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Since wildfire season is looking all-around worrisome, here& #39;s a 
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First, very few places in the West have building codes to make homes safer from wildfires. They& #39;ve been fought by building associations. 1/ https://www.npr.org/2020/11/25/936685629/rebuilding-after-a-wildfire-most-states-dont-require-fire-resistant-materials">https://www.npr.org/2020/11/2...
First, very few places in the West have building codes to make homes safer from wildfires. They& #39;ve been fought by building associations. 1/ https://www.npr.org/2020/11/25/936685629/rebuilding-after-a-wildfire-most-states-dont-require-fire-resistant-materials">https://www.npr.org/2020/11/2...
Another example of that in Colorado, despite long-standing recommendations to make community building standards safer - via @_msakas 2/ https://www.cpr.org/2021/01/26/stronger-building-codes-and-other-rules-can-save-homes-from-wildfires-so-why-doesnt-colorado-have-a-statewide-law-mandating-them/">https://www.cpr.org/2021/01/2...
Most people at risk of wildfires have no idea what they& #39;re facing - because almost no states have rules about disclosing that risk. 3/ https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/924507691/millions-of-homes-are-at-risk-of-wildfires-but-its-rarely-disclosed">https://www.npr.org/2020/10/2...
There& #39;s a growing recognition that more "good fire" needs to be restored, but too often, there& #39;s no recognition of Native American tribes that did that for millennia and are still working to bring it back. 4/ https://www.npr.org/2020/08/24/899422710/to-manage-wildfire-california-looks-to-what-tribes-have-known-all-along">https://www.npr.org/2020/08/2...
Many communities are struggling to find the funds to make themselves safer from wildfires by retrofitting homes and creating vegetation buffers. Federal funding has largely gone to firefighting - from me and @NathanRott 5/ https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/908929411/why-firefighting-alone-wont-stop-western-mega-fires">https://www.npr.org/2020/09/1...
Many wildfire victims are also still struggling to get back on their feet - and rebuilding better is often out of reach. Important reporting from @lilyjamali 6/ https://twitter.com/lilyjamali/status/1390366016971042816?s=20">https://twitter.com/lilyjamal...
Almost every wildfire survivor I interview these days talks about how little time they had to get out. Communities still have work to do to evacuate the most vulnerable - from @Mollydacious @adembosky 7/ https://www.kqed.org/news/11844521/when-wildfire-breaks-out-during-a-pandemic-whos-responsible-for-elderly-evacuees">https://www.kqed.org/news/1184...
As journalists, we need to ask if the way we write about wildfires makes things worse or better. Is the size of a wildfire the right number to focus on? From the work of @pyrogeog 8/ https://www.npr.org/2020/10/07/921209244/four-million-acres-have-burned-in-california-why-thats-the-wrong-number-to-focus">https://www.npr.org/2020/10/0...
Ok, last one. One of the hardest things about wildfire protection is that you can& #39;t cherry-pick. It takes community-wide coordination. This paper from @MichaelWWara describes the scale of investment that might be needed. 9/ https://woodsinstitute.stanford.edu/system/files/publications/New_Strategy_Wildfire_Epidemic_Whitepaper_1.pdf">https://woodsinstitute.stanford.edu/system/fi...
Not to overlook this one! Wildfire smoke affects millions of people, causing widespread public health problems. This primer from @NPR Short Wave explains why. 10/ https://www.npr.org/2020/08/26/906385624/the-science-of-wildfire-smoke">https://www.npr.org/2020/08/2...
