Liz Weil

My biggest picture thoughts are it's heartbreaking and it's like all of the issues all at once happening in LA right now. And I wrote about this a bunch, like if you're a person who follows climate and follows wildfire in particular, Or if you're a fire scientist, you know all this is going to happen.

My biggest picture thoughts are it's heartbreaking and it's like all of the issues all at once happening in LA right now. And I wrote about this a bunch, like if you're a person who follows climate and follows wildfire in particular, Or if you're a fire scientist, you know all this is going to happen.

My biggest picture thoughts are it's heartbreaking and it's like all of the issues all at once happening in LA right now. And I wrote about this a bunch, like if you're a person who follows climate and follows wildfire in particular, Or if you're a fire scientist, you know all this is going to happen.

And it's just all the more horrifying to just like see the same movie again and worse, given that, you know, it's hotter and drier. It's barely rained in L.A. in seven months. And there's not a lot you can do once there's a windstorm and a fire burning.

And it's just all the more horrifying to just like see the same movie again and worse, given that, you know, it's hotter and drier. It's barely rained in L.A. in seven months. And there's not a lot you can do once there's a windstorm and a fire burning.

And it's just all the more horrifying to just like see the same movie again and worse, given that, you know, it's hotter and drier. It's barely rained in L.A. in seven months. And there's not a lot you can do once there's a windstorm and a fire burning.

So what the fire nerds called the WUI, the wildland urban interface, is like the most dangerous spot for people in California. And LA, even though it's a huge city, sort of falls into that category. So there's a lot to burn right near the city. And the Santa Ana winds, you know, a colleague of mine was sending me

So what the fire nerds called the WUI, the wildland urban interface, is like the most dangerous spot for people in California. And LA, even though it's a huge city, sort of falls into that category. So there's a lot to burn right near the city. And the Santa Ana winds, you know, a colleague of mine was sending me

So what the fire nerds called the WUI, the wildland urban interface, is like the most dangerous spot for people in California. And LA, even though it's a huge city, sort of falls into that category. So there's a lot to burn right near the city. And the Santa Ana winds, you know, a colleague of mine was sending me

images of the Santa Ana's blowing the shingles off her house and like calling it Didion weather. If you're a reader, you think of Didion when you think of the Santa Ana winds and wind is like the huge unspoken part of fire stories. Like these big fires generally don't start like on the ground from one house to another. They start with embers getting blown in the wind.

images of the Santa Ana's blowing the shingles off her house and like calling it Didion weather. If you're a reader, you think of Didion when you think of the Santa Ana winds and wind is like the huge unspoken part of fire stories. Like these big fires generally don't start like on the ground from one house to another. They start with embers getting blown in the wind.

images of the Santa Ana's blowing the shingles off her house and like calling it Didion weather. If you're a reader, you think of Didion when you think of the Santa Ana winds and wind is like the huge unspoken part of fire stories. Like these big fires generally don't start like on the ground from one house to another. They start with embers getting blown in the wind.

And so right now in LA, there are these huge wind storms that can carry embers I don't know how far they're blowing in L.A. right now, but for like a mile, for like a really long time. And that becomes the impossibility of fighting them is you don't know where some burning hunk of wood is going to land next and light that spot on fire.

And so right now in LA, there are these huge wind storms that can carry embers I don't know how far they're blowing in L.A. right now, but for like a mile, for like a really long time. And that becomes the impossibility of fighting them is you don't know where some burning hunk of wood is going to land next and light that spot on fire.

And so right now in LA, there are these huge wind storms that can carry embers I don't know how far they're blowing in L.A. right now, but for like a mile, for like a really long time. And that becomes the impossibility of fighting them is you don't know where some burning hunk of wood is going to land next and light that spot on fire.

So the Santa Anas are a huge, they're a huge part of what's going on in L.A. right now. If there wasn't a windstorm, this fire would be really different.

So the Santa Anas are a huge, they're a huge part of what's going on in L.A. right now. If there wasn't a windstorm, this fire would be really different.

So the Santa Anas are a huge, they're a huge part of what's going on in L.A. right now. If there wasn't a windstorm, this fire would be really different.

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