Archive for October, 2019
The Kincaid Fire: “….Winds reaching up to 75 mph or more during a “historic wind event” this weekend could help spread the fire, which has already burned more than 26,000 acres,….”
Sunday, October 27th, 2019-
Mandatory evacuation order expanded from 50,000 to 90,000 residents Saturday night
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Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), planned to shut off power for an estimated 2.35 million residents over fears that high winds and low humidity would spread the blaze.
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The entire towns of Healdsburg and Windsor in Sonoma County, north of San Francisco, were under mandatory evacuationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7nijZHVxsI
MA coastline change with climate change over the past couple of decades
Sunday, October 27th, 2019
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July, 2019
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A World At Risk: Latest scientific report out of the WHO
Saturday, October 26th, 2019“No country is fully equipped to deal with the next global pandemic,…….
Scientists say an outbreak of a flu-like illness could sweep across the planet in 36 hours and kill tens of millions due to our constantly-travelling population.
But a review of health care systems already in place across the world found just 13 countries had the resources to put up a fight against an ‘inevitable’ pandemic…….”
As thousands in California evacuate due to fires, others prepare for more PG&E outages
Saturday, October 26th, 2019October 26, 2002: The 57-hour hostage crisis ends when Russian special forces surrounded and raided the theater and with the help of a narcotic gas killed all the Chechan terrorists and 120 hostages
Saturday, October 26th, 2019
The Kincade Fire update
Friday, October 25th, 2019Situation:
• The Kincade Fire is a fast burning wildfire, spurred by high winds and dry conditions in Sonoma County, CA
Lifeline Impacts: (Region IX SPOTREP, as of 2:27 pm EDT)
Safety and Security: • Six school districts in Sonoma County have closed some or all their schools
Food, Water, Sheltering: • Two shelters open with 138 occupants (ARC Midnight shelter count as of 6:08 am EDT)
Energy: • Geyser Geothermal Power Plant; two of the power units have received some damage, additional details are unknown
Response • FMAG was approved on October 24, 2019 • CA EOC at Partial Activation • Region IX RWC at Steady State, continues to monitor • 2 LNOs deployed to CA EOC