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Monday, August 21st, 2023
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Canary Island fires, 8.5K evacuating
A wildfire on Tenerife that is causing evacuations of thousands from
their homes is
"beyond our capacity to extinguish,"
according to the regional government.
Fires that civilization cannot extinguish indicate a new level of disaster,
caused by global heating.
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Yellowknife firefighting, CAN
Canada is doing
everything possible
to prevent Yellowknife from being
destroyed by fire, but nowadays it can't be sure of success.
This is a big change caused by global heating. It used to be that we
could count on fire crews to protect substantial towns. It required a
big effort, but they knew reliable methods to use and would not fail.
Nowadays, due to global heating, that big effort may not do the
job. It may be that nothing can do the job.
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Canada fires, 20K evacuating
Yellowknife,
the capital of Canada's Northern Territories, is cut off
by wildfires.
So far, the province is evacuating various small towns, but if the fires
come closer to Yellowknife, it will have to evacuate that city. It won't
be easy to do that by air.
It would take 100 trips of an medium-size airliner to evacuate the
whole population of around 20,000 people, but that is assuming people
take no more than what you could bring on a commercial flight. People
evacuating, perhaps forever, will need to bring more than that.
The evacuation of Yellowknife should not wait.
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Grand jurors' plight, GA
*Names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors
posted on rightwing websites.*
This was evidently intended to threaten and intimidate anyone asked
to consider, in the future, whether right-wing fanatics have committed
crimes and should be prosecuted.
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Major fire risk, HI
Invasive species of grass
provided this year's Hawaii wildfires with more fuel than ever before.
The state needs to mostly get rid of them. Perhaps farming animals in
those regions would help.
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Maui water rights
*In their most desperate hour, Maui’s
residents may lose their right
to water.*
Agribusinesses have been taking control of the island's water for
years, and the inhabitants have been suing for years, but disasters
are opportunities for big businesses.
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Lahaina fire recovery efforts
The
decision not to sound the sirens
in Lahaina for the fire was made
for a rational reason.
This leads me to wonder how the warning system (and others like it)
could be improved so that it could safely be used for all kinds of
disasters.
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