California’s Record Fire Season Update It is a record-setting year for wildfires in California. Among 3 major blazes, 1 threatened Yosemite National Park and another became the largest in state history. The Ferguson Fire was centered near Yosemite, which reopened Tuesday, welcome news in a state that generates $132-B in travel spending. Following are updates on three major […]
Firefighters Making Headway in Putting Out the ‘Holy’ Fire Near Los Angeles Firefighters have made significant progress trying to tamp down a wildfire that threatened homes and has been raging for days South of Los Angeles, officials said Saturday. Aircraft have been making flight after flight, dumping water and bright pink retardant to protect Lake […]
California Wildfires Continue to Burn California spent more than 50% of annual firefighting budget in 40 days At least 13 large fires raged across California Friday, threatening over 16,000 homes and leading to evacuation orders for nearly 25,000 residents in what is shaping up to be 1 of the worst fire seasons on record in the state. […]
WS-J: California Democrats Prioritize Green Policies Over Fire Prevention The huge wildfires in California are a reckoning for the state’s Democratic lawmakers who have repeatedly chosen to please the green lobby over fire prevention, the WS-J wrote in an editorial. Instead of being outraged at President Donald Trump for calling them out on it, California lawmakers should instead […]
California’s Wildfire, No Relief in Sight A fast-growing California wildfire that has already forced thousands to flee their homes and shut down a large national park surged overnight into Saturday, as fatigued firefighters battled gusting winds. The blaze in Mendocino County, about 90 miles (145 km) North of San Francisco, had spread to cover a […]
California Wildfire Destroys 500 Structures, Levels a Community In the small northern California community of Keswick, just a few of homes remain. So are about 37,000 people who remain under evacuation orders Friday. Nearly 5,000 homes in the area were being threatened by the 75-sqm (194-sqk) blaze, which is now only 5% contained. Thousands of […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Model S Explodes in West Hollywood $TSLA Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) claims it is looking into what caused actress Mary McCormack’s husband’s Model S’s lithium-ion battery to spontaneously catch fire in West Hollywood, California The Tesla Model S when up in flames Friday. She posted on Twitter: “Thank God my three little girls weren’t in […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA): There Appears to be Deadly Risk Driving its EVs $TSLA Motorists are Worried World Wide Most of you will have heard of the Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) EV that is made Northern California. This electric car has been touted and heralded as the 1 that will save our planet. Hang on, last week one crashed […]
A Major DC Shakeup Looming US President Donald Trump is on the verge of staging a major shake-up in Washington, DC, including the ending of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 Presidential race and whether The Trump Campaign was involved, investigative journalist Jerome Corsi said in a nationwide TV interview […]
President Trump Has the Legal Authority to Sack Mueller US President Donald Trump has the legal authority to fire special counsel Robert Mueller. Thursday, law professor and former top DOJ official John Yoo said in an interview that President Donald Trump has the legal authority to fire special counsel Robert Mueller. Things got very complicated […]
Robert Mueller and his Gang Know President Trump Can Fire Them The Swamp denizens are afraid of President Trump, they know he is not afraid of them Tuesday, the White House declared that President Donald Trump has the power to fire special prosecutor Robert Mueller, stoking fears that the President will put an end to […]
US DOJ Is ‘Out of Control,’ Robert Mueller ‘Ought to Be Shut Down’ Conservative watchdog Judicial Watch official Tom Fitton Monday night blasted the US Department of Justice as “out of control,” and suggested special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation “ought to be shut down.” The blast came during at TV interview when Mr. Fritton blasted […]
President Trump, “There is no collusion whatsoever…” Sunday, US President Donald Trump told reporters he has no intention of firing special counsel Robert Mueller. President Trump was asked by the press outside the White House after returning from a weekend trip to Camp David. The President’s transition team on Saturday sent a letter to Congress […]
Firefighters Working to Prevent Montecito from Being Consumed 8000 firefighters are trying to prevent perhaps the biggest fires in California’s history from consuming homes in Santa Barbara and the nearby enclave of Montecito. They are hoping less powerful Santa Ana winds would help them Sunday after they managed to stop it from burning thousands of […]
Santa Barbara, California Under Mandatory Evacuation, Wildfires Rage Residents piled into cars and fled Saturday, turning downtown Santa Barbara into “a ghost town” as surging winds drove one of the biggest fires in California’s history toward the city and the nearby wealthy enclave of Montecito. The mandatory evacuations around Montecito and neighboring Summerland came as […]
Jockey Calls for Support after Trainers Rescue Horses from California Wildfires Johavany Catalan was in charge of 77 horses at the San Luis Rey horse facility in Bonsall when the Lilac Fire broke out. Mr. Catalan and his crew had just finished working with the animals and were about to head home when the flames reached the […]
California Blaze Rages Threatening Coastal Towns Firefighters kept a wall of flames from descending mountains into coastal neighborhoods after a huge and destructive Southern California wildfire exploded in size, becoming the 5th largest in state history. Tens of thousands remained under evacuation orders Monday as the fire churned west through foothill areas of Carpinteria and […]
Huge Southern California Wild Fire Flares Up Sunday, a powerful flare-up on the Western edge of Southern California’s largest and most destructive wildfire sent residents fleeing, as wind-fanned flames churned through old-growth brush in canyons and along hillsides toward coastal towns. Crews with help from a fleet water-dropping planes and helicopters saved homes as unpredictable […]
Wildfires Rage, Waze app Sends Some Drivers to SoCal Infernos $GOOGL Google’s navigation app, Waze, is directing some drivers right into neighborhoods where wildfires in Southern California have forced road closures and evacuations Roads closed as a result of the wind-whipped fires have no traffic on them, apparently making them attractive to Waze’s algorithms, the […]
Strong Winds Drive LA Wildfires, Bel Air Burning Rupert Murdoch’s Bel-Air vineyard is shown on the Moraga Estate website. The Bel-Air fire that has destroyed homes and forced major evacuations is burning near the vineyard estate of media mogul Rupert Murdoch. On Moraga Drive on Wednesday, gray smoke surrounded Murdoch’s property, but the compound burned. […]
Strong Winds Whip Up Deadly Fires in California 27,000+ Evacuated Fed by strong Santa Ana winds, explosive wildfires on the edge of Los Angeles and in the foothills outside the city burned a psychiatric hospital and scores of other structures Tuesday and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. A blaze broke out […]
Flynn’s Plea Agreement Shows Mueller’s Investigation Is Illegal Sack Robert Mueller, his blatant abuses of power must end. General Flynn, and other Trump officials were being spied on by Barack Obama The Mueller investigation was supposed to turn up evidence of collusion. Instead it’s charged a Trump associates with a variety of crimes. None dealing […]
NFL Commissioner’s Contract Renewal in Question Now Roger Goodell’s contract extension as NFL commissioner has been delayed by the continuing protests by players kneeling, sitting and skipping out during the playing of the national anthem before games Sources say that the anthem controversy has been so consuming for the league that Mr. Goodell’s contract was […]
No Violation of First Amendment to Fire Protesting Players Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, one of President Donald Trump’s biggest supporters, backs him on his criticism about NFL players. In a article on his website, Governor Huckabee stressed that if protesting NFL players were fired for their demonstration, as President Trump has suggested, it would […]
NFL Owners Should Fire Players Who Disrespect Our Flag President Donald Trump said Friday that National Football League (NFL) owners should fire players who “disrespect” our American flag. “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a b–ch off the field right […]
WW3: Gold Prices Could Rise to $10,000 oz $GLD, $SLV, $USD, $DXY, $AUD, $JPY Sunday, best-selling author James Rickards warned that Gold is poised to spike to 10,000 oz because of global political instability. Personally, I expect Gold attack the resistance at 1,500 in Y 2018. And not be shocked by a run that brings it […]
Fire Breaks Out in Dubai’s Movenpick JBR Hotel This is the 3rd fire to break out in the Dubai Marina area within a week. A minor fire occurred at the Movenpick Hotel Jumeirah Beach Dubai last Monday, the 3rd within a week to break out in the Dubai Marina area. Follow Tinia Nassif @webteee Fire at […]
Fire Robert Mueller Now Two words describe the Russian collusion accusations and investigation of President Trump: Sham & Injustice. Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor, knows it. Rod Rosenstein, the Obama holdover Deputy Attorney General who appointed Robert Mueller, knows it. USAG Jeff Sessions, a decent man and attorney general who recused himself, knows it. The […]
Travel Review: Azerbaijan Calls The ‘Fire Country’ has an eclectic mix of historical attractions set alongside new-world wonders to satisfy the taste of any visitor If mud-spouting volcanoes and a mountain fire that’s been burning ceaselessly for the last 4,000 years are things you want to tick off your travel bucket list, Azerbaijan is the […]
Mr. President, Fire Mueller now, his band of leftist legal hacks have to go It is now known, not surprisingly given Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s apparent vendetta against President Donald Trump and his family, that Mueller hired a Clinton Foundation lawyer, Jeannie S. Rhee, along with other Clinton and Obama loyalists, to do a hit […]
Record High Heat in SoCal, Wildfire Destroys Homes A fast-moving wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills destroyed 10 structures, including homes, and led to several minor injuries, fire officials said Saturday as blazes threatened homes around California during a heat wave. The fire South of Oroville was one of more than a dozen burning in […]
President Trump Setting Up to Sack Robert Mueller President Donald Trump’s Friday morning Tweeted that he is being investigated for firing former FBI Director James Comey may have indicated his intent to sack the special counsel appointed to the probe. And just in: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has privately acknowledged he may need to […]
Massive Fire in London: People Trapped Terrible News from London this morning A 24-story residential building in west London has been burning in an horrific blaze, reports say people have been trapped in residences in the upper stories. The massive fire has engulfed the Grenfell Tower in North Kensington from the 2nd story to the […]
Outdoor Grilling is Fun, Make it Memorable, Do it Correctly It is Memorial Day and time to bring out the outdoor grill, clean it up, and start preparing memorable meals this weekend. I love how food tastes when it’s prepared on a grill. But hang on, experts warn that grilling can be dangerous to our […]
Complaints Over Colbert’s Trump Jokes Under Review by FCC “We have received a number of complaints, as I said, and we’ll follow the standard operating procedures, as we always do, and make sure we evaluate what the facts are and apply the law fairly and fully,” FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai […]
The Biggest Storms in 5 years Hit Southern California Southern California cleaned up Saturday after its biggest storm in 5 years unleashed a waves of rain and snow that killed at least 3 people and triggered flooding, mudslides, high winds and power outages, officials said. Vital highways and railways were shut down and sinkholes opened on […]
Cavemen Ate Raw Red Meat and Cleaned Their Teeth Researchers recently learned that our ancient human relatives ate raw red mean and used toothpicks to clean their teeth. Wood fibers were found on a tooth in a 1.2-million-year-old hominid jawbone discovered at an excavation in northern Spain. The fibers were found in a groove at […]
Clinton e-Mail Investigation: FBI Agent Involved in Case Found Murdered FBI agent Michael Brown, 45 anni, and his wife Susan Brown, 33 anni, were found dead in their home on Friday, 4 November 2016, at Walkersville, Maryland. They were executed and afterwords their home was set fire. FBI Agent Brown was believed to be […]
Dry Winds to Bring Extreme Fire Danger A mixture of strong, dry winds and warm weather Thursday raise the area’s wildfire danger to ‘extreme,’ in Southern California Strong winds will blow Thursday afternoon and evening in bone-dry areas of the Southern California accompanied by low humidity, creating extreme fire-weather conditions, the National Weather said today. […]
Tips to Avoid the Risks of Bar-B-Que Accidents this Weekend Labor Day Weekend is the unofficial end of Summer, and for many that means firing up the backyard grill upping the risks for deadly accidents from barbecues. “Every year we see anywhere from 15,000 to 20,000 cases of burns caused by barbecues,” Dr. Kevin Rodgers, […]
Warm, Dry Conditions Elevate Fire Danger In California Factors contributing to an elevated fire danger in California are the low humidity and the August heat, along with the presence of dry vegetation. Warm, dry conditions plus onshore winds are creating an elevated danger of wildfire in interior sections of Southern California, National Weather Service forecasters […]
Blue Cut Fire: Acreage, Containment Updates on Wildfire Near Cajon Pass A wildfire that started Tuesday in the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County has forced mass evacuations in the area. The latest estimates from the National Forest Service put the size of the Blue Cut Fire at 25,626 acres, as mapping was refined throughout […]
Tesla Model S (NASDAQ:TSLA) Catches Fire in France, Burns to Ground $TSLA A Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) EV (electric vehicle) caught fire during a promotional tour in southwest France, and those aboard escaped unharmed. A brand new Tesla Model S abruptly caught fire while prospective buyers were test-driving it as part of a event organized by the […]
Classic Car Week Begins on the Monterey Peninsula Monterey Classic Car Week had its unofficial “kickoff” Friday night with classic race cars being exhibited on Alvarado Street in downtown Monterey. This weekend Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is hosting more than 300 race cars competing prior to next weekend’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. But then the […]
Wildfire North of Big Sur California Rages A wildfire north of Big Sur grew to more than 104 square miles Tuesday as more than 5,000 firefighters surrounded 50% of the fire with the help of air tankers and helicopters. This wildfire is now in its 3rd week. While some residents in the Big Sur area […]
Pilot Fire at Silverwood Lake Grows, Evacuations Ordered A fast-moving wildfire near Silverwood Lake in southern California’s San Bernardino Mountains continued to burn out of control Sunday night, scorching some 1,500 acres, and prompting evacuation orders and road closures, officials said. The blaze, dubbed the Pilot Fire, erupted about 12:10p near the Miller Canyon OHV […]
Emirates Chairman Sheikh Ahmed on EK521 Accident Emirates flight EK521 crash landed in Dubai airport with 300 people onboard Emirates Chairman and CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum has confirmed that all 300 people onboard the Emirates EK521 aircraft which crash-landed Wednesday are safe. Flight EK521, operating from the Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram to […]
This Year’s Wildfires From Space Fire seasons are an average 78 days longer than they were in Y 1970, and the number of acres scorched each year has doubled since 1980, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) If the start of this wildfire season is any indication, this alarming trend won’t be extinguished anytime […]
New Measures Address Fire Safety Risks at Dubai’s Tall Towers The recent fire at the high-rise Sulafa Tower in Dubai Marina brought back focus to the fire safety issue Wednesday, 20 July, the Sulafa Tower in the Dubai Marina, a 78-story high-rise residential building, suffered extensive fire damage as a result of the spread of […]
California and Colorado Wildfires Prompt Evacuations of Thousands Strong winds will keep the wildfire danger high across the West Sunday into Monday. Strong winds will keep the wildfire danger high across the West Sunday into Monday. Wildfires burning in both California and Colorado have forced evacuations and left one firefighter injured Saturday evening, burning more […]
California Wildfires: 9 Large Fires, 2 Deaths, 100’eds of Homes Destroyed Here are the latest stats on the major wildfires currently burning in the State of California More than 5,200 firefighters are working Monday to battle nine large blazes across the Golden State as fire season rages on. Cal Fire is warning of increased fire […]
Deadly Brushfires Haunt Western Australians The system for managing bushfires in WA (Western Australia) is “failing citizens and the government”, a special inquiry into the deadly Yarloop and Waroona blazes has concluded, and if change does not occur, “then the prospect of a future catastrophic bushfire event is increasingly likely”. Six months after the devastating bushfires […]
Historic Flood Ravage West Virginia, 20 Dead and Counting Friday, the West Virginia Governor’s communication director, said some areas were “probably looking at flooding that’s going to be the worst in 100 years.” Tens of thousands of people were without power, and several roads are impassable, hundreds of houses have washed away. At least 20 […]
Update: Santa Barbara Wildfire, “it is Very Hot and will get Hotter” The wildfire in Santa Barbara County, California has burned thousands of acres and prompted the declaration of a local emergency as firefighters continue into the weekend facing extremely difficult conditions. More than 1,200 personnel were responding to the wild fire, which has been […]
Wildfires in Southern California Raging, 100’s in Danger A wildfire in Southern California more than 3X’d in size overnight and forced officials to close a major highway, 100’s of homes in danger, another blaze in New Mexico had communities on edge after destroying 24 homes, officials said on Friday. California’s Sherpa Fire, burning in chapparal […]
Fire Ravaged Ft. McMurray Canada Hit with Flash Floods As if the May wildfires were not enough, last Thursday a stationary front in the northern prairies brought heavy rain and flash flooding to Ft. McMurray, The rainfall lead to isolated flash flooding in several neighborhoods across the city including Thickwood and Timeberlea, according to the reports, […]
The Common Exclusions in Homeowner’s Insurance American homeowners are often surprised to learn that earthquakes, flooding, and a sump pump malfunction are not covered by their homeowner insurance policy. Earthquakes, unexpected deductibles, and flooding are just a few of the costs your homeowners policy may not cover. But if you are like most Americans, you […]
Many Businesses that Close Due to Natural Disasters Never Reopen “All businesses should assess their exposures to hazards and risks to their operations,” said Blake Clampffer, assistant emergency management coordinator for Travis County, Texas. “Fire and Flood are important, however businesses should consider other natural and man-made hazards.” Natural disasters in Central Texas include: tornadoes, […]
Demand Globally for Flame Retardant Chemicals to Grow $BASFY, $DD, $DOW The market, valued at $6-B in Y 2014, is anticipated to reach $10-B by 2020, growing at a compound annual growth rate of about 10% between Y’s 2015 and 2020. In terms of demand the build and construction sectors lead. That is the conclusion […]
Brushfires in South Australia Described as Horrific Catastrophe Last November an emotional South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill described the brushfires burning North of Adelaide as “horrific,” survivors told of traumatic experiences. With two people confirmed dead and 16 hospitalized with injuries, Mr. Weatherill said the situation was “hard to get in touch with”. “It’s an […]
Fire and Flood Season, a View from Montana Most years May/June is the time we start to worry about Fire and Flood. If there is a heavy snowpack the worry is about a June flood, if a low snowpack the worry about a long fire season. With a huge $7-B wildfire (that is still burning) […]
The Pala (San Diego) Fire Just 35% Contained, Residents Evacuated The Pala fire that started Tuesday afternoon in San Diego County, California, has grown to 70 acres and is 35% contained Saturday, according to local fire officials. The forward progress of the fire was stopped Friday afternoon, according to fire officials. All evacuation orders were […]
Bark Beetles Ravage Drought-stricken Forests in California Armies of bark beetles are ravaging drought-weakened pine trees forests throughout California in a fast spreading epidemic that biologists fear could soon turn catastrophic. Local, state and federal officials are helpless against the pestilence, which has turned hundreds of thousands of acres of forest brown and left huge […]
Bushfires on the Rise in Australia, + 40% Since 2007 The number of bushfires in Australia is on the rise, +40% since Y 2007 local scientists have found. In a new research paper, published earlier this year in the journal Royal Society Open Science, scientists from CSIRO and University of Tasmania also say the increasing […]
The Common Problems Homeowner’s Insurance Does Not Cover Most home buyers are prepared to sign up for homeowner’s insurance, but they often overestimate their coverage. There are a number of unexpected events homeowner’s insurance does not cover, and in case of an emergency, you do not want to be caught off guard. Below are some […]
A Ft. McMurray Like Wildfire Could Easily Happen In Australia As a huge and destructive wildfire burned a path through central Canada, an Australian fire expert has issued a strong warning, “it could easily happen here “It sounds extreme, our cities could burn down, or parts of our suburbs could burn down, but it could happen,” […]
Australia and the World Not Prepared for Growing Natural Disasters The news is not good, and it is a reminder that no country is immune, we are vulnerable. The weather in Australia is only getting more extreme, natural disasters are getting increasingly more deadly, and people seem content to sit back and accept our an […]
The Effects of Natural Disasters in Australia and Worldwide Total financial losses from natural disasters worldwide in Y 2015 amounted to $100-B, with insured losses at $30-B. The Y 2009 Black Saturday wildfires in the State of Victoria that broke out on 7 February that year rank among Australia’s worst natural disasters. 173 people were […]
More Than 100 Homes Lost in Great Ocean Road Bushfire Fire authorities say a final figure of 116 homes have been destroyed by a bushfire that could burn all Summer in the region. The number of homes destroyed in the Wye River fire on Victoria’s Great Ocean Road on Christmas Day 2015 has risen […]
Fire is Opportunistic, It Finds a Path, it Burns Fires are now bigger, faster and hotter than before, torching more of our world. Wildfires, like the one that raged through Ft McMurray this month or through Slave Lake, Alberta 5 years ago, levelling 33% of that community. New building technology and new ways to think […]
Massive Wildfires are Burning Around the World Alberta’s unusually early and large fire is just the latest of many huge fires on an earth that’s grown hotter with more extreme weather. Earlier this year, large wildfires hit spots on opposite ends of the world, from Tasmania to Oklahoma-Kansas. Last year, Alaska and California pushed the […]
Firefighters Fight against Flame Retardants in the Home If flame-retardant chemicals worked, they would probably have no stronger supporters than firefighters. Yet, they are among their strongest opponents. It is not only that the chemicals are ineffective, but they are highly toxic. Charging into a burning home is dangerous enough, but entering a home with burning […]
America’s Home Builders Beginning to Market Safety and Energy Efficiency When single family home builders talk about customer service, they focus on how to make the building process smoother, how to speak to customers so that they understand, and how to mitigate problems and delays. Last year in a presentation at the 2015 Avid Conference […]
Fire as Destructive as Canada’s Ft McMurray Wildfire can happen in Australia As the massive and destructive wildfire continues to burn a path through Central Canada, an Australian fire expert has issued a stark warning: it could easily happen here: “Our cities can burn,” said David Bowman, a Professor of Environmental Change Biology at the […]
Australia & New Zealand Disaster and EM Conference CRC research will feature with two complete streams at the Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference on the Gold Coast. CRC researchers speaking include Dr Chris Bearman, Dr Paula Dootson, Dr Katharine Haynes, Dr Danielle Every, Laura Gannon, Dr Jim McLennan and Lyndsey Wright. Earlybird […]
Convoys Evacuate Ft. McMurray Wildfire Victims, Oil Sands Operators Cut Production Friday and Saturday, Convoys of evacuees stranded by a wildfire raging in and around Ft. McMurray made their way through the heart of the devastation on the only highway out of the region. Wind-whipped flames roaring through forests and brush parched by a Spring […]
Extreme Weather Strains Australian Firefighting Resources Australia’s firefighting resources will come under increasing strain as climate change causes Northern and Southern hemisphere bushfire seasons to overlap. Dozens of Australian firefighters have traveled to the United States to help fight more than 70 wildfires as the nation weathers one of its worst wildfire seasons in recent […]
Nevada County Fire Safe Council’s 2016 Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Last August, radio station KVMR and the Council partnered to hold a fire safety event at the radio station’s new headquarters in Nevada City, Californai. Do it successfully once, why not try it again, except open and expand it to the whole community? Well, those […]
Most Fires And Forest Fires Are Caused By People A number of fires In New Jersey this week may be indication of things to come as the Garden State enters it peak fire season. The latest reported brush fires on Tuesday shut down rail service on New Jersey Transit and Amtrak’s Northeast corridor, cutting off […]