It sounds like a science-fiction movie, but a group of Flagstaff neighbors and associates are as serious as a fast-moving wildfire about their plan to put 90 satellites in space to watch the West and detect an ignition larger than a campfire. “We can buy a spacecraft from a commercial vendor and SpaceX does launches all the time,” said David Trilling, a professor and chair of the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science at NAU. This Flagstaff team, assembled by aerospace engineer Cody … [Read more...] about Team Snuffed Wants to Deploy Satellites to Watch the West
Flagstaff Wildfire
Collaborative Efforts Underway to Keep Flagstaff Safe from Wildfire, Floods
Hot and dry weather renews our concerns about destructive wildland fires. They can start in an instant and our strong winds can quickly cause them to grow, sometimes taking them out of the control of our firefighters. What’s being done to protect our community and ensure that fire in the surrounding forests is helping to keep them healthy instead of scorching everything in its path and leaving the soil hydrophobic, resulting in flooding? Quite a bit, with more to come. I want to emphasize … [Read more...] about Collaborative Efforts Underway to Keep Flagstaff Safe from Wildfire, Floods
Tips for a Firewise Garden
Unfortunately, wildfires have become a fact of life in Northern Arizona. This spring alone, more than 100 structures, including 30 homes, were lost during the Tunnel Fire. While our location here in the greater Flagstaff area is beautiful and most of us wouldn’t trade it for the world, we have to admit we live in a place where a perfect storm of circumstances make wildfires more likely. Our forests are densely packed, there have been historic droughts and temperatures have been rising. All … [Read more...] about Tips for a Firewise Garden
