Thank you. It's all too rare to have this acknowledged so bluntly by a first responder chief when the spotlight is on. Somebody should tell NPR's @UpFirst which this morning attributed the fire damage exclusively to sprawl and said not a word about climate change.https://twitter.com/blkahn/status/1062077121118552064 …
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I don't know anything about Northern California fire ecology btw. But assuming climate change is the culprit behind the Southern California fires is lazy. It's more complicated than that... and you have to grapple with fire ecology, race and planning for it to start making sense.
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In fairness, Naomi specifically complained that Up First "attributed the fire damage 'exclusively' to sprawl and said not a word about climate change." Doesn't seem at odds with your point about there being multiple factors.
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But how is climate change to blame at all for the Woolsey fire? I'm all ears if you're familiar with Southern California fire ecology and know something that I don't.
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I was just referring to calling climate change the only culprit. As to the role it's played in the Woolsey fire, I know very little. Daniel Swain of UCLA's Environment & Sustainability Inst., however, calls it a "threat multiplier", which stands to reason: https://bit.ly/2z83Gbs
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Daniel Swain is specifically tweeting about the Camp fire, which is in Northern California. I’ve been clear that I focus on Southern California wildfires, in this case the Woolsey fire.
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Again, I’m totally open to learning more, but I’ve been into fire ecology at an amateur level for more than a decade and haven’t found any science that confirms the notion (often from people who don’t even live there) that climate change is somehow to blame.
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As a reporter, I think accuracy is important, especially when it comes to climate change. Just because Southern California is on fire again — as it has been been for centuries — doesn’t automatically mean we can blame it in whole or in part on climate change.
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I appreciate that. Can you recommend any outlets/reporters who are doing a thorough job of explaining why this particular fire is happening the way it is?
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