The Twitter wildfire watcher who tracks California’s blazes

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 12.05.21 When a wildfire starts in the parched California countryside, distressed local residents are often left clamoring for details. Which direction is the fire moving? How fast? When should I evacuate? But critical information doesn't move as quickly as flames do, and the government agencies fighting the fires are frequently too overwhelmed with other tasks to send a flurry of tweets. Increasingly, rural Californians have come to rely on a band of volunteers collectively known as Fire Twitter. These online operatives monitor scanners, data feeds, and maps of the active fires in the state, then tweet out critical details to their followers. This community of Twitter superusers has helped many people decide if, or when, to evacuate and which direction to head when they do. In a feature on Backchannel, Boone Ashworth tells the story of one of the most active and helpful voices on Fire Twitter, Michael Silvester, the young man behind the handle @CAfirescanner. A native-born New Zealander, Silvester watches, listens, and tweets about California's blazes from the other side of the world—and he's never even stepped foot in the US. Michael Calore | Senior Editor, WIRED   SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE    The Twitter Wildfire Watcher Who Tracks California's Blazes BY BOONE ASHWORTH | 15-MINUTE READ When fire ignites, the race begins to alert the state's residents of the path of destruction. One of the leading voices lives on the other side of the world.     My Music App Knows Me Way Too Well. Am I Stuck in a Groove? BY MEGHAN O'GIEBLYN | 5-MINUTE READ WIRED's spiritual advice columnist on predictability, freedom—and the duality of rebellion.     David Attenborough's Unending Mission to Save Our Planet BY STEPHEN ARMSTRONG | 17-MINUTE READ "We tend to think we are the be all and end all—but we're not. The sooner we can realize that the natural world goes its way, not our way, the better."   SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE    Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Is Ready to Blow Your Mind BY JASON PARHAM | 9-MINUTE READ The actor isn't just the new Morpheus. He's the future of Hollywood.     Jack Dorsey's Twitter Failed African Countries BY ODANGA MADUNG | 5-MINUTE READ Throughout the continent, the former CEO's hubris and negligence allowed disinformation and abuse to run rampant.   SPONSORED CONTENT Powerful Cleaning from Nature. Zero BS (Bad Stuff) Get your first box of Dropps' detergent for free! Just pay shipping and handling. Third-party lab tested with ingredients so clean Dropps won EPA Safer Choice Partner of the Year. GET WIRED Cyber Week Sale: Get WIRED for just $10 $5, plus get free stickers! Get the print edition and exclusive subscriber-only stories. Get the news of tomorrow, today with WIRED. Subscribe now.     Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions   Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.

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