Tag: disaster
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How Disasters Became Political
Map showing the only other times storms hit both coasts simultaneously. Source: https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/rare-tale-two-coasts-unfolds-tropical-systems-target-gulf-west-coast#google_vignette Last night, Hurricane Isaias made landfall on the Florida Panhandle as a category 2 hurricane. As of 8am this morning, over 900,000 people are without power and states in the storm’s path are preparing for tornadoes. At the same time, the Pacific…
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What I learned studying the social consequences of the LA Wildfires
This week, my paper on wildfire displacement (co-authored with Julie Gonzalez) was published at Environmental Research Climate. The paper summarizes our efforts to understand the social consequences of wildfires after the LA Wildfires in January 2025. Our goal was to study the ways that people personally and collectively experience the effects of wildfire and what…
