Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Fire - RE: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 252, Issue 14

[R Philip Dowds (rphilipdowds]

Over-development of problematic terrain, and under-management of attendant 
risks, are certainly problems.  So long as we’re looking to transfer risk from 
the public at large to localities and properties making bad choices, we should 
also consider canceling FEMA’s NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program), which 
definitely encourages over-optimistic over-development of coastal lands and 
flood plains.  (But this might make Mar-A-Lago uninsurable, and thus is not 
likely to gain traction as a federal priority.)

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Thanks,
Philip Dowds
Cornerstone Cohousing (28 ft above MSL <Mean Sea Level>)
Cambridge, MA

> On Jan 23, 2025, at 3:40 PM, Kathryn McCamant <kmccamant [at] 
> cohousing-solutions.com> wrote:
> 
> My community does exactly that… we have done so much fire resistance work 
> over the last 5 years, removing fuels, and rethinking our landscaping. So 
> glad I have a community, with much internal expertise, to work on it with.
> 
> Katie
> Kathryn McCamant , President
> CoHousing Solutions
> www.cohousing-solutions.com 
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> <http://www.cohousing-solutions.com/>>
> 916.798.4755
> And Nevada City Cohousing
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> From: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l-bounces+kmccamant=cohousing-solutions.com [at] 
> cohousing.org <mailto:cohousing-l-bounces+kmccamant=cohousing-solutions.com 
> [at] cohousing.org>> on behalf of Ty Albright via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l 
> [at] cohousing.org <mailto:cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>>
> Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org <mailto:cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> 
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> Cc: tmalbright [at] verizon.net <mailto:tmalbright [at] verizon.net> 
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> Subject: [C-L]_ Fire - RE: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 252, Issue 14
> As a land steward / rancher - and having watched the LA fires - I'll make a
> suggestion.
> 
> The fires in California are the result of poor land management - not some
> "climate disasters".
> 
> Existing communities can best protect themselves by removing stuff that
> catches on fire from their immediate area - and campaigning for their local
> municipality to also clean up public lands / compel others to implement fire
> safety.
> 
> Such things as prescribed fire on a regular basis will remove excessive fuel
> from forest floors, dead wood can be removed and disposed on in a safe
> centralized location (if prescribed fire is not an option) - and you should
> consider forced removal of and banning the future planting of dangeriuos
> tress and plants - such as Eucalyptus tress - which have flammable oil in
> their leaves and act like a fire bomb.
> 
> Public policy about forest management will do much to save California -
> unfortunately the state now suffers from many years of misguided and poor
> management and there are lots of fires just waiting to happen.
> 
> 
> Ty
> 
> Ty Albright Project Management
> Little Red Hen LLC
> 214-336-7952
> tmalbright [at] verizon.net
> www.linkedin.com/in/tmalbright 
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> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:16:16 +0000
> From: Trish Becker-Hafnor <trish [at] cohous.org>
> To: "cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: [C-L]_ Seeking presenters on crisis preparedness
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> Does your community have a solid plan for climate disasters and other
> emergencies?
> 
> CohoUS is seeking members from cohousing communities to lead a 1-2 hour
> webinar on The Cohousing Institute, sharing your community?s crisis
> preparedness plans. This is an opportunity to support resiliency across the
> movement in the face of climate disasters and other emergencies by helping
> others learn from your experiences.
> 
> If you?re interested, please email trish [at] cohous.org.
> 
> Thank you for helping build stronger, safer communities!
> 
> Trish Becker
> Cohousing Association of the US
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