Megafire – The Lookout

Mega-Flood or Mega-Fire?

February 1, 2022 by Erika Lunder

Here’s a clip of the 90 minute interview Zeke did with Meteorologist Daniel Swain, PhD a few days ago. They talked in depth about weather and wildfire. They got geeky and Zeke apologized for heckling him on Twitter. Overall, it was a great discussion. Stay tuned in the next day or two for the … Read more

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Wildfire intelligence and education. 25 years in wildland and prescribed fire. Founder @DeerCrResources Fire is the best teacher. Intel from public sources.

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A project I am pretty proud of: We designed and managed a big wildfire hazard reduction project that helped save a priceless observatory.

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The briefing paper for today's California State Senate wildfire oversight hearing uses one of our recent hazard reduction projects as a success story! Here is a video about a project we designed to help protect the historic observatory at Mount Hamilton. https://youtu.be/lU2oX6xZGZ4

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Here are images of the San Joaquin River near Patterson, California on 3/27 vs 3/2/2023.

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Here are 2 sets of imagery showing the spread of floodwaters around Corcoran, California and Tulare Lake from 3/12/23 and 3/27/23. Purple areas show standing water. The other visualization shows water in dark blue, with vegetation in bright green. #2023TulareFlood #CaFloods

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A quick overnight to the Upper Feather River aka Westwood, Ca. My non-scientific takes: Less snow than I expected at 4k ft, melting quick on south aspects at 5k, still a boatload of snow on north slopes above 6k + poverty is rawer with dirty snow.

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