canada at the us at the end of june said that was virtually impossible. without climate change. what if you re reading on how climate change is affecting things where you are? it is actually very similar. what we re seeing, you know. people refer to these changes we are seeing is, like, on steroids and now you can hit these new extremes or these heatwaves are becoming more likely likely so you can see the trend very clearly here in california and probably the most significant impacts we ve seenin most significant impacts we ve seen in the past few decades of the world fires which have also been covered extensively by the bbc. 85% of these have occurred in the top 20 wildfire just since 2000 so when we see these rising temperatures and more expensive droughts, wildfire seasons are starting earlier and trending well. i’m seasons are starting earlier and trending well. and trending well. i m not aware of and trending well. i m not aware of any and trending well. i m not aware of an
Does FEMA have enough staff to handle past disasters that are still being administered as recovery operations; meet current demands being put upon them for missions, generally outside of their primary mission (border and pandemic vaccinations, for example); and be prepared to respond effectively to the upcoming hurricane season, or an earthquake . disasters that can be forthcoming?
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This topic has been a recurring subject for some time. It is obvious that FEMA does not have a significant surge capacity right now. The only way they can respond to something new being put on their disaster plate is by diverting people from what they are currently working on and reassigning them to the new mission which is what they are doing now.
The Devastating Effect that Wildfires have on Air Quality
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Driven by climate change, wildfires are on the rise. New studies highlight the burden of such events on communities and human health.
Wildfire activity is on the rise across the globe due to the continuing effects of global warming. The joint warmest year on record, 2020, was a year of wildfires thanks to dry conditions and droughts, driven by climate change, with over 45 million acres of land lost in Australia alone.
These configurations represent an increasingly devastating and often deadly burden. A new study conducted by researchers from Stanford University and the University of California and published in the journal
challenges with the pg&e and the big utility out there and people are very frustrated. should pg&e be taking over? what needs to happen to get the utility on the side of fire suppression and not doing these blackouts all of the time? when i took the oath of office ten months ago they had just filed for bankruptcy coming out at the top of the show, coming out of the two most destructive wildfire seasons back-to-back, 2017 and 2018. people may recall the camp fire in northern california that took 85 lives and 19,000 structures were destroyed in that historic fire. that was it for that utility and as a consequence they filed for bankruptcy and we re doing everything in our power to reimagine that utility. they regardless, they re in the process, as you noted of these psps and these power safety shutoffs and these blackouts that impacted millions of california and you have these
than anyone else in the country. with one notable exception. climate change could cost lives and hundreds of billions of dollars. that s the dire warning in a new government report detailing the devastating effects ever climate change. this report says some effects we ll see if nothing is done cluing wildfire seasons burning up six times more forest area annually by 2050. more tick borne diseases like zika, dengue. higher temperatures leading to more deaths. experts saying we could see a rise in temps by the end of the century. the federally mandated study was released earlier than planned, the day after thanksgiving and its findings run counter to the president s consistent message that climate change is a hoax.