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Red Flag Warning for Southern California

A reminder about our changing climate.

I noted yesterday that there is a Red Flag Warning for Southern California. 

It is an example of the 365-day fire season in California. To think that you can have a red flag warning in January is example of how far we have gone down the climate change road. If we could go back 15-20 years and tell firefighters that there would be red flag warnings in January — I don't think they would have believed it. 

We need to be thinking climate adaptation!

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.