What to Expect From the Rest of Wildfire Season…And How to Stay Safe

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🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Thanks to cooler weather, firefighters are making progress this week on three major Southern California wildfires. But the Airport, Line and Bridge fires have already burned through more than 100,000 acres, destroyed dozens of homes, and forced thousands to evacuate. And experts say California’s fire season could get worse before it gets better. We’ll get updates on the fires and hear about the latest research on the health effects of wildfire smoke, and what you can do to protect yourself. Guests: Madison Aument, reporter, KVCR Nick Shuler, Deputy Director, CALFIRE Amy MacPherson, Information Officer, California Air Resources Board Joan Casey, Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.5	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, what to expect from the rest of wildfire season, and how to stay safe from wildfire
1:11.8	smoke. Southern California has been besieged by three fires for more than a week in the San Gabriel
1:17.4	and San Bernardino Mountains and parts of Orange and Riverside counties. And climate and fire experts
1:22.8	say wildfire season could get worse before it gets better. We'll get updates on the impacts of the
1:28.4	bridge, airport, and line fires, and hear the latest research on the health effects of wildfire
1:33.3	smoke and how to protect yourself. Forum is I'm Mina Kim.
1:54.7	Cooler temperatures have helped firefighters get a handle on three major wildfires in Southern California, but the airport, line, and bridge fires have already burned more than 100,000 acres and dozens of homes, forced thousands to evacuate and blanketed communities with smoke, as they've raged for well over a week.
2:13.6	This hour, we get an update on the fires, and we take a closer look at what wildfire smoke can do to our health, not just our lungs and heart, but also our brains.
2:22.6	Joining me first, Madison Alment, reporter for KVCR. Madison, really glad to have you on.
2:27.4	Thanks for having me, Mina. Nick Schuller's also with us, Deputy Director of Cal Fire. Nick, glad to have you too.
2:35.9	Good morning. Thank you for having me.
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