Officials from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services or Cal OES toured the devastation, the Dixie Fire is leaving behind as it continues to ravage four counties in Northern California. “You drive through these communities and there’s very little standing … just completely just torn apart and gutted by wildfires,” says Jon Gudel, the […]
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We’ve seen the state’s Office of Emergency’s Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System in action when there’s large wildfires. Departments from across the state send strike teams and resources to help battle the blaze. COVID 19 is now the fire, and hospitals are the hot zones. And that critical system has been activated to help […]
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Westmorland, just south of the Salton Sea has been hit by a swarm of earthquakes, nearly 600 in a 24 hour period. The largest one was a magnitude 4.9. Renowned seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones says this is normal in the region of the Brawley Seismic Zone. “The chance of a 5.5 plus at the same […]
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California is under siege, hundreds of thousands of acres are on fire across the state. “Eleven thousand lightning strikes in a four day span that resulted in over 370 fires across the state, there’s about 25 of those that are large we’re dealing with right now, over 10,000 firefighters on the front lines,” says Bryan […]
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The California Department of Emergency Services operations center has been operating at it’s highest lever for two weeks. The center is buzzing with representatives from every major agency like Cal Fire, the CHP, water and power, National Weather Service, and the Department of Education to name a few. “The room was at full capacity and […]
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Dozens killed, countless homes lost, hundreds of thousands of acres burning and conditions that have been described as hell on earth. “These fires are moving at the rate of a football field every three seconds and you just can’t stop them when they’re moving like that and you see those types of winds,” says Bryan […]
