Brent B retweeted
I just submitted my formal comment on the disastrous proposal to transform essentially all U.S. federal grantmaking--affecting every sector of American science, technology, education, & health--into an overtly partisan political process. Full text here: weatherwest.com/wp-content/u…
ALT Screenshot of page 1 of my letter (see link in post for full text).
ALT Screenshot of page 2 of my letter (see link in post for full text).
ALT Screenshot of page 3 of my letter (see link in post for full text).
ALT Screenshot of page 4 of my letter (see link in post for full text).
Brent B retweeted
Boots on the ground in Colorado.
Over the weekend, CAL FIRE sent three strike teams to help with wildfire response efforts in Colorado. The trip took two days, with crews stopping to lend a hand on other fires along the route before reaching their final destination.
Strike teams arrived in Pueblo, Colorado, last night, July 5th. By this morning, all three teams were already working the #AspenAcresFire, covering some of the most critical areas of the fire.
This deployment reflects CAL FIRE's commitment to mutual aid, showing that fire response is stronger when states support one another.
#CoFire #ColoradoFire #ColoradoFires2026
Brent B retweeted
@Cal_OES honors the extraordinary bravery of the men and women on the front lines fighting to protect lives and California communities, on this National Wildland Firefighters Day.
Brent B retweeted
NOAA has extended the highest-tier "extremely critical" fire weather risk into Saturday, and shifts the maximum risk zone eastward from the Great Basin to Rocky Mountain western slope. Multiple new wildfires, most likely lightning holdovers, are currently popping up in Utah.
ALT Map from NOAA SPC depicting today's (Friday's) fire weather risk across the Western U.S. There is a broad region of elevated risk, and a large bullseye of "extremely critical risk" centered on Utah.
ALT Map from NOAA SPC depicting tSaturday's fire weather risk across the Western U.S. There is a broad region of elevated risk, and a large bullseye of "extremely critical risk" centered on eastern Utah and western Colorado.
Brent B retweeted
The USGS aftershock forecast for the widely-felt magnitude 5.6 earthquake near Willits, California, is also available on-line. The odds of an aftershock of magnitude 4.0 or larger are about 1-in-20. This forecast will also be updated as the sequence continues.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthqua…
Brent B retweeted
Check out this CRAZY STICK MAN LIGHTNING yesterday!
What does this look like to you?
This forked lightning was with a supercell on approach to Shamrock, Texas yesterday evening
#stormchasing #Dominator
Brent B retweeted
Satellite imagery shows multiple large & fast-spreading wildfires in UT, NV, AZ, NM, & CO--including a large pyrocumulonimbus plume from #CottonwoodFire in UT. This is a concerning look heading into a 5+ day period of adverse fire weather conditions amid severe -extreme drought.
ALT Current snapshot from NOAA Wildland Fire Data portal depicting multiple large fires across the Western U.S. Each such fire is circled in yellow to highlight.
Brent B retweeted
ALERTCalifornia is proud to be featured in this recent Scientific American article: How New AI technology is helping detect and prevent wildfires. Read the full story - bit.ly/4rdNVYA
New [Santa Barbara] County Dispatch Center Opens Next Week for Fire, Medical 9-1-1 Calls noozhawk.com/new-county-disp…
Coulson Aviation USA expands airtanker fleet with 10 C-130H aircraft - Skies Mag skiesmag.com/press-releases/…
Brent B retweeted
Fri, Mar 7 @ 9am PT, I'll be hosting a special live YouTube live session timed to coincide w/ #StandUpForScience2025. I'll reflect on societal importance of weather & climate science, and discuss career strategies for students & fired federal workers.
youtube.com/live/B_IGqiIRlu4
Brent B retweeted
We are quickly going down the road of being sent back to the proverbial stone ages of weather forecasting in the CONUS.
People take for granted how bad forecasts truly used to be & weren’t alive to remember a time in the distant past (19th and early 20th centuries) when it was very commonplace for many hundreds or thousands to die from a “surprise” event
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Brent B retweeted
This is horrible news for numerical weather prediction in this country.
The data that comes from these key parts of our weather enterprise saves lives.
DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases on key weather buildings axios.com/2025/03/03/doge-no…
Scientists move to Bluesky, transitioning away from X and Meta platforms dailyuw.com/science/scientis… via @thedaily
And "...abandoned cars worsened the jam and prevented first responders from getting through."
LAFD's failure to pre-deploy before Palisades fire: A Times investigation latimes.com/california/story…
