Monthly Archives: February 2014

These graphs were posted without data points highlighted here last week in part because the governor of California called for additional fire staffing due to the state’s severe drought and I was curious if a correlation existed between low than average precipitation and fire: The Governor’s drought State of Emergency directed CAL FIRE to “hireContinue reading “The relationship between fire and drought in California 1987-2012”

With limited rainfall and moisture levels already resembling the state’s peak fire season, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has hired 125 supplemental firefighters in Northern California and extended seasonal firefighting forces in Southern California due to dry winter conditions. The Governor’s drought State of Emergency directed CAL FIRE to “hireContinue reading “Looking for a relationship…between Precipitation and Fire in California”

We Californians have had a pleasant climate these past few months. During the clear spell here in Lake County where I live, temperatures had even been in the seventies—tee-shirt and shorts weather. So far, the winter weather has been, by any standard, stunningly spectacular. One of the most stunning things about this winter is itsContinue reading “A Drop in the Bucket: California’s Drought”

The European Food and Safety Agency (EFSA) has just released a 500 page report on the risks of bisphenol A (BPA) and given its opinion to what is a safe level of daily ingestion. Risk Bites has distilled their report into a video of less than five minutes. (Here is a link to Risk BitesContinue reading “EFSA drafts acceptable exposure to BPA”