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Energy Providers and Response

It seems to me…. “Well, the responsibility for maintaining a reliable transmission grid is one that’s shared by an awful lot of players who have a role in the grid: Companies that either generate and transmit energy or just play … Continue reading

Posted in California, California, Camp Fire, Carbon Dioxide, Carr Fire, Clean, CO2, Commercial, Delaware, Distribution, Electric, Electrical, Electrical Power, Emissions, Energy, Energy, Environment, Fire, Fossil Fuel, Fossil Fuel, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Greenhouse, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Grid, Grid, Hill Fire, Microgrids, Pacific Gas & Electric, Power, Power, public utility commissions, PUCs, Renewable, Solar, Solar, Solar, Thomas Edison, Utilities, Utilities, Wildfires, Wildland, Wind, Wind, Woolsey Fire | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Overcoming U.S. Stagnation

It seems to me…. “There’s no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come. There’s only the present stagnation, followed by a slow decline.” ~ John Podhoretz[1]. Resolution of important … Continue reading

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2016 – The Year That Was

It seems to me…. “For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.” ~ George H. W. Bush[1]. 2016 was comprised of many little things: while some events over the past year … Continue reading

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DR708-16 Mad River/Hayfork 8/15

It seems to me…. “Even when a person has all of life’s comforts – good food, good shelter, a companion – he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.” ~ Dalai Lama. To those of you … Continue reading

Posted in CA, Disaster, Evacuation, Fire, Forest, Global Warming, Hayfork, Kathy Noel, Lucy DelMaris, Red Cross, Response, Robin Brinson, Rose Marie Laraby, Shelter, Volunteer, Wildland | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

That Perfect Job

It seems to me… “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” ~ Confucius. There isn’t any universally perfect job, all entail certain compromises. Any job I might consider perfect would … Continue reading

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Wildland Fires

It seems to me… “You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you.  You have to go to them sometimes.” ~ A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh. It seems that every summer the … Continue reading

Posted in Beetles, Change, Climate, Fire, Forest, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Intervention, Mountain Pine, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Suppression, Wildland | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments