Category Archives: fire season

drought, wildfire, and burning (freeway) bridges

Posted on July 19, 2015 by rainshadowfarm

The very dry summer of 2014 turned into the dry fall of 2014, just as the very dry summer of 2013 became the dry winter of 2013. The very dry winter of 2014 became the dry spring of 2015 and … Continue reading →

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California fires, landscapes, and traditional ecological knowledge

Posted on May 24, 2014 by rainshadowfarm

Fire season in southern California used to begin late in summer, maybe right before autumn. Last year our first fires came before June. Every year over the last decade they’ve been arriving earlier. Last week, mid-May, San Diego was on … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 24, 2014 by rainshadowfarm

We’ve had thunderstorms two days in a row here.  Thunderclap and lightning strike together and the power went out at home for a few hours on Thursday. Southern California is dry country. Even the hills running down to the beach … Continue reading →

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storm watch

Posted on March 1, 2014 by rainshadowfarm

It’s raining here. That’s good news, at least for the time being. California is experiencing a serious drought. Our reservoirs are appallingly low. Our population is high. We are certainly overpopulated for the amount of water we have available, even … Continue reading →

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Photo Review of Fire Seasons in the Southern Mojave Desert 2005-2012

Posted on June 1, 2013 by rainshadowfarm

California has too many wildfires during the year to hope to record “the big picture.” So much of our landscape is fire-adapted, the chaparral in particular. And here in California we do love to build homes in the chaparral. Not … Continue reading →

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Fire Season Spring 2013

Posted on June 1, 2013 by rainshadowfarm

Fire season started here quite early, again, just as the climatologists working on the global picture have predicted. For years. Below is a view of the Powerhouse Fire from here. It’s not that close, in San Francisquito Canyon, west of … Continue reading →

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