Reporter this plane was launch just a few minutes after we arrived here at the Calfire Air Attack base. The call came in of a lightning sparked wildfire. Weve only seen one Lightning Strike so far here at the airport tonight. Some of the most dramatic lightning is taking place along the peninsula and along the coastline. The dazzling light may be fun to watch but it is causing serious concern for firefighters. Thats why calfire is being particularly aggressive in reacting to every report of a Lightning Strike. We had just started an interview with calfire pilot bob velez when he had to cut it short. There was a threat of a fire. All i know when they hollered at them, where are we going . They said were going to the Pluma National Forest and were going on lightning fires. Reporter the plane took off with retardant but 20 minutes later returned. Word is the fire activity was so intense it was too dangerous to fly. Cumulous clouds tend to produce more downward winds which can make things
Sparked wildfire. Weve only seen one Lightning Strike so far here at the airport tonight. Some of the most dramatic lightning is taking place along the peninsula and along the coastline. The dazzling light may be fun to watch but it is causing serious concern for firefighters. Thats why calfire is being particularly aggressive in reacting to every report of a Lightning Strike. We had just started an interview with calfire pilot bob velez when he had to cut it short. There was a threat of a fire. All i know when they hollered at them, where are we going . They said were going to the Pluma National Forest and were going on lightning fires. Reporter the plane took off with retardant but 20 minutes later returned. Word is the fire activity was so intense it was too dangerous to fly. Cumulous clouds tend to produce more downward winds which can make things more challenging for drivers. It can drive the plane to the ground. It can. Reporter a computer tracks lightning activity and a red blip
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Lin Andrews taught science for more than 18 years before she left the classroom to join the
Andrews says the best way to teach climate justice to kids is to show, rather than tell.
“What kids really start to see is, it s happening in areas where there are heat islands,” she said. “They re starting to see that there are inequities, and so by using those science topics of modeling and being able to interpret data, they actually come to the conclusion themselves that it s not an equal story that different areas are being affected in different ways.”
One challenge that Andrews and other educators face is keeping politics out of the conversation, especially in classrooms with students from a range of backgrounds.