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2018 Report: Indicators of Climate Change in California, California fire season, California wildfires, Carr and Mendocino Comples Fires in Northern California, Climate Change, Heat stress, Hothouse Earth, Report Indicators of Climate Change in California May 2018, Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene August 2018
Mendocino Complex Fire now largest fire in California history – August 2018 – California/USA
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In Southern California, we’re experiencing temperatures of 88 to 98 degrees Fahrenheit. At our local garden center two Saturdays ago, around ten o’clock, I had to seek shelter from the Sun. Heat stress aborted my fun-time outdoors while selecting succulent plants. Then, the following week, I suffered another episode of heat stress at the hair salon. The air-condition system in the one-story, flat-roof building wasn’t up to the task.
The danger is far greater in areas where firefighters battle to contain ferocious wildfires. The Carr and Mendocino Complex Fires in Northern California have together burned more than 486,000 acres of land and destroyed 1,828 structures. Hundreds more structures are damaged or under threat. Only 51 percent of the wildfires is contained. The California Fire Department expects to contain the Mendocino Complex Fire by September 1st. Continue reading
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