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   Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 01:34:35 JST Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

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   • Bethany Brookshire

   @beebrookshire Most of the homes lost in Altadena were older homes, some built a century ago. The fire reached buildings more than a mile from the wildland-urban interface.

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     Bethany Brookshire (beebrookshire@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 01:34:36 JST Bethany Brookshire

     Appreciate this from @kendrawrites.com, more and more people are living in the wildland-urban interface. A place with lots of burnable stuff.

     And it's not unreasonable! Housing is less expensive. You can live near nature, we all WANT THAT. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-09/eaton-and-palisades-fires-show-more-people-moving-to-danger-zone?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTczNjQ2NTg0NywiZXhwIjoxNzM3MDcwNjQ3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUFRTRlBUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI5NUFFRTA2Q0Q1NjM0NTM4OTBFQjZGNDE2M0FCMTQ4NiJ9._TdTshtuhIpsRjihdBvRU88bcB-Wp69Gq6fyH_2zEio&leadSource=uverify%20wall