wildfire

This ARS Technica article of a December 14 report written by three environmental engineers from Purdue University on the toxic releases from plastic pipes in Calif wildfire damaged areas, contaminating the water supply and water delivery to homes in the area, was eye opening...

The massive Camp fire in Butte County in northern California (currently 70,000 acres) that sprung up yesterday has made air quality in Northern Calif very poor. It's something like 150 miles from San Francisco but yesterday areas down to Palo Alto on the Peninsula were being affected. Today the...

If you are planning a road trip thru California this Summer or Fall, you’d be wise to check and keep checking the Calif fire map to locate wildfires in the area you might be passing thru or heading towards. Wildfires season is well underway already. If conditions are windy fires can quickly blow...

It's definitely fire season and a number of wildfires are being fought now in the State. Fun time to plan for a vacation :(. You can check Cal-Fire ( CAL FIRE - California Statewide Fire Map ) for updates on fire activity. We're thinking of heading towards Buellton and wondering if anyone has...