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SleeplessinSoCal

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19. Congressional Rep George Whitesides

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 03:42 PM

Jan 15

https://news.yahoo.com/news/trial-fire-rep-george-whitesides-140000363.html

He has made megafires his calling. And with NASA experience and a seat in Congress, he can help redirect the ship of state to a safer future - for everyone!

"To be perfectly frank, a big part of why I ran was around the issue of wildfires. I started this organization called Megafire Action, and I've been involved in a space-based nonprofit project that's actually going to launch a first satellite soon that would detect the perimeters of fires, which is super important, because for one evening, we didn't have good perimeters. On the first big night, we didn't have good perimeters because we couldn't fly the planes.

Part of why I ran was because of this risk, which I viewed as existential to the folks in our district. And it just so happens that the thing that I was most terrified of has just hit other parts of LA County. But that risk still exists for our community, and it exists all over the West. So we need to have a national conversation about how we're going to address these kinds of huge climate risks that we see coming down the road....."

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Rachel Maddow announces an all out counter attack [View all] Cyrano Jan 15 OP

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Congressional Rep George Whitesides SleeplessinSoCal Jan 15 #19

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He had to fight like hell. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 15 #64

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And half of the voters in the country won't see it and wouldn't give a shit if they did. ECL213 Jan 15 #21

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