Andrea Dunlap
@dunsnap.bsky.social
The world's on fire | Stories & climate stuff | Slightly too serious and also slightly too optimistic.
Just over here reading everything about fire... rainaero.substack.com/p/we-rely-mo...
We rely more on fire science now
All the latest news about fire, summarized. This week: A hell of a difference, 📈 boom-and-bust cycles, 🏡 restoring community, and what to put in the ground after an urban fire 🌻
rainaero.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Just over here reading everything about fire... rainaero.substack.com/p/we-rely-mo...
@timfernholz.bsky.social I know you prefer reporting on outer space, but if you are interested in an autonomous firetech story—I liked your Burnbot piece for the NYT and you are on my wishlist of journalists for an autonomous wildfire suppression demo we are having Friday.
April 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
@timfernholz.bsky.social I know you prefer reporting on outer space, but if you are interested in an autonomous firetech story—I liked your Burnbot piece for the NYT and you are on my wishlist of journalists for an autonomous wildfire suppression demo we are having Friday.
As wildfire risk continues to grow, the American West must significantly expand & scale wildfire response capacity. Technology is the force multiplier that makes this possible. (my photo on the cover of this story that features my employer)
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
AI, drones and sensors: How technology could help battle future fires
Researchers and startup founders are rushing to develop and deploy drones, sensors and satellite imagery analysis that they believe could have reduced the amount of damage from the Los Angeles fires.
www.latimes.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
As wildfire risk continues to grow, the American West must significantly expand & scale wildfire response capacity. Technology is the force multiplier that makes this possible. (my photo on the cover of this story that features my employer)
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
This week's 🔥 fire news... major headlines in federal reckoning on the cost of wildfire💲, a viral-ish map video 🌎, cool things about quartz 🪨 and what's standing between PG&E and undergrounding their powerlines.
“A gamble on lives, property and natural resources”
This week in fire news, stories help us understand and cope with the trials of fire, while science gives us the insight to build better models, gear & mitigation plans.
open.substack.com
October 19, 2023 at 7:52 PM
This week's 🔥 fire news... major headlines in federal reckoning on the cost of wildfire💲, a viral-ish map video 🌎, cool things about quartz 🪨 and what's standing between PG&E and undergrounding their powerlines.
Yesterday we got to reveal some news at work. www.rain.aero/updates/rain...
October 5, 2023 at 1:46 PM
Yesterday we got to reveal some news at work. www.rain.aero/updates/rain...
"The tree is going to be talking to us. And we're going to be listening to the tree." Fire news this week. rainaero.substack.com/p/the-tree-i...
“The tree is going to be talking to us”
Banyan leaves 🌱, communication during emergencies these days ☎️, new smoke research, peat burning in Canada 🔥, and the hottest months on Earth 🌎
rainaero.substack.com
September 28, 2023 at 11:57 PM
"The tree is going to be talking to us. And we're going to be listening to the tree." Fire news this week. rainaero.substack.com/p/the-tree-i...
When there's good news at work, it's kind of great that you can send unlimited emojis on slack. 👏🏽👏🏼👏🌳🌿🌎🚁
September 21, 2023 at 9:13 PM
When there's good news at work, it's kind of great that you can send unlimited emojis on slack. 👏🏽👏🏼👏🌳🌿🌎🚁
While we mark the hottest August on record — following the hottest June & July—Rain released seed funding news. $9.7M to bring autonomous firefighting aircraft to fire agencies, enabling prepositioning in high risk areas.
www.axios.com/pro/climate-...
www.axios.com/pro/climate-...
Tesla-investor DBL backs startup for unmanned aircraft to fight fires
Rain will use the funds to deploy pilot projects.
www.axios.com
September 21, 2023 at 8:08 PM
While we mark the hottest August on record — following the hottest June & July—Rain released seed funding news. $9.7M to bring autonomous firefighting aircraft to fire agencies, enabling prepositioning in high risk areas.
www.axios.com/pro/climate-...
www.axios.com/pro/climate-...
At work they did not like this sentence. What do you think?
September 21, 2023 at 4:25 AM
At work they did not like this sentence. What do you think?
Let's go make a forest. rainaero.substack.com/p/lets-go-ma...
“Let’s go make a forest”
Firefighter fatalities in Turkey 🖤, get ready player, 🌱 dark forestry thoughts, fire risk in Australia🔥, vintage firetrucks & vintage firefighters
rainaero.substack.com
September 21, 2023 at 4:02 AM
Let's go make a forest. rainaero.substack.com/p/lets-go-ma...
Last week I said, "download Watch Duty!" and this story agrees with me. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
This WA wildfire sparked in a field of wheat. Within minutes it overwhelmed firefighters.
During alarmingly dry conditions last month, two Spokane County wildfires sparked within hours of each other, burning hundreds of homes and killing two people.
www.seattletimes.com
September 13, 2023 at 5:45 PM
Last week I said, "download Watch Duty!" and this story agrees with me. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Notes on the news about 🔥 fire this week! As someone who’s been worried about 🌎 climate change since I was wee, I was kind of excited to just be able to use 'climate change' so freely all of a sudden. But, not so fast. (Posted at the nice, sane hour of 7ish PST).
Words from the Fire Tower: Knock on Wood
Fire news this week: 🔥 watch towers, conspiracies, disinformation, 'climate change' and the carbon cycle 🌎
open.substack.com
September 13, 2023 at 2:21 PM
Notes on the news about 🔥 fire this week! As someone who’s been worried about 🌎 climate change since I was wee, I was kind of excited to just be able to use 'climate change' so freely all of a sudden. But, not so fast. (Posted at the nice, sane hour of 7ish PST).
My usual late-night Tuesday activity is posting my collection of this week's fire news, so I can post my comments on it all tomorrow morning when it seems more _sane_ open.substack.com/pub/rainaero...
“Our vulnerability is smacking us in the face”
Olden time fire towers (with steaming hot pots of coffee ☕️, dogs, pack horses, great views), 🌎 carbon-climate feedback loops, conspiracy theories, surfing ceremonies, 🏄🏽♂️ and so ...
open.substack.com
September 13, 2023 at 6:27 AM
My usual late-night Tuesday activity is posting my collection of this week's fire news, so I can post my comments on it all tomorrow morning when it seems more _sane_ open.substack.com/pub/rainaero...
Looking forward to settling in with this one today. America’s Fire Spotters Aren’t Ready to Fade Away Just Yet www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/c...
September 9, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Looking forward to settling in with this one today. America’s Fire Spotters Aren’t Ready to Fade Away Just Yet www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/c...
Really recommend David Wallace-Wells climate 🌏 newsletter, not _just_ for what he wrote yesterday but especially because of it. "Forests are no longer our climate friends." 🌳
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September 7, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Really recommend David Wallace-Wells climate 🌏 newsletter, not _just_ for what he wrote yesterday but especially because of it. "Forests are no longer our climate friends." 🌳
Every week I compile a list of fire news, and share it on Wednesday, along with a few thoughts. It's meant to be both informative and galvanizing for those of us working on the wildfire problem. Maybe something in there for someone like you. open.substack.com/pub/rainaero...
September 6, 2023 at 2:44 PM
Every week I compile a list of fire news, and share it on Wednesday, along with a few thoughts. It's meant to be both informative and galvanizing for those of us working on the wildfire problem. Maybe something in there for someone like you. open.substack.com/pub/rainaero...
@ketanjoshi.co hallo! I'm new and trying to figure out how it all works. And! An anti climate change agent. Can you add me to greensky? 💚
September 5, 2023 at 2:43 PM
@ketanjoshi.co hallo! I'm new and trying to figure out how it all works. And! An anti climate change agent. Can you add me to greensky? 💚
Well told, @npr.org. "Climate scientists say the belief that things won’t happen because they haven’t in recent history — doesn’t hold up in a warming world. Yet people are building as if things are the same — in places it’s clear they shouldn’t." apps.npr.org/us-wildfires...
Climate Change Is Raising Wildfire Risk Across The U.S.
There's a forgotten history that should serve as a warning — wildfire isn’t unique to the West. Now the warming climate is increasing the risk of major wildfires across America. And more people ar...
apps.npr.org
September 4, 2023 at 8:33 PM
Well told, @npr.org. "Climate scientists say the belief that things won’t happen because they haven’t in recent history — doesn’t hold up in a warming world. Yet people are building as if things are the same — in places it’s clear they shouldn’t." apps.npr.org/us-wildfires...