Altadena Wildfires
Benjamin Hamlington
Research Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Team Lead of NASA Sea Level Change Team
"My house in Altadena burned down in the wildfires on Wednesday. It all happened quickly. On Tuesday around 7pm, my wife and girls went to a hotel as a precaution. I left the house with the dogs when the mandatory evacuation order came in around 3am. As best as I can put the timeline together, our home burned down around the same time that the sun came up..."
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AI6YR Ben
In response to this post"As a climate scientist looking at these events from a distance, there can be a reaction to nod and say “yes, this is what we expect to unfold and what our science shows”. That’s true, of course. This event, for me, has destroyed any boundary between my work as a climate scientist and the rest of my life, my family, my friends. It causes me to reflect on whether the words we frequently use to talk about climate change are consistent with what I’d want to hear in this moment. I haven’t really had time to sit down and pause until right now, and I just have one reflection to share. "...
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J. Steven York RESISTS
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My heart goes out. We walked away from our Oregon home a few years ago on no notice, not knowing if anything we owned would survive. The fire was stopped a few miles short of our home and we were able to return a few days later, but several neighborhoods in our small town, and in surrounding areas, weren't so lucky. I know people rendered homeless, and we (the town) are still recovering. It doesn't end with the headlines.
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