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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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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I wish I could! I didn’t hear the NPR segment and am unsure what was said. I do think urban sprawl is part of the problem but I’ve never heard a segment that really captures what’s going on in Southern California....
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