Jim Whittington🔥
@jimwhittington.bsky.social
Retired BLM/NPS/USFS - Courtesy faculty with Oregon State's College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences. Interested in wildland fire, incident management, climate change, history, public health, & crisis comms. Texas expat. Birthday: 318.51
If you're interested in European wildfires and fires around the globe, Ignacio is a great follow.
Firefighters on high alert as wildfires threaten Cape Town and the Winelands: capetimes.co.za/news/2025-11...
Firefighters on high alert as wildfires threaten Cape Town and the Winelands
Firefighters in Cape Town and the Winelands are on high alert as they battle a series of blazes, with one firefighter injured and homes evacuated.
capetimes.co.za
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
If you're interested in European wildfires and fires around the globe, Ignacio is a great follow.
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Países tropicales como Ecuador, Perú, Ghana o Kenia han firmado un acuerdo de colaboración en prevención y extinción de incendios forestales durante las reuniones del #COP30 www.yourweather.co.uk/news/trendin...
Tropical countries unite to fight wildfires
Tropical countries including Peru and Kenya have pledged to coordinate action to prevent wildfires, including finance and traditional knowledge.
www.yourweather.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Países tropicales como Ecuador, Perú, Ghana o Kenia han firmado un acuerdo de colaboración en prevención y extinción de incendios forestales durante las reuniones del #COP30 www.yourweather.co.uk/news/trendin...
Why do cars no longer have bumpers? Everything is encased in fiberglass/plastic such that when you get rear-ended at less than 15 MPH it ends up causing $1000s in damage. In my youth, it would have been a quick look and both parties drive away. Now, days in the shop and insurance hassles.
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Why do cars no longer have bumpers? Everything is encased in fiberglass/plastic such that when you get rear-ended at less than 15 MPH it ends up causing $1000s in damage. In my youth, it would have been a quick look and both parties drive away. Now, days in the shop and insurance hassles.
After a bunch of years driving around the Western US, the world seems smaller every day. I just don't see vast spaces anymore. I think in acres, sections, and chains--and fuel types. Maybe I need to book a bunk on a cargo ship and head out across the Pacific to restore some awe and wonder.
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
After a bunch of years driving around the Western US, the world seems smaller every day. I just don't see vast spaces anymore. I think in acres, sections, and chains--and fuel types. Maybe I need to book a bunk on a cargo ship and head out across the Pacific to restore some awe and wonder.
81 points in the first half for the Houston Rockets and the ball aesthetics are quite pleasing. Just good, solid basketball intelligence on display at both ends. And all without a true point guard.
HALFTIME: Rockets 81, Wizards 54. Houston closes its highest-scoring half this season on a 20-6 run. The Rockets have 20 assists on 30 field goals, have four players in double figures and are outrebounding the Wizards 33-14. Blood bath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
81 points in the first half for the Houston Rockets and the ball aesthetics are quite pleasing. Just good, solid basketball intelligence on display at both ends. And all without a true point guard.
Disgusting. Are we going to be forced to set up a fund for deported/disappeared firefighters and their families now?
Also, has there been any follow-up with the IMT that allowed this to happen?
Also, has there been any follow-up with the IMT that allowed this to happen?
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Disgusting. Are we going to be forced to set up a fund for deported/disappeared firefighters and their families now?
Also, has there been any follow-up with the IMT that allowed this to happen?
Also, has there been any follow-up with the IMT that allowed this to happen?
I know a lot of feds who were struggling with the shutdown & all the crap they've been put through this year. I know neighbors who depend on SNAP. I know families (ours too) who were in the process of altering holiday plans. No doubt, the shutdown was bad for many.
But to cave? Like this? Come on.
But to cave? Like this? Come on.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I know a lot of feds who were struggling with the shutdown & all the crap they've been put through this year. I know neighbors who depend on SNAP. I know families (ours too) who were in the process of altering holiday plans. No doubt, the shutdown was bad for many.
But to cave? Like this? Come on.
But to cave? Like this? Come on.
Ridiculous.
That's my center.
That's my center.
Alperen Şengün dribbles by Giannis Antetokounmpo, puts him on a spin cycle, and scores the dagger And-1 on Myles Turner (with many replays)
Rockets win
Rockets win
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Ridiculous.
That's my center.
That's my center.
Solid op-ed by my friend Bobbie Scopa:
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Wildfires don’t wait for Washington
With paychecks stopped, parts undeliverable and logistics grinding to a halt, even the bravest firefighters will be stranded out there without backup.
www.deseret.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Solid op-ed by my friend Bobbie Scopa:
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
OK, every weekday in November I'll try to post a fire photo. Here's one of a Shot crew getting geared up and ready to hike into the fire. I can't remember which fire this was, but I'm fairly certain it was in New Mexico.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
OK, every weekday in November I'll try to post a fire photo. Here's one of a Shot crew getting geared up and ready to hike into the fire. I can't remember which fire this was, but I'm fairly certain it was in New Mexico.
$69/410 pieces of candy all gone by 7:40.
Next year, I'm getting a stack of brochures from the Coast Guard to pass out to the adult trick-or-treaters.
Next year, I'm getting a stack of brochures from the Coast Guard to pass out to the adult trick-or-treaters.
November 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
$69/410 pieces of candy all gone by 7:40.
Next year, I'm getting a stack of brochures from the Coast Guard to pass out to the adult trick-or-treaters.
Next year, I'm getting a stack of brochures from the Coast Guard to pass out to the adult trick-or-treaters.
Same. And yes, disasters were definitely on the ballot--and in multiple ways.
I’m a big “we’re all in this together” person. I want disaster relief going anywhere in the country that faces a disaster, no matter how anyone there voted. I don’t think “how’d they vote” is a relevant question.
But I and anyone who agrees on that got outvoted. Disaster response was on the ballot.
But I and anyone who agrees on that got outvoted. Disaster response was on the ballot.
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Same. And yes, disasters were definitely on the ballot--and in multiple ways.
Back in the day, I was working a fire near a fancy ski resort. This was when $30 million homes were still unfathomable to me. This guy, who kept bragging that he had the President's personal phone number, came up and said he was going to write a check to pay for all the firefighter meals. 1/
October 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Back in the day, I was working a fire near a fancy ski resort. This was when $30 million homes were still unfathomable to me. This guy, who kept bragging that he had the President's personal phone number, came up and said he was going to write a check to pay for all the firefighter meals. 1/
When I do candy corn I only do the Autumn Mix. Got to have those little pumpkins.
October 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
When I do candy corn I only do the Autumn Mix. Got to have those little pumpkins.
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The president has still not signed the governors disaster declaration request for Alaska.
This is directly keeping funding out of the hands of disaster survivors who need it.
This is directly keeping funding out of the hands of disaster survivors who need it.
October 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The president has still not signed the governors disaster declaration request for Alaska.
This is directly keeping funding out of the hands of disaster survivors who need it.
This is directly keeping funding out of the hands of disaster survivors who need it.
Yikes! I knew this would be a big number, but I didn't imagine it would be THAT big--over one-third of GDP growth since 2000 is recovering from and preparing for disasters. This seems unsustainable. Maybe we should change some things?
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
www.bloomberg.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Yikes! I knew this would be a big number, but I didn't imagine it would be THAT big--over one-third of GDP growth since 2000 is recovering from and preparing for disasters. This seems unsustainable. Maybe we should change some things?
Once clutch, always clutch. Once an Astro, always an Astro.
The one-time World Series MVP gets a chance to make it two and I'm a Canadian for the rest of the baseball season.
The one-time World Series MVP gets a chance to make it two and I'm a Canadian for the rest of the baseball season.
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Once clutch, always clutch. Once an Astro, always an Astro.
The one-time World Series MVP gets a chance to make it two and I'm a Canadian for the rest of the baseball season.
The one-time World Series MVP gets a chance to make it two and I'm a Canadian for the rest of the baseball season.
Not only is the shutdown affecting the prescribed fire shoulder season & making it impossible to treat acres, but the longer it goes the more it cuts into the training season & the prep for 2026. Because so much training is set up by the feds, it affects local, state, & private resources as well. 1/
October 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Not only is the shutdown affecting the prescribed fire shoulder season & making it impossible to treat acres, but the longer it goes the more it cuts into the training season & the prep for 2026. Because so much training is set up by the feds, it affects local, state, & private resources as well. 1/
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Unfortunately, on federal lands this year we are missing another prescribed fire window because of the government shutdown. We are frittering away opportunity every time we put up additional roadblocks to the use of prescribed fire.
It's the season for prescribed fire - an important step to reducing fuel loads in our forests.
This article from Ecology & Society focuses on RX burns in Greece and how proactive prevention can get lost as a method to reduce catastrophic wildfires.
ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss3/a...
This article from Ecology & Society focuses on RX burns in Greece and how proactive prevention can get lost as a method to reduce catastrophic wildfires.
ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss3/a...
October 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Unfortunately, on federal lands this year we are missing another prescribed fire window because of the government shutdown. We are frittering away opportunity every time we put up additional roadblocks to the use of prescribed fire.
Saddened to see more good people leaving federal service before they should. Institutional knowledge & memory are forever diminished, the mission and culture wrecked irreparably. Just a huge and unnecessary loss that will haunt this country for years to come.
October 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Saddened to see more good people leaving federal service before they should. Institutional knowledge & memory are forever diminished, the mission and culture wrecked irreparably. Just a huge and unnecessary loss that will haunt this country for years to come.
Every new smoke study is nothing but bad news.
We'll soon need to use different strategies and tactics that limit firefighter exposure. But can you do that and reduce community smoke exposure too, or will it mean more fire on the landscape longer--and thus more deaths? Another climate quandary.
We'll soon need to use different strategies and tactics that limit firefighter exposure. But can you do that and reduce community smoke exposure too, or will it mean more fire on the landscape longer--and thus more deaths? Another climate quandary.
A new Nature study projects wildfire smoke will cause 71,000 excess deaths annually in the U.S. by 2050, representing $608 billion in damages that exceed all other estimated climate costs combined.
Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in the US by 2050, study warns
When wildfire smoke from Canada turned New York City’s sky an eerie orange in June 2023, millions of Americans who’d never experienced such pollution got a glimpse of what has become routine for…
news.mongabay.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Every new smoke study is nothing but bad news.
We'll soon need to use different strategies and tactics that limit firefighter exposure. But can you do that and reduce community smoke exposure too, or will it mean more fire on the landscape longer--and thus more deaths? Another climate quandary.
We'll soon need to use different strategies and tactics that limit firefighter exposure. But can you do that and reduce community smoke exposure too, or will it mean more fire on the landscape longer--and thus more deaths? Another climate quandary.
Reposted by Jim Whittington🔥
What can we realistically expect from water systems during urban wildfire conflagrations? We held a recent workshop with on-the-ground experts and have written up some initial takeaways ucanr.edu/blog/conflue...
Water Systems and Wildfire: Understanding Capacities and Limitations | UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
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ucanr.edu
October 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
What can we realistically expect from water systems during urban wildfire conflagrations? We held a recent workshop with on-the-ground experts and have written up some initial takeaways ucanr.edu/blog/conflue...
Sengun, Amen, and the Rockets play basketball today, and boy, do I need the escape that good hoops brings. Oh, that Slim Reaper guy is also playing.
October 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Sengun, Amen, and the Rockets play basketball today, and boy, do I need the escape that good hoops brings. Oh, that Slim Reaper guy is also playing.
Turned on the heat for the first time this morning. There was enough of a chill in the house that these old bones did not want to get out from under the covers. Thus marks my official start of Fall.
October 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Turned on the heat for the first time this morning. There was enough of a chill in the house that these old bones did not want to get out from under the covers. Thus marks my official start of Fall.
Happy 71st Birthday SRV! Still the coolest cat ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLC3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLC3...
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Rude Mood
YouTube video by Marcel Besselink
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October 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Happy 71st Birthday SRV! Still the coolest cat ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLC3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLC3...