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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 17-May-2021 14:29:34 EDT lnxw48a1
   There have been some small brushfires already. I’ve noticed brownish smoke a couple of times while walking. SoCal could really use some rain.
   1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 18-May-2021 10:50:43 EDT GeniusMusing

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      Los Angeles: at least 1,000 under evacuation orders amid wildfire California | The Guardian
      https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/17/la-fires-latest-evacuations-wildfire-orders
      
      >A brush fire in southern California has torn through more than 1,300 acres, shrouding parts of Los Angeles with plumes of smoke and ash and prompting evacuation orders for at least 1,000 residents.
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      >Investigators suspect an arsonist may have sparked the Palisades fire, and have taken a suspect into custody, Los Angeles’s mayor, Eric Garcetti, announced at a Monday morning news conference.
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      >The wildfire, dubbed the Palisades fire, broke out late on Friday in the Santa Monica Mountains and grew rapidly on Saturday afternoon.
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      >Historically dry conditions and warm temperatures helped fuel the fire as it ripped through dense, drought-desiccated vegetation in Topanga Canyon, a remote community of ranch homes west of Los Angeles. The region had not burned in more than 50 years, according to other Los Angeles fire departments.
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      >“The fire season in California and across the west is starting earlier and ending later each year,” according to Cal Fire, the state’s wildfire agency. Due in large part to global heating, “the length of fire season is estimated to have increased by 75 days across the Sierra and seems to correspond with an increase in the extent of the forest fires across the state,” the agency said.
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