“I evacuated from Yellowknife this summer. Coming home was the hardest part.”
wildfires
Posted inEditor's Pick
‘We Have Fire All Around Us and We Can’t Get Out’
“What happened when two experienced hikers got caught in the Bolt Creek Fire.”
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend longreads by Janelle Nanos, Paloma Pacheo, Radley Balko, Claire McNear, and Tad Friend.
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How Federal Agencies Are Failing Their Wildland Firefighters
“There’s a damaging disconnect between the lionized figure of the firefighter and the reality of the men and women who fight more fire than anyone.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?
Why is California burning? “We dug ourselves into a deep, dangerous fuel imbalance due to one simple fact. We live in a Mediterranean climate that’s designed to burn, and we’ve prevented it from burning anywhere close to enough for well over a hundred years.
Posted inNonfiction
Fire/Flood: A Southern California Pastoral
In and around Los Angeles, natural and man-made disasters have been inextricable for almost two centuries.
Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
Here’s What Put Thousands of Californians in the Path of a Blaze
Forest mismanagement, political corruption, and PG&E’s corporate culture created a highly combustible situation.
Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Quotes
The Californians Who Can’t Budge
How do you hold down the fort when the fort is on fire?