Notices by Cadmus (camless@m.ai6yr.org)

@steter Really just another aspect of the post-modern dystopia of buying but not owning things. Everything as a service.

@ai6yr Looking like about 600 structures lost. The state will be initiating a damage assessment along with Red Cross and other teams as soon as it is safe to do so. I could see this heading into both FEMA Public and Individual Assistance declarations as part of the federal presidential disaster declaration process (what a mouthful).

@ai6yr That's not quite how the FMAG works, federal resources are allowed to work on fires prior to an FMAG declaration. The declaration allows the feds to pay for 75% of eligible firefighting and management costs.

@MHowell @ai6yr @SuperMoosie Yeah, it's a major issue all along the US West Coast. Some marinas won't let certain boats in for the real fear of them being dumped by their owners. Oregon State Marine Board spends a lot each year to try and clean up some of the vessels, but it would take many many millions to address.

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/02/oregon-derelict-vehicles-waterways-boats-livaboards-multnomah-portland-columbia-willamette/

@petergleick It's happening all across the West Coast. Oregon is currently the 'worst off' compared to WA and CA. The biggest factor has been how warm these storms are, it's not just rain, but very warm rain, comparatively.

People do not seem to understand the looming water emergency. It's not that we haven't had enough precipitation (we've had PLENTY), it's the lack of cold enough temps for meaningful snowpack to form and remain. Everything that has fallen as snow has melted below about 7000ft above SLE from the warm rain.

@petergleick I know you know, not trying to mansplain here. I'm just an emergency manager working on local planning for this... And there is no suitable plan or resource. Just 'hunker down' and hope for 'cooler years' is what the feds are telling us.

@douglasvb @sarae @ai6yr @msbellows This boat is in my city lol. The county and coast guard kept getting upset with the owner because he kept getting it stuck on sandbars during excursions.

@ai6yr Have you seen the new 5-day inundation layer?

http://www.water.noaa.gov

Does anyone have any recommendations for #books on #climatology and/or #WeatherForecasting?

Textbooks or other materials would be great. I'm looking for some introduction to intermediate materials to continue building my foundational understanding of the climate.

Thank you in advance.

#wX #WeatherAware #meteorology

@seachanger I saw from your posts you were in PDX, but didn't know you moved from AK. Congrats!

I'm not sure how to communicate my love for the city, but despite everything, I've liked living there more than anywhere else in my life.

@ai6yr I had a conversation with a friend whose husband is a third generation River guide on the Colorado in the Grand canyon. One criteria for a medevac is anybody coming into contact with a rodent, and especially bats. She told me that on one trip somebody came up to them and said "I need a medevac, guys." Concerned, they asked why and he said that a bat flew into his mouth. He tasted its fur LOL

Edit: thank you for educating me that bats are not rodents lol

@strange_new_words Inserting a plug for Opera or Vivaldi, with preference for Vivaldi.

There is an impressive amount of #RedFlagWarnings and #HeatAdvisories across the #WesternUS today coupled with dry thunderstorms.

https://www.weather.gov/translate/hazards.html

#wildfire #FireSeason2025

Very active day for fire in Oregon. Multiple dry lightning storms, high temps, winds, low humidity levels, and a rapidly intensifying drought have created dozens of new starts.

As of today, July 1st, ALL of Oregon is in fire season. Please skip the #fireworks this year, our collective pocketbooks cannot afford to lose another town.

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/instant/portfolio/index.html?appid=22d04c007866419c91ccf00d097526c8

#Oregon #OrWX #wawx #wildfire #FireSeason2025 #fire #WesternUS #firesafety #fireprevention

@GossiTheDog Donated. Godspeed, Mr. Beaumont.

I'm hearing that #CalOES got hacked at some point in the last few days... Just in time for fire season! #California #EmergencyManagement

Working on damage assessments for a heavily flooded area of our state. Then I remembered that the headwaters had burned over last summer, meaning increased runoff, faster snowmelt, etc. So I logged on to USDA's Burn Severity Portal... And all the past fire reports appear to have been deleted including recently completed ones from last summer's fires. Many links are dead.

I'll try contacting the forest offices to see if we can get a backup. This is a critical resource for the environment, our health, life, and safety.

I am at a loss, mad, and sad. These actions being taken are making our jobs and lives so hard and truly hurting everyone regardless of ideology.

#USDA #USFS #DOGE #EatTheRich

@ai6yr Folks should look up Jack Cohen from the Missoula Fire Science Lab, his work has been integral for FireWise and other building resiliency recommendations.

Fun facts about homes and wildfires:

- spraying water on lawns and homes won't stop a flaming front from burning over your home, it'll evaporate long before the front passes. People die each year trying to save their homes. You're more likely to put a camp fire out by pissing into it than using a 3/4 hose that may lose pressure...

- most homes don't burn from 'direct flame impingement', aka the flames touching the house, it's from decks, full gutters, soffits, and vents that are not covered with fine mesh. Same goes for vents under houses

- decks burn if you have debris, wood piles, or shrubs/vegetation too close to the deck. If you keep all debris away, it's harder for them to catch fire. Not impossible, more difficult. Build a stone patio instead.

- mulch beds can convey flames to structures, try to keep a good barrier between your house and the mulch.

More info here: https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab

@MsMerope @ai6yr Yep, defensible space does not mean cutting down trees. That's a huge myth that this Administration is perpetuating.

It's ladder fuels, those that allow the flames to climb into canopies. Grasses, shrubs, vines, the GD poison oak that grows in central California...

Like making a fire, it's hard to get a tree to burn, unless it's super dry and surrounded by debris. Just like it's hard to start a large log on fire, it takes steps and hot coals.

@steter This piece of trash is getting to decide how American emergency management will work (badly) for the next while