@esagara

@esagara

 San Francisco, CA
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Joined March 2008
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Hey everyone, here are my slides from @jsvine's Data Blitz at #NICAR19. It includes links to the data!! bit.ly/2XKUapo
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Hello #NICAR19!! Here is my tipsheet for the After a disaster: Long-term reporting on floods, fires and other emergencies session - bit.ly/2TshUAh

disasters_tipsheet.md

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Here is another version that includes tip sheets by @lisalsong and @rhersher docs.google.com/document/d/1… – at Newport Beach, CA
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Proud of my Big Local Class this fall and the work this team did examining costly forest fires -- want the data and an analysis guide? Hit me up!
Stanford Journalism@StanfordJourn17 Dec 2018
Analysis by students in our @BigLocalNews class has found California dwarfs other states in fire-suppression costs. And dense development at the border of wildlands helps explain California fires’ exceptional damage and expense to put out. peninsulapress.com/2018/12/1…
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Whoa. Lawsuit alleges Verizon throttled Santa Clara County Fire Department's "unlimited" data plan while it responded to the #MendocinoComplex. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/…
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I just realized that eight of California's top 20 most destructive wildfires have occurred since the 2015 Valley and Butte fires. Combined that's more than 13,800 buildings destroyed. fire.ca.gov/communications/d…
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Congratulations to everyone who worked on this: @jsmithhopkins, @AmyWalters_, @zubakskees , @RadioIke & @FernandaCamare!!!! xitter.cf/EdWriters/status/99694…
Education Writers Association@EdWriters17 May 2018
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In a year w/ lots of great data journalism about education, “Invisible Hazards” edged out the competition as the winner of #ewaAwards’ top data journalism prize. Congrats to @jsmithhopkins, @amyewalte, @zubakskees, @esagara, @FernandaCamare & @RadioIke! ewa.org/awards/2017-finalist…
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Decisions...
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Want to set up your computers like the #NICAR18 labs? We put together a list of all the software we installed github.com/ireapps/install-g…
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Likewise. This was a great project carried out by a multi-discipline team spanning newsrooms. Congrats to all involved! xitter.cf/jsmithhopkins/status/9…
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Tip for those learning Python at #NICAR18 - find a quick coding project when you go home; something small to make your life easier. Don’t wait to dive into coding.
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🎉Happy #GISDay!!🎉 Celebrate by taking a trip through our newest story map that shows how we're using #lidar to expose Washington's #geology and natural hazards! #GeologyRocks wadnr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/C…
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You can read more of @esagara’s wildfire coverage on our site revealnews.org/topic/america… Or listen to our podcast. revealnews.org/episodes/amer…
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These fires are nowhere near contained, and there’s a lot we don’t know about their extent, where they began and what has been lost. 18/
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The #Atlas fire began in an area that hasn't seen fire since 1981. CAL FIRE has no recorded fire history where the #Patrick fire began. 17/
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The #Tubbs and #Nuns fire started in areas that last burned in 1964. 16/
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A century of land use policies stopped forests from burning like they're naturally supposed to. revealnews.org/article/when-… 15/

When spark meets sprawl: Building in wildlands increases fire risk - Reveal

Wildfires, long considered a problem exclusive to the West, now threaten many other parts of the country as extreme weather becomes more commonplace and more people live in areas at risk for wildfire.

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esagara retweeted
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The vast majority of North American forests are supposed to burn every few years ... 14/
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Another exacerbating factor: The fires are burning in areas that have not seen fire for decades. 13/
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..But more people living in these areas means a greater chance for fire. Humans cause as much as 90 percent of wildfires. 12/
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