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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

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Communicator covering water and wildfire. Working in forests since 1990. Founder @DeerCrResources . Intel = public data. Photos by me. Fire is the best teacher.

Chico, California

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Joined July 2018

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

9 months

The Lookout uses open-source wildfire intelligence and decades of wildfire mapping experience to provide context, education, and realtime fire information you'll find nowhere else. We are 100% user-supported. You can support us with a PayPal subscription.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

75% of water in Ca. State Water Project comes from Feather River (blue). No forest canopy in high elevations means no shade, snow melts quicker, and we have less water available late in the summer. It's a really big deal. Here is the area burned in past 12 months. #DixieFire

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

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Here are satellite heat detections of fires on Maui as of 2am Hawaii time (5am Pacific), 8/9/2023. #MauiFires #Lahaina #Fires #Hawaii #HNN

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#DixieFire photographers, could you show more respect for the locals? Shocked people returning to ruins of their town makes for gripping material, but it's hard to describe how hard it sucks to see pictures of our communities/friends in such despair. Seems exploitative.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

A Lookout supporter saw me struggling with livestreaming the other night. Today they drove 3 hours to my house, gave me a nice laptop, and spent a couple hours helping me get things dialed in for broadcasting. So very much appreciated!

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

If there is a lesson to share from past month of consistent losses fighting #DixieFire , #CaldorFire is beyond our control until weather cooperates. Don't assume firefighting will succeed. If you are anywhere above Hwy 49, between Hwy 50 and Hwy 4, you should be prepared to leave.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire - 8/31/2021 Morning. Many mapping websites use satellite heat detections to show dots for fire location. These are inaccurate, not intended for tactical use. Aerial mapping flights, much more accurate, DO NOT show fire in town at 5:20 am. Please don't spread bad info.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

There is a staffing crisis unfolding in the wildland fire world. Incident command teams can't roster enough people to respond to large fires, and many that are getting staffed are short in key positions. This will be a major issue in 2022. Here are some firefighter perspectives:

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

These stunning photos of the #BeckworthComplex smoke column were shared by "Mark from Dixie Valley". What's going on here with the rings? #firewx #cafires #SugarFire @RobMayeda @Weather_West

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

15,000 followers! Up from 800 in the beginning of August. If our communities are going to survive, wildfire is one of those topics we all need to learn more about. I'm honored so many people want to hear what I have to say. Thanks to everyone supporting The Lookout project.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

We have had a month of great conditions for prescribed fire in Northern California. Why haven't we burned tens or hundreds of thousands of acres during this time? What are we waiting for? Our communities can't wait. We need to get on it.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

#McKinneyFire ended up burning about 60,000 acres. Estimated firefighting costs to date are around $60M. We spent $1,000/acre, and all we have to show for it is a devastated forest and millions of dead fish. Investing in forest health is cheap, in comparison.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#DixieFire 8/12/2021 - 9:30pm. Things are definitely not looking so sharp for my hometown of Westwood. This mosaic of the FLIR imagery from Dyer Mountain looks north. If tonight is her night, She went down in about the biggest blaze of glory ever. We love you, Westwood!

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

This is a striking graphic.

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Sierra Nevada Conservancy

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The Feather River Watershed supplies the largest reservoir in the State Water Project which 27m Californians & 750k acres of farmland rely on. In 2020 & 2021 it 🔥 like never before creating significant risks for 💧 quality & timing from the loss of 🌲cover. #CAfire #CAwater

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

We're not just letting it burn. It is kicking our asses every day. We could have all the firefighters and resources from #CaldorFIre and it wouldn't materially change the outcome. #DixieFire has been beyond our control for 50 days and will continue to be until weather changes.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

1 year

I've decided to become a weather livestreamer. Currently stuck in a blizzard on Donner Summit. This is a shot out my windshield. Follow me for more exciting and dangerous first-person reporting, and please send help! #satire #stayhome #weknowwhatsnowlookslike

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 months

Satellite heat detections for the Texas Panhandle show 1.2M acres of fire spread over 100 miles east to west. This perimeter is from data current thru 2/26/24, about 9pm, Central Time. #TexasFires

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#DixieFire is beyond control until we get socked in with smoke again. Then it will likely run again when the lid comes off. Some things are beyond our control. It is really important we are honest about this with the public... Read why I think this, here:

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire - 8/29/2021 Evening Video Here is The Lookout's first video project. This shows current IR heat mapping of the Caldor Fire as of 5:20 pm on 8/29/2021. via @YouTube

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Caldor Fire - 8/29/2021 Evening Briefing

This video takes viewers on a virtual map-based tour of the east end of the Caldor Fire, showing heat mapping of the fire at 5:20 pm, 8/29/2021.The imagery u...

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire 8/18/2021 Update. Infrared mapping from 5pm flight today. Fire spread 13 miles east in past 24 hrs. Fire was 13 miles east of Placerville at 5pm. Winds forecast to blow hard toward west tonight. If you are living west of fire pay attention to conditions overnight.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

This is one of the craziest things I have ever seen on a fire. Frontal passage collides with monster forest fire. #DixieFire @Weather1224 @Weather_West

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#DixieFire - 8/5/2021 - Afternoon Update. Well, things are really going to hell on the Dixie Fire. The forecast frontal passage is starting to affect the fire, winds are shifting to out of the west... {read more}

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

8/4/2021 - #DixieFire Today was a really bad day in the Upper Feather River. About as bad as a day can get for most of us. There is a lot of bad news, and some hopeful news, too. I just posted IR maps from this evening's overflights:

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Dixie Fire - 8/4/2021 - Evening - The Lookout

I don’t really know how to write about any of this. Today was terrible for everyone involved – from expats living away watching the awful IR webcams to the people who had to run for their lives. The...

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

At 2:45 pm, there is a spot of fire between Hwy 50 and Old Meyers Grade Rd, east of Berkeley Muni Camp. No other heat showing on Valley floor at that time. Please don't share satellite heat maps showing fire all over the Valley unless you have confirming intel. #CaldorFire

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire 9/1/2021 Morning Update. Overnight IR shows no new spread into urbanized areas of SLT/Meyers. Some spread on northern flank east of Kyburz toward Wrights Lake. Will have updates later in the day.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire - Wildland Urban Interface. The fire is burning adjacent to US Route 50, the most densely-developed portion of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Each dot here shows a home or other structure. Source: @CalTopoMaps

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

Thanks to my multi-talented wife @erika_lunder for helping 'The Lookout' enter the 21st century.

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Independent wildfire and water-related reporting. Host Zeke Lunder has 25 years experience in wildland fire management and California water issues. During wildfire season we provide UNOFFICIAL...

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

National Geographic's article about #DixieFire / #LassenPark is disappointing. It follows a tired storyline that casts fire as a villan that just created a 'New Devastated Area'. The real story is managed fires in Lassen, which made Dixie less destructive. @natgeo can do better.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

Several of my prescribed burning colleagues have been working hard on legislative fixes to make it easier to burn on private lands in California. As a result, 2 new bills are on the Governor’s desk. Please consider writing letters of support.

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Important Legislation - The Lookout

Wondering how you can help expand the use of prescribed fire in California? Read this letter from my colleague Lenya Quinn-Davidson and please write a letter of support for these important bills that...

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

10 months

So #wildfire season is finally starting to take off in Northern California. Here is a thread on why it has taken this long, and what it takes for us to have large fires in California: #CaFires #CaWx #WildlandFirefighting 1/

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Not a denier, but I feel blaming climate change for wildfires does a disservice to both issues. With or without climate change California would have major wildfires. Look at the fire history. The annual acreage burned before suppression began dwarfs what we are seeing now.

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Beth Pratt

2 years

Please, let’s stop calling these wildfires. These are human caused firestorms fueled by our inaction on climate change and usually ignited by human error. And it’s not just a California problem. Burning coal in your state? It helped fuel this fire in my backyard. 😞 #oakfire

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

My congressman, Doug LaMalfa is poorly informed. Not only is putting out every fire impossible, it has also proven to be the worst possible thing for the health of our forests. To use proper forestry lingo, Doug LaMalfa and Tom McClintock are a couple of culls.

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Wildfire Today 🔥

2 years

Bill introduced to require suppression of all US Forest Service fires

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

This piece of paper represents 25 years of work. Grateful for mentors and friends who did the political legwork, who fought for permits, kept the skills alive, and made it possible for me to spend so much time with #goodfire . Lots of work to be done, let's do it together! #CaRX

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

A Lookout reader sent some videos of the aftermath of debris flow/flash flood on Div W of #McKinneyFire yesterday, 8/2/2022. 1/3

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

Same as it ever was.

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Erik Bookman

3 years

Santa Barbara, autumn 1795, by Russell A. Ruiz (1925-88). #Alisalfire @NWSLosAngeles

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire - 9/2/2021, Morning Update Just posted a video briefing with heat mapping from 3am, 9/2/2021. We look at where the fire is active around Meyers and Christmas Valley, Kirkwood, and Echo Lake. Also, I talk about our plans for The Lookout.

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Caldor Fire - 9/2/2021 - 3:00 am Mapping, and a monologue.

This video takes viewers on a virtual map-based tour of the east end of the Caldor Fire, showing heat mapping around Echo Summit, Meyers, Kyburz, Kirkwood, a...

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

There is some spooky stuff going on on the south end of #McKinneyFire as outflow winds from thunderstorms push the fire downhill over the ridge toward Scott Valley.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

1 year

The Lookout will be covering on the upcoming California 'atmospheric river' storms, mostly on Twitter. We aren't meteorologists, but we'll use all the tools in our mapping and intel toolboxes to bring you information, context, and situation awareness.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire - 8/31/2021 4:45 pm heat mapping: Not much fire spread into communities in SLT/Meyers at this time. Fire made a 5 mile run east to top of Trimmer Peak. Fire close to Kirkwood. Video update at:

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#DixieFire - Friday the 13th. As of 2:30 am, Westwood, Clear Creek, Hamillton Branch, and the Peninsula have NOT been impacted by the fire, but it is doing its best to kill us all with anxiety before it gets there. Updated Maps from 2 am. Janesville ok.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire 9/2/2021 Evening Update No detailed heat mapping available this evening. Sounds like firefighters made a lot of progress today. We'll have updated maps in the morning.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

I'm starting a new project - a website called 'The Lookout'! Kind of tied up with the whole world around my hometown burning, but I want to write more about wildfire and interview people I've worked with over the past 25 years. Please consider supporting .

Talking Wildfire

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire - 8/31/2021 Morning Mapping. The fire jumped across Christmas Valley and ran hard to the norheast. It had avoided most of the urbanized area at 1:51 am, but there is a large amount of perimeter 3/4 mile SE side of Pioneer Trail that may be impacted today.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to The Lookout. We really appreciate your support.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire - 8/31/2021 South Lake Tahoe 2 am Mapping Fire is well established on east side of Highway 89. Here are closeup maps, with narration.

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Caldor Fire - 8/31/2021 South Lake Tahoe 2am Mapping

This video takes viewers on a virtual map-based tour of the east end of the Caldor Fire, showing heat mapping around Echo Summit, Meyers, and South Lake Taho...

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

11 months

It's that time of the year, again, When I try to hold my tongue As US Forest Service social media Brags about putting out every Little lightning fire. As if we don't know better by now. Forests need fire. Lightning is God's work. Would you rather fight it in August? Not me.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

1 year

Spent two days surveying wildfire hazards a stone's throw from Stanford for @DeerCrResources . Speechless at just how dangerous conditions are there, in some of the wealthiest zip codes in the world. Very real potential for wildfires that'll make #CampFire look inexpensive. 1/

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

I wrote short commentary for our local paper.

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Our wildfire breaking point • Chico News & Review

We are a group of award-winning free alternative weekly newspapers published by Chico Community Publishing, Inc. We publish the Chico News & Review in Chico, California, the Sacramento News & Review...

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

10 months

Just installed the wildfire-tracking @watchdutyapp on my phone. I had been using it in a browser... They're doing a great service. The app is really straightforward, and I really like being able to see recent fire footprints on the map. Strong work!

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#DixieFire - 8/6/2021 Heavy smoke and calmer winds are helping keep fire spread on the Dixie Fire less severe today. Many areas the fire creeps through under these conditions will actually benefit from the fire. Not a lot of new intel to share.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

The Lookout website is one month old today. We've gotten about a million views and posted over 1,000 maps. If you have started following me in past week or two, you might have missed some earlier stories. Here's one on people living in #DixieFire area.

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Mountain People - The Lookout

I wrote this piece a couple days after my hometown of Westwood narrowly missed being burned up by the Dixie Fire. We had spent the previous week watching closely as the fire moved steadily, and...

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

It's been a tough week at Firestorm since we lost Darin Banks to a snag while his crew was prepping firelines for a burn. We are driving him home today, and the support we are getting from fire departments along the route is incredible. Thank you all!

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

#WashburnFire just punched thru the inversion layer, is going to gobble some of the South Merced Canyon for rest of the afternoon. Good news is it looks like the head is going around the Mariposa Grove, which has seen minimal spread so far. 7/9/2022 - 15:25pm/

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

While we were watching the #MillFire unfold, a new start about 15 miles west took off and grew 1,500 acres in a matter of hours. The #MountainFire will be with us longer, and become much larger than the #MillFire . We'll cover it tomorrow on the Lookout YouTube Channel at 0700.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Here are photos of the fire at the old mill in Weed that started the wildfire. Taken by Traci Miner and copied from Facebook. #MillFire .

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

9 months

Let's talk lightning! At least once a decade in California, a few hours of abundant and widespread 'dry lightning' (no rain) turn an average wildfire season into an exceptional one. Thousands of wildfires start. Some grow large, and burn until fall rains come. /1

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

The #ColoradoFire (red) is burning in a piece of the Coast that the 2016 Soberanes Fire (blue) didn't reach. A contract bulldozer operator died in a rollover trying to keep the fire out of this particular area.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

As #WashburnFire winds down, I have to admit several of my predictions were wrong. I didn't think they'd hold the fire at Iron Creek, or that retardant would hold the southeast flank. I thought it might burn all summer. Thanks to the people who made sure it wouldn't.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

1 year

The large #wildfires in #Chile are spreading quickly across large areas of non-native plantations of radiata pine and eucalyptus, many of them planted by foreigners during a dictatorship. These maps show recent MODIS heat detections on top of mapping of plantations (purple). 1/x

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#DixieFire - 8/5/2021 - 8pm Update. Very dynamic day on the fire. Lots of things made big moves to the east. Updated IR maps and discussion on the -lookout.org. Thanks for all of your continued support and good luck to everyone evac'd!

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

It is hard enough to work on a large team when you are winning, and nearly impossible when you keep losing. Realize firefighters are beyond their limits with the fire behavior we are seeing. The best we can hope for in the next few days is to not kill our firefighters.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire 9/1/2021 - Midday Waiting on updated mapping to have something to share. Will post as soon as data is available and I have time to interpret!

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

Big new article and op-ed about the #DixieFire and firing operations in an era of megafires. Escaped firing operations dominate today's post on the Dixie Fire, and it seems like a good time to talk about when, why, and where we use these tactics.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Twitter is spreading fake news. This headline has been popping up on my feed for weeks. Fire season is over, people.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

The Governor just signed prescribed fire liability legislation which will make it easier to put #goodfire on the ground in California. Much appreciation to everyone who worked to make this happen. Just finished washing red dust off my boots after scouting burns in Forest Ranch.

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Lenya Quinn-Davidson

3 years

Newsom just signed SB332, making CA a gross negligence state for suppression costs associated with #rxfire and giving cultural burners the same standing as burn bosses. This is a huge moment for CA and I’m so proud to have worked on it with @MichaelWWara & @SenBillDodd ! 🎉❤️🔥

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

The #DixieFire has been harrowing for everyone affected, and the losses are staggering. But in many places, the fire played its natural role - cleaning up and thinning our overgrown forests. This video surveys the fire effects at one of my favorite places.

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A Good Fire Story - From the Dixie Fire

There is no doubt the Dixie Fire has been traumatic beyond belief for just about everyone involved. The evacuations, destruction of Greenville and Indian Fal...

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Audio of radio traffic between pilots after a near miss between a large tree branch falling from the column and a large airtanker this afternoon on #WashburnFire . No such thing as low-risk summertime mountain aviation.

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#WashburnFire interesting little chat. Near miss with a tree branch and Air Attack and Tanker 103. As civilians, we just see planes dropping loads. But listen to this choreography that goes on behind the scenes of fire.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire - 8/31/2021 Morning Maps v2.0 Major activity on SE side of the fire near Kirkwood, where a large firing operation took place along Highway 88 overnight. Detailed maps on The Lookout. I'll update the post with forecasts and narrative by 9am.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

10/12/2021 - 5pm #AlisalFire update. At about 5pm, fire was about 13,000 acres and had spread about 2.5 miles east and 1.25 miles west since 4am. Red outline shows 5pm perimeter, white line is 4am perimeter. Blue is 2016 Sherpa Fire, purple is 2017 Whittier Fire. #TheLookout

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

9 months

Evacuation is often impossible during fast-moving wildfires because most of our towns weren't designed with fire in mind. Parks and parking lots can be good places to wait out a fire. If you are evacuating and traffic is backing up, never pass up a good safety zone!

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

The #AirportFire is burning over near Highway 395 in Owens Valley, near Big Pine. Winter fires are common on the Eastside of the Sierra, and this fire should not be framed as evidence the whole State is about to go into fire season in February. Map from 'muni_captain'.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

100 yrs waging war on fire & criminalizing its use gave us broken forests and towns on the brink. We won many battles, but w/ climate change as ally, fire won the war. As long as we refuse to surrender, fire will keep up a siege until every last mtn town and green tree lay in ash

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

Some #goodfire news from Lassen Park.

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Lassen Volcanic NP

3 years

The view at Kings Creek Upper Meadow remains as scenic as ever. The #DixieFire burned at low-intensity around the meadow toward the base of Reading Peak. The large rocky outcroppings provided a natural barrier to help slow fire activity.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

Areas like this desperately need prescribed fire and managed wildfire. We've put out dozens of fires over the years that would have backed thru here with low intensity; now we've roasted some of the most majestic old-growth anywhere in Northeastern California. I'm fucking gutted.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Susanville Dispatch just asked everyone to take a moment of silence. On this day in 2013, Lassen County local Luke Sheehy was killed smokejumping a fire in the Warner Mountains. Luke's former crew, the Diamond Mountain 'Shots, is currently busting their asses on the #GrahamFire .

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Had @Pyrogeographer as my firing boss today, and then he and I sat down with @wkamaubell for an extended and free-ranging talk about wildfire as a permanent resident of California. Look for the United Shades of America episode on CNN and HBO+ in April.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire - 8/30/2021. Here is a video briefing from Lookout Media.

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Caldor Fire - 8/30/2021 Morning Briefing

This video takes viewers on a virtual map-based tour of the Caldor Fire, showing heat mapping of the fire at 2:45 am, 8/30/2021. Conditions remained very dry...

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire 8/29/2021 - 7am Update. Fire is established at Lovers Leap, 2.5 miles upcanyon from where it was 28 hours ago, and past major dozer lines in Strawberry Creek. Fire is now 5.5 miles from Echo Summit. NW side of fire moved 1/2 mile west. More at:

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

Citizen-led prescribed fire is the way of the future. We can't wait for State and Federal agencies to lead the way. We need to take responsibility for the tending of our own places and communities. We are preparing for a similar event this winter here in Butte County, stay tuned.

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WKRP_Klamath

3 years

#goodfire on the ground as #klamathTREX2021 gets underway!

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

8/2/2021 - 20:00 hrs Truly incredible fire behavior this afternoon as the #DixieFire blew across Humboldt Road and ran up into the Butt Mountain Roadless Area, south of Black Forest Lodge on Highway 36. This area of old-growth fir forest has never been roaded, logged or burned.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

This is what the apocalypse looks like. Leave early. Most wildfire fatalities happen to people who are trapped in their cars.

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3 years

This is Sly Park Road in Pollock Pines. This is what evacuations currently look like for miles and miles heading out of the area as we head in to bring you current info. Obviously one lane roads make evacuations lengthy and long.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

1 year

Just ran into a print of a map I shaded by hand in 2008. All done with one Pilot Rollerball pen. #gischat #shadedrelief #cartography #chicoca

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire - 8/31/2021, 8pm Update. We got some fresh heat mapping data for the fire from 8 pm, and published another video briefing. This one also covers Kirkwood, Somerset, Pleasant Valley, and the Highway 50 Corridor.

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Caldor Fire - 8/31/2021 South Lake Tahoe 8pm Mapping

This video takes viewers on a virtual map-based tour of the east end of the Caldor Fire, showing heat mapping around Echo Summit, Meyers, and South Lake Taho...

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Burning about 185 acres around Chico Airport today with @ChicoFD . Objectives are to create a buffer for city of Chico from fall wildfires, train city firefighters, and reduce medusahead grass. Light breeze, hot and dry, perfect conditions to meet the objectives. #goodfire

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Got credit on a byline for a National Geographic map about the #WashburnFire . I didn't make the map, but the cartographer used some of my reporting to piece together the story. Feels like being nominated for the Cartography Hall of Fame, thanks, @NatGeo !

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Another view on this morning's explosive growth on #McKinneyFire . 09:30-10:30am, 7/3-/22 - Ft. Jones webcam.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

There is an IR flight ordered for #McKinneyFire tonight so unless it is too cloudy, we should have some fresh intel for everyone in the morning. Thanks for your comments and information sharing today, everyone!

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Just posted a virtual tour of the #McKinneyFire to The Lookout YouTube channel. It has mapping of the fire captured about 12:30 am, 7/31/22, and discusses fire behavior and land management history for the burned area.

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McKinney Fire - 7/31/2022 Analysis

NOT OFFICIAL FIRE INFORMATIONHere is a virtual tour of the McKinney Fire. This is not an official briefing. The Lookout is not affiliated with suppression ef...

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

5 months

I just got an early Christmas present from the California State Fire Marshal! It's been a long time coming, and I'd like to shout out to all of the people who have mentored me and given me time with #GoodFire . I'm consulting under the umbrella of @DeerCrResources . Call us!

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Simultaneous blowups on the #MosquitoFire in past hour. On the NW flank, the fire has crossed M. Fk American River and is headed to Foresthill. On the east flank a very broad area is under a massive plume. Here are views to the east and of the NW blowup. 15:30, 9/13/22

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Just finished a 60 minute livestream about the current major wildfires around California. We talked about the potential for the #MosquitoFire to spread toward Georgetown or Lake Tahoe, and what past fires in this area might tell us about what's to come.

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California Wildfires - September 8, 2022 - The Lookout

California Wildfires – September 8, 2022 Mosquito, Fork, Radford & Fairview Maps and captions: Ryan Cowper Stephens and Zeke Lunder 9/8/2022 Lookout Livestream Evening Update 9/8/2022 Lookout...

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Thinking about black oak forests today, and how they may be key to saving what's left of our foothill communities in Butte County. Oaks are much less flammable than conifers. Also, acorns form the base of our forest food web, feeding deer, turkeys, squirrels, birds, and people.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire - 8/22/2021 Evening Update. No new growth to the east, some spread to N & S on east edge of the fire. Fire grew slowly to SE, mostly less than 1/4 mi. Longest run was a mile. Westward spread in M. Fk. Consumnes near Omo Ranch and Camp Creek.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

Welcome to Plumas County. So this slide isn't under the #DixieFire burn, but area above burned in 2020 #BearFire . Dixie did burn right across the Canyon, though. #2021Storm

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Meteorologist Kris Kuyper - KMPH FOX 26

3 years

@wildland_zko Screen grab from his next video. Right on the Butte/Plumas County line

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

1 year

Water managers have it tough in California. They have to keep reservoir levels low enough to control flooding during major storms, while trying to store as much water as possible for long summers. They rely on data from thousands of sensors. #hydrology 1/

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

There's no doubt a warmer climate affects fire behavior. But bundling the issues muddles the way forward. The solution to wildfires isn't carbon offsets or cap and trade. And framing wildfires as purely detrimental undermines fire ecology and traditional ecological knowledge.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Finally, a nuanced article about the #WashburnFire where the reporters actually talked to someone who knows what's happening on the ground!

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Official: Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove will survive Washburn Fire

“We've been preparing for this fire for 50 years.”

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#DixieFire - 9/12/2021. We got a chance to survey the burned area in West Zone of the Dixie Fire on 9/10/2021, right after about 1/2" of rain. This video explores the wide variety of fire effects across the burned area, and talks about some of the causes.

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire 9/1/2021 Afternoon Update: No new heat in neighborhoods in Meyers or Christmas Valley. Only minor spread anywhere on east side of fire showing at 2:40 pm. Some spread to north, east of Kyburz. South side of fire fairly quiet. Detailed maps at .

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

2 years

Got to help put 10 acres of #goodfire on the ground today in the Butte County Foothills with a crew of locals. This is our 4th burn on this property, where we are building a toehold to do larger, more complex burns in an area with critical WUI wildfire hazards. #buttetrex .

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Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout

3 years

#CaldorFire - 8/30/2021, 6pm intel. Here is imagery showing fire's spread toward Kirkwood at about 6:00 pm. #kirkwood #silverlake #kitcarson

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