Jolene @ephemeraljo.bsky.social · 09/01/2025 Here are some things I’ve learned from reading first hand accounts from firefighters, wildfire fighters, and other first responders following the Slave Lake (2011) and Fort MacMurray(2016) and Jasper (2024) fires-- 100
Jolene @ephemeraljo.bsky.social · 09/01/2025—the things that make what we are watching happen in LA, a well- resourced, experienced, metropolitan centre. Wildfires burn differently. I’m not a fire specialist, so I won’t attempt to explain in great detail. You’re welcome to read up on it and learn about how these fires taught us 100
Jolene @ephemeraljo.bsky.social · 09/01/2025that we actually don’t really understand fire-- in fact I urge you to do this. These are things that stood out to me, as I pondered, how this can happen in big cities with good fire-fighting resources and experience. 100
