-oiled. None of this would happen without you!
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