#wild fires

[covid-safer-hotties]

Folks from the areas in the orange need to mask up for sure. Wildfire smoke contains harsh chemicals from things like pine resin and whatever buildings get caught up in the blaze. Using a respirator rated for organic vapors is a good idea if you're going to be active outside for long periods.

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Keep Weather Alerts A Public Feature

For over 150 years, the National Weather Service has provided free, life-saving forecasts to every American. From tornado warnings to hurricane tracking, it has been our first line of defense in dangerous weather. Now, Donald Trump and his allies are working to sell it off to private companies.

Investigative journalists revealed their plan to turn the National Weather Service into a for-profit subscription model. Their goal is to create a cash cow for the multibillion-dollar private weather industry, including companies tied to Trump’s political circle.

Trump’s pick to lead the agency is a former industry insider who has pushed Congress to rely more on private companies and backed Trump’s budget cuts. And Project 2025, the far-right blueprint for dismantling public services, calls for breaking apart the National Weather Service and fully commercializing its work.

Privatization would be catastrophic. It would restrict climate scientists’ access to data, limit public warnings during disasters, and open the door to price-gouging as storms approach. When a hurricane is coming, no one should have to decide whether they can afford the forecast.

As someone who just lived through the devastating flooding here in Hill Country, Texas, there are so many of us who were saved due to access to those free alerts, as well as so many in rural areas who wouldn't be able to ever afford those alerts if they were put into a subscription type service. Access to life-saving information should NOT be gifted to only those in a wealthy class.

Tell your representatives to block Trump’s plan and keep the National Weather Service public.

TELL YOUR REPS: Stop Trump’s privatization of our weather service.

As reported recently by The Lever’s investigative journalists, the National Weather Service is being turned into a for-profit subscription

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Please! Only you can prevent forest fires. A circa 1963 U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service postcard.

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Just in case you didn’t see this in US news

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Nova Scotia’s provincewide ban on entering the woods was unreasonable, court rules | Globalnews.ca

A Nova Scotia judge says the province’s 2025 ban on entering the woods during wildfire risk was unreasonable for failing to consider Charter

A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge says the provincial government made an unreasonable decision last year when it banned most people from entering the woods to prevent wildfires during an extreme drought. In a decision released Friday, Justice Jamie Campbell said the provincewide ban imposed on Aug. 5, 2025, did not meet the standard for reasonableness because the province failed to consider the impact on Charter rights. “It was not a fleeting or insignificant restriction,” Campbell wrote. “It substantially affected peoples’ lives.” The ban prohibited “entry into the woods for the purposes of travelling, camping, fishing or picnicking or any other purpose, without a valid travel permit in all counties in Nova Scotia.”

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