Here's the reality about the #LAFires this week: this isn't the first time ANY of these places have burned. Not even close. In 2018, we mapped CA fire history to look at fire frequency across SoCal. Santa Monica Mtns area burns more than anywhere else -- up to once per decade in a given spot. 🧵

During our Black Summer, more than 1,000 people came from North America to assist in firefighting efforts. The overlap in fire seasons in both hemispheres has huge implications for how we fight fire. Australia needs its own fleet of Large Air Tankers (LATs). www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Here’s tomorrow’s front page of the @latimes. All our fire coverage is here, and the paywall has been lifted: www.latimes.com/california/l...

On Wed, Jan 8, I will host a NEW livestream (link below) starting at 8am PT to further discuss, contextualize, & track what has already become a devastating wildfire outbreak (& severe windstorm) in Southern CA. #CAwx #CAfire #PalisadesFire #EatonFire youtube.com/live/TeY...

As wildfires spread through Southern California, some people are at higher risk of health problems from the smoke, including children, older people and those with lung conditions. Here's how to stay safe.

My fellow LA folks—if you’re having trouble finding real time updates on evacuation areas, air quality, power outages, etc I recommend this app 👇👇👇 t.co/whLniD62Uz

As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area. It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.

Many great resources for SoCal #CAFires. I recommend: 1. WatchDuty app for evacs, shelter, etc 2. @weatherwest.bsky.social does regular zoom "office hours" and explainers 3. Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy 4. TheLookout runs a fab explainer on his YT channel:

Also, for my remote sensing peeps who teach, Palisades Fire offering an excellent example of VIIRS saturating in the IR and bleeding over into downpath pixels. Neither the Pacific Ocean or central Santa Monica are actually on fire (right now anyway). #remotesensing #NASAcanyoufixthis

Santa Ana Wind (SAW) driven fires do occur in January but typically are not large and damaging. Figure below shows number of SAW fires for 1950-2020. These SAW fires are driven by wind speed and drought. www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF23190

#EatonFire disaster unfolding. This fire has many parallels to the Marshall Fire, Tubbs Fire, Lahaina Fire, Camp Fire and other major WUI disasters of the past decade. Damaging downslope windstorm (gusts 65+ mph) at night on top of extremely dry fuels. Please evacuate. #Pasadena #CAwx

Will be live again shortly (8pm PT) on the same livestream link below (in quoted post). Unfortunately, with winds increasing and new fires breaking out, situation has escalated further. #CAwx #CAfire #PalisadesFire #EatonFire

CalFire, the California Department of Forestry & Fire Prevention, is offering the public an interactive, three-dimensional view of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles.

More dramatic images from the #PalisadesFire in Los Angeles. Live updates: trib.al/tBDjKJ0 (📷 AP)

Over 1,200 acres burned in Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. Over 30,000 people are under evacuation orders, officials say

After a destructive bomb cyclone hit on Tuesday and Wednesday, the next impactful B.C. storm is already on deck––just in time for the weekend.

New faculty position in climate change ecology at UW-Madison, applications due in four days for full consideration. Come join us! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Happy to be part of this collaboration!

First burn at our new home with my six-year old. #northernbc