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a thread on what's happening in california - because you should educate yourself and i haven't seen a single one.
a thread on what's happening in california - because you should educate yourself and i haven't seen a single one.
right now, california is facing a pandemic. a massive heat wave. huge lighting/thunder storms. statewide blackouts . and RAGING wildfires.
this started with a huge heat wave in california, with temperatures reaching up to 129.9 degrees farenheight in death valley. these were followed by statewide record-breaking storms with thousands upon thousands of dry lightning bolts that have started hundreds of fires +
there have been 7,000 fires this year throughout california, and so far they have burned 1.4 million acres. this time last year, only 56,000 acres had been burned. every available resource we have and every firefighter has been deployed, and we are fighting the impossible +
right now there are 625 active fires. tens of thousands of firefighters are active, coming from all over the us. so far, 7 people are dead and 1,400+ structures are destroyed. schools are fighting covid-19 and these fires, while students and teachers lose their homes +
the smoke is terrible throughout California, and it is unsafe to go outside in almost every area in the state. the weather has been better now and we are hoping to achieve more containment of these fires. please donate if you can and share this.
https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation.html/ (select california wildfires)
the smoke is visible from space and a health hazard to millions.
