Wildfires
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Pets and Wildfire Smoke: Essential Safety Tips
Pets and wildfire smoke hit my Sacramento apartment like a bad horror movie last summer. I’m talking AQI over 300, sky the color of a traffic cone, and my golden retriever Kevin doing this weird reverse sneeze that sounded like a dying kazoo. I...
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Is It Safe to Exercise Outdoors During Smoke Alerts?
Is it safe to exercise outdoors during smoke alerts? Nah, but I did it anyway last fall when LA looked like the inside of...
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5 Wildfire Survival Tips That Could Save Your Family
Wildfire survival tips aren't some abstract REI catalog bullshit when you're literally watching your neighbor's garage explode from your kitchen window in Colorado—yeah, that's...
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How Climate Change Is Creating Mega-Fires
Mega-fires are literally eating the West Coast alive, and I’m the dummy who thought “it’ll never hit my zip code.” Last August I was...
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The Hidden Mental Health Impacts of Wildfire Season
Wildfire season mental health impacts are straight-up wrecking my vibe right now, like, I'm sitting here in my cluttered apartment in Sacramento, windows sealed...
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Wildfire Map Near You: How to Track Fires in Real Time
Wildfire map near you is the first tab I open every single day now. I’m sitting here in my tiny apartment in Sacramento, fan...
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What to Do When the Air Quality Turns “Hazardous”
Hazardous air quality slammed into my life like a rogue Uber surge last Tuesday, and I’m still coughing up regrets. I woke up tasting...
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