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usonian

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8. Two things, Steve.
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 12:50 AM
Apr 25

1. Use bypasspaywallreader to get archived copies of paywalled sites.

https://bypasspaywallreader.com/

2. Here in CA, we have dry summers, with attendant high fire risk. CalFire has great advice (it's often mandated, not just advice) We all have go bags and are busy right now creating defensible spaces (typically 100 feet around homes)

https://www.readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/

EDIT TO ADD:
A lot of this information may be too late arriving to help: things involving clearing brush and leaves and so on, but there is a lot of information that can be applied during a fire warning, involving lights, gates, and so on.

Homes in great peril have been surrounded by aluminum foil (or something similar) and many have been saved.

Very best wishes go out for safety of people, animals and property.

The affected county sheriff's office should post warnings and notices, as should their fire department.
Oh, they use "social media" which I avoid like angry bears.
You could check their feeds. (and nothing else)

Watch Duty posts fire maps. Last time I cheked, their app wanted money for tracking firefighting aircraft.

https://app.watchduty.org/

I also found
https://fire.airnow.gov/
https://wildfiretrackers.com/f/map

Our county sheriff's office is/was using some notification app/site but I lost the password.


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