DISCLAIMER: None of the stuff below is written or endorsed by the Outpost, and we’d be willing to bet that at least some of it is crazy and/or wrong. Use critical thinking.
Monday, Aug. 16, 2021
KRCR: More evacuation orders in Lassen, Plumas County for growing Dixie Fire
LA Times: Editorial: Port pollution is choking Southern California
LA Times: Democrats demand Pentagon renew wildfire monitoring program
LA Times: Hundreds of thousands of L.A. students go back to school
NY Times: As a big wildfire is contained in Oregon, others force thousands to evacuate across the West.
NY Times: Editorial Board: The Tragedy of Afghanistan
RHBB: The Three People Who Survived After Their Motorhome Crashed Deep in the Mendocino National Forest Tell Their Tale
RHBB: $10,000 Reward for Missing Man Who Left Humboldt County on August 10; His Vehicle Was Found Wrecked but Empty
RHBB: Meredith Matthews to be Sworn in as Arcata’s Newest Council Member on Tuesday
RHBB: Humboldt County Fire Safe Council: ‘Prescribed Fire Success Stories (and Upcoming FSC Meeting)’
Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021
RHBB: ‘Immediate Threat to Life and Property’ Warns Late Night Evacuation Order Near Hwy 36
FIRE UPDATE: McCash: Firing Operation Successful August 15, 2021 (McCash Fire Wildfire)
RHBB: The Trinity County Sheriff’s Office Issued an Evacuation Order on the Monument Fire for Sky Ranch Road
Mad River Union: Dogtown: It’s ‘kitten season’ with cats abounding; meet Taz and Muttley
RHBB: PG&E Considering Power Shutoffs This Tuesday and Wednesday as Weather Conditions Bring Increased Fire Danger
RHBB: ‘Arcata Plaza Planter and Steps Removal Project’ Begins on Tuesday
Non Sequitur: Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for Mon, 16 Aug 2021
RHBB: Man Dies Near Laytonville While Being Driven to Meet the Ambulance
RHBB: Near Critical Fire Weather on the McFarland Fire This Afternoon and Tomorrow
RHBB: Wind and Hot Dry Temperatures Could Challenge Crews on the Monument Fire Particularly on the East Side Today
FIRE UPDATE: Monument: Monument Fire Update August 15, 2021 (Monument Fire Wildfire)
RHBB: Air Quality Report: Smoke Continues to Create Hazardous/Unhealthy Conditions for Trinity County
The Oregonian: For Klamath Tribes, Bootleg fire leaves devastating scars on ancestral hunting, fishing lands
FIRE UPDATE: McCash: Firing Operations Successful August 15, 2021 (McCash Fire Wildfire)
FIRE UPDATE: McFarland: McFarland Fire Update, August 15, 2021 (McFarland Fire Wildfire)
FIRE UPDATE: McCash: Firing Operation Successful August 15, 2021 (McCash Fire Wildfire)
SoHum Parlance: Bell Springs fire reportedly under control
SoHum Parlance: Did Biden screw up in Afghanistan?
The Guardian: Documenting American wilderness – in pictures
Mad River Union: Union Editorial: A worthy leader must carry on
Reuters: How the pandemic laid bare America’s diabetes crisis
NBC News: Three volcanoes are erupting at the same time in Alaska
NY Post: Death toll from Turkish floods climbs with hundreds missing
Action News Now: The Monument Fire has burned 79,000 acres as containment has remained at 5%.
NY Times: A Sicilian Town Sends an Omen of a Much Hotter Future
The Atlantic: Defensible Space: When Your Yard Can Kill You
NY Times: What Do Teenagers Need? Ask the Family Dog
NY Times: The Long, Slow Drowning of the New Jersey Shore
Washington Post: Ben Franklin’s bitter regret that he didn’t immunize his 4-year-old son against smallpox
NPR: Photos: Scenes From The Haiti Earthquake
KTLA: One person killed, others injured in 9-vehicle crash in Santa Monica
KTLA: 1 stabbed at Los Angeles City Hall anti-vaccine protest: LAPD
KRCR: Dixie Fire grows to more than 552,000 acres, remains 31% contained
Las Vegas Sun: Plan for housing near Red Rock Canyon gets permit OK despite objections
ABC News: Lawsuit: US withholding wildfire fuel break information
Press Democrat: Sonoma County voters say yes to cannabis, but are wary of cultivators
The Guardian: Spain launches inquiry after dams drained for profit during drought
The Guardian: Interoception: the hidden sense that shapes wellbeing
The Guardian: Rise of cryptocurrencies can be traced to Nixon abandoning gold in 1971
The Guardian: It’s now or never: Scientists warn time of reckoning has come for the planet
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