Month: November 2018

Many Red Cross volunteers from North Carolina have spent weeks supporting those affected by hurricanes Florence and Michael. Now, some of them are shifting their focus to help families devastated by California wildfires. Fire destroyed large parts of California again Monday. Six Red Cross volunteers from North Carolina are on the ground helping, including Helen Miller from Jacksonville, who arrived Sunday night. “The people are very appreciative and it doesn’t matter if they are rich…

If a wildfire has been 100 percent contained, does that mean it’s out? What about controlled? And what do those containment percentages in daily fire updates mean, anyway? The terms, used in California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection incident reports on wildfires — including the devastating Camp and Woolsey fires — are actually technical firefighting terms with very specific meanings, reports the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. Here’s a basic glossary: Containment, normally expressed as…

The death toll in Northern California’s Camp Fire has reached historic levels. With 29 people killed, the massive blaze is one of the two deadliest of any single fire in state history, though a series of wildfires in Northern California wine country last fall killed 44 people and destroyed more than 5,000 homes. The Camp Fire is currently 25% contained. More than 200 people remain missing, especially in and around the hard-hit town of Paradise…

When evacuation centers aiding California residents fleeing the rapacious Camp Fire put out a call for donations, people responded. And responded, and responded, and responded. Now center coordinators are asking donors to stop sending supplies, reported The Redding Record-Searchlight. “We have buildings full of stuff,” said Kathy Ingvoldsen at the Butte County Fairgrounds, according to the publication. “In four hours, we filled up a 5,000-square-foot building full of clothes. They’re stacked up on tables five…

The president tweeted new support, saying that firefighters, FEMA and first responders are ”amazing and very brave” two days after threatening to withhold federal payments due to “gross mismanagement of the forests.” On Monday the president praised first responders for their bravery. The California Fire Fighters, FEMA and First Responders are amazing and very brave. Thank you and God Bless you all! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 12, 2018 The president’s first comments about…

A little more than seven months after playing his last game for the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena, goaltender Cam Ward returns Monday with something else in mind: beating the Hurricanes. He’ll step off the team bus with the Chicago Blackhawks, dress in the cramped visitors locker room and is expected to be the starting goalie. The Blackhawks, having lost seven straight games, having fired Joel Quenneville as coach, badly need a spark and might…