Terrific post! And thanks for including the story about Irvine’s fire prevention. Now if the rest of California governments paid attention to Irvine’s accomplishments, that would be a lovely thing for the residents. If you need tips on how to deal with fire smoke, let us know.
Amy, great post! Not only do you write so well, your research is really impressive. Glad you don't get the fires in Lisbon and only a few days (still too many) of the smoke. So far a quiet hurricane season here in Florida, but that could still change. Praying, of course, that it will stay quiet. I don't get why people try to blame politicians for weather events. Doesn't make sense to me.
After time in Seattle (pine forests, lots of wildfires), Denmark (wind, rain, ice, wind, wind, did I say wind?), Baltimore (humidity, tornados, heat, wildfire smoke from Canada and NY/NJ, struggling to recover from decades of neglect), we are back in Southern California. On our return (last here in 2018), I blinked and momentarily wondered if we had caught the wrong plain. Were we in Alicante (Spain) again?
The tile roofs, the tile patios, the stringent limitations on what kinds of trees and shrubs…
We are renting, and discovered the area we are in was evacuated due to wildfire at one point, which led me to deep dive on fire prevention, city planning, and architectural requirements (hello rabbit hole). Found this article and thought it was really interesting and dare I say, hopeful, about what some cities are trying to do (of course, NOT building further and further into know fire areas would also be good).
Terrific post! And thanks for including the story about Irvine’s fire prevention. Now if the rest of California governments paid attention to Irvine’s accomplishments, that would be a lovely thing for the residents. If you need tips on how to deal with fire smoke, let us know.
Thanks, Christopher!
Chris Christie comes to mind. 😉
XOXO
Ahaha!
Amy, great post! Not only do you write so well, your research is really impressive. Glad you don't get the fires in Lisbon and only a few days (still too many) of the smoke. So far a quiet hurricane season here in Florida, but that could still change. Praying, of course, that it will stay quiet. I don't get why people try to blame politicians for weather events. Doesn't make sense to me.
How sweet! Thank you so much for the compliment!
After time in Seattle (pine forests, lots of wildfires), Denmark (wind, rain, ice, wind, wind, did I say wind?), Baltimore (humidity, tornados, heat, wildfire smoke from Canada and NY/NJ, struggling to recover from decades of neglect), we are back in Southern California. On our return (last here in 2018), I blinked and momentarily wondered if we had caught the wrong plain. Were we in Alicante (Spain) again?
The tile roofs, the tile patios, the stringent limitations on what kinds of trees and shrubs…
We are renting, and discovered the area we are in was evacuated due to wildfire at one point, which led me to deep dive on fire prevention, city planning, and architectural requirements (hello rabbit hole). Found this article and thought it was really interesting and dare I say, hopeful, about what some cities are trying to do (of course, NOT building further and further into know fire areas would also be good).
https://archive.is/VrnbF
Gotta love a rabbit hole!
Thanks for the link!