#la wildfires

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Fireaid fucks over LA Wildfire Victims

Fireaid a benefit concert to DIRECTLY AID victims of LA's Wildfires has screwed over the people it raised money to help. The Concert was billed as giving money DIRECTLY to victims but apparently has been giving money to Non-Profit Organizations instead of victims themselves. Way to Screw Over people who were already doubly screwed over by their state and city.

$100 million FireAid money under scrutiny. Where have the concert funds gone?

An investigation by journalist Sue Pascoe reveals that millions raised during the star-studded FireAid concert may not be reaching directly

Liberals have never seen money that was meant for a specific group they'd rather give to others.

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All I'm saying is, Gavin Newsom has the Opportunity to do the funniest 'history repeats itself' thing ever when he inevitably runs for President 2028

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The Impact of LA Wildfires

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Fire-safe building structure in LA

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First satellite for detecting wildfires is now in orbit

The first satellite in a constellation designed specifically to locate wildfires early and precisely anywhere on the planet has now reached

"The first satellite in a constellation designed specifically to locate wildfires early and precisely anywhere on the planet has now reached Earth's orbit, and it could forever change how we tackle unplanned infernos.

The FireSat constellation, which will consist of more than 50 satellites when it goes live, is the first of its kind that's purpose-built to detect and track fires. It's an initiative launched by nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance, which includes Google and Silicon Valley-based space services startup Muon Space as partners, among others.

According to Google, current satellite systems rely on low-resolution imagery and cover a particular area only once every 12 hours to spot significantly large wildfires spanning a couple of acres. FireSat, on the other hand, will be able to detect wildfires as small as 270 sq ft (25 sq m) – the size of a classroom – and deliver high-resolution visual updates every 20 minutes.

The FireSat project has only been in the works for less than a year and a half. The satellites are fitted with custom six-band multispectral infrared cameras, designed to capture imagery suitable for machine learning algorithms to accurately identify wildfires – differentiating them from misleading objects like smokestacks.

These algorithms look at an image from a particular location, and compare it with the last 1,000 times it was captured by the satellite's camera to determine if what it's seeing is indeed a wildfire. AI technology in the FireSat system also helps predict how a fire might spread; that can help firefighters make better decisions about how to control the flames safely and effectively.

This could go a long way towards preventing the immense destruction of forest habitats and urban areas, and the displacement of residents caused by wildfires each year. For reference, the deadly wildfires that raged across Los Angeles in January were estimated to have cuased more than $250 billion in damages.

Muon is currently developing three more satellites, which are set to launch next year. The entire constellation should be in orbit by 2030.

The FireSat effort isn't the only project to watch for wildfires from orbit. OroraTech launched its first wildfire-detection satellite – FOREST-1 – in 2022, followed by one more in 2023 and another earlier this year. The company tells us that another eight are due to go up toward the end of March."

-via March 18, 2025

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