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Fires, Floods, and Fools: Rhetoric vs. Disaster

January 16, 2025 3:30 amJanuary 16, 2025 3:31 am

Back in the 1990’s, I penned my first in a series of articles dealing with the subject matter of “Fires, Floods, and Fools,” a never-ending cycle in California. Having lived through the 1969 flood and countless fires, it was a...

Ringside: Forest Thinning Adds Millions of Acre Feet to California’s Water Supply

June 6, 2024 2:45 amJune 6, 2024 2:46 am

Practical solutions to California’s energy and water shortages will always have a better chance of being implemented if they adhere to the limitations placed upon them by the climate lobby. Thankfully there are numerous solutions, strategic in their impact, that...

For Those Fighting Wildfires, It Is Simply About Saving Lives And Protected Areas

October 31, 2019 8:07 pm

While most stories about the upswing of wildfires and power outages concern local, city, and state response, a big part of the equation is often left out: the firefighters themselves. The Globe interviewed ‘Stanley’ Johnson, a wildfire firefighter for the...