Governor Gavin Newsom is Working with the White House and CalOES to Prepare Just days after the last damaging storm, California is preparing for another wave of large and potentially…
John MeadJanuary 9, 2023
A recent PBS documentary that aired in early May 2019 details accounts of California residents that fled for their lives during the 2018 fire season. It also extensively looks into…
Hannah JonesJune 13, 2019
When most people think of natural disasters, the first thing to come to mind is not likely flooding. However, flooding is the most common natural disaster. Flooding occurs in all…
Adam PrellFebruary 22, 2019
This past weekend, from Saturday into Monday morning, much of the Northern California Bay Area was under a Red Flag Warning due to strong winds around 40 mph with gusts to…
RedZoneOctober 10, 2018
Last Year's Disaster During the massively destructive 2017 wildfire season in California, certain phrases kept being repeated. “Unprecedented”, “Uncharted territory”, “Historic”, “War zone”, “New normal”, and other descriptive phrases were…
John MeadAugust 2, 2018
When most people think of natural disasters, the first thing to come to mind is not likely flooding. However, flooding is the most common natural disaster. Flooding occurs in all…
Michael CoxApril 18, 2018
Tree Mortality Overview According to U.S. Forest Service study done in the summer of 2017, about 6.3 billion dead trees are still standing in 11 Western states, an increase of…
Adam PrellSeptember 28, 2017
Tree Death Adds Fuel to the Fire A record 66 million trees have died in California since 2010, adding a huge fuel threat to an already dangerous fire landscape. Not only…
John MeadSeptember 6, 2016
