Yeah. I think we need to be really careful, and listen to people of color, about where and when we assign climate change blame. In Southern California, the end of climate change-associated drought may actually be making these wildfires worse.
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Replying to @aurabogado @AndreaGtrrz and
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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Replying to @aurabogado @AndreaGtrrz and
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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Replying to @WriterKevin @AndreaGtrrz and
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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Replying to @aurabogado @AndreaGtrrz and
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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Replying to @WriterKevin @AndreaGtrrz and
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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Replying to @aurabogado @WriterKevin and
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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Replying to @aurabogado @WriterKevin and
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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Replying to @aurabogado @AndreaGtrrz and
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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Replying to @WriterKevin @AndreaGtrrz and
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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My colleagues worked on this gbut it’s not Southern California-based)https://www.revealnews.org/article/should-development-be-extinguished-on-californias-fire-prone-hills/ …
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