John Vaillant On Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World | 5x15

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John Vaillant is the international bestselling author of The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival and The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed. He has written for, among others, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, National Geographic and the Guardian. His latest book, Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World, is a page-turning account of a brutal urban wildfire, and a sweeping exploration of our rapidly changing relationship with fire. It won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023.
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[@waden9815]

Great work!
I really hope John gains some traction with this, because he's really onto something special here.
I've been following Global Warming since the 90s, & I can say I've heard a lot of great minds say a lot of great things over the years, but....
I've never heard it put the way that John is putting it.
It's a really clear, eye opening & alarming perspective, which comes with perfect timing, as the world has never needed to hear what John is saying, more than it does now.
Great work John.
Decibels.

[@Django44]

The largest peace-time fire evacuation in Canada affected some 200,000 residents of Mississauga Ontario in 1979 when a tanker train left the tracks and caught fire, its tanks containing lethal chemicals. Not one person was even slightly injured; the evacuation still studied today as the 'how-to' model for managing similar incidents.