Wood burning mountains

BEN LOMOND (CBS SF) — Cal Fire issued evacuation orders Monday for residents living in the Santa Cruz Mountain burn area of last fall’s devastating CZU Lightning Complex fire as a potent winter storm, packing as much as 6-8 inches of rain and carrying with it the threat of deadly mudslides, rolled toward the San Francisco Bay Area. … [Read more...] about Evacuations Ordered In Santa Cruz Mountains As Atmospheric River Fueled Storm Bears Down On Bay Area

There will also be wooden skyscrapers, which are the subject of Timber Rising, a forthcoming exhibition at the Roca London Gallery. Michael Green, an architect based in Vancouver, has proposed a 35-storey tower, called Baobab, that would straddle the Périphérique in Paris. With the engineer Eric Karsh, he has worked out that it would now be possible, if not very sensible, to build the Empire State Building out of wood. Green has given a TED talk proclaiming that, as billions of people are moving from countryside to cities, wooden towers could provide the homes they need. Timber, he says, is “the most technologically advanced” form of construction, offering “the first new way to build a skyscraper in 100 years”, but one to which “mother nature holds the patent”. … [Read more...] about Why wood is back at the top of the tree for architects

Firefighters brought her out of the woods with a tracked ATV. She was then taken by ambulance to Littleton Regional Hospital with serious injuries. … [Read more...] about Dudley Woman Seriously Injured In New Hampshire Snowmobile Crash

Now through May, work out for free with Boston Parks during their Winter Fitness Series. Nine different classes are offered weekly, with options like salsa and Zumba. You don’t need to leave your home; it’s all online.https://www.boston.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/boston-parks-fitness-series … [Read more...] about To Do List: Hit The Slopes, Free Fitness, Winter Walk

There was no widespread fraud in the election, which a range of election officials across the country including Trump’s former attorney general, William Barr, have confirmed. Republican governors in Arizona and Georgia, key battleground states crucial to Biden’s victory, also vouched for the integrity of the elections in their states. Nearly all the legal challenges from Trump and his allies have been dismissed by judges, including two tossed by the Supreme Court, which includes three Trump-nominated justices. … [Read more...] about Dominion Voting Systems sues Giuliani over election claims