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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2018 Thanksgiving is coming up. What are you thankful for? “I am very thankful for my family and friends, and the life they give me, and the love we share.” Alva Alcantar, Astoria THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK “I’m thankful for family. And I’m just thankful that we live in a country where we’re not starving, and we have peace.” “I’m thankful to live in such a beautiful place like Astoria. The sun’s been shin- ing, and I’ve been able to enjoy such nice weather.” Roseby Foss, Astoria Lindsey Houska, Astoria Scientists: Wind, drought worsen fires, not bad management Facts undercut Trump’s claims By SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON — Both nature and humans share blame for California’s dev- astating wildfires, but forest management did not play a major role, despite President Donald Trump’s claims, fire scientists say. Nature provides the dan- gerous winds that have whipped the fires, and human- caused climate change over the long haul is killing and drying the shrubs and trees that provide the fuel, experts say. “Natural factors and human-caused global warm- ing effects fatally collude” in these fires, said wildfire expert Kristen Thornicke of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. Multiple reasons explain the fires’ severity, but “for- est management wasn’t one of them,” University of Utah fire scientist Philip Dennison said. Trump tweeted on Satur- day: “There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in Califor- nia except that forest man- agement is so poor. Billions AP Photo/John Locher A search and rescue worker searches for human remains at a burned out trailer park from the Camp Fire on Tuesday in Paradise, Calif. of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross misman- agement of the forests.” The death toll from the wildfire that incinerated the Northern California town of Paradise and surrounding areas climbed to 48, making it the deadliest single blaze in California history. One reason that scientists know that management isn’t to blame is that some areas now burning had fires in 2005 and 2008, so they aren’t “fuel-choked closed-canopy forests,” Dennison said. In those earlier fires, Par- adise was threatened but escaped major damage, he said. In the current blazes, it was virtually destroyed. The other major fire, in Southern California, burned through shrub land, not for- est, Dennison said. “It’s not about forest man- agement. These aren’t for- ests,” he said. Jerry Sutherland will speak on “George Geer: Astoria’s First Rumrunner” at the Clat- sop County Historical Soci- ety’s Thursday Night Talks lecture series. The free event at Fort George Brewery is held on the third Thursday of each month. The lecture begins at 7 p.m. Sutherland first wrote about Geer in “Calvin Tibbets: Ore- gon’s First Pioneer.” During his lecture, he will share new information he has uncovered about Geer since the book’s publication in 2016. For information about this event, or other Clatsop County Historical Society activities, call 503-325-2203 or email cchs@cumtux.org Associated Press PORTLAND — Disability Rights Oregon wants the state to prohibit law enforcement officers from using police dogs in jails to intimidate, control or punish inmates. The Oregonian reported that Columbia County’s jail in St. Helens is the only FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 56 47 43 Mostly cloudy 57 43 Considerable cloudiness SUNDAY 59 39 Mostly cloudy freeway, about 140 feet, Den- nison said. Southern California had fires similar to the Wool- sey fire in 1982, when winds were 60 mph, but “the dif- ference between 1982 and today is a much higher pop- ulation in these areas. Many more people were threatened and had to evacuated,” Den- nison said. California also has been in drought for all but a few years of the 21st century and is now experiencing its lon- gest drought, which began on Dec. 27, 2011, and has lasted 358 weeks, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Nearly two-thirds of the state is abnormally dry. The first nine months of the year have been fourth-warmest on record for California, and this past sum- mer was the second-hottest on record in the state. Because of that, there are 129 million dead trees, which provide fuel for fires, Thor- nicke said. And it’s more than trees. Dead shrubs around the bot- tom of trees provide what is called “ladder fuel,” offering a path for fire to climb from the ground to the treetops and intensifying the conflagration by a factor of 10 to 100, said Kevin Ryan, a fire consultant and former fire scientist at the U.S. Forest Service. Advocacy group wants to ban dogs used to control inmates Sutherland the featured speaker at Thursday Night Talks The Daily Astorian The dean of the University of Michigan’s environmental school, Jonathan Overpeck, said Western fires are getting bigger and more severe. He said it “is much less due to bad management and is instead the result of our baking of our forests, woodlands and grass- lands with ever-worsening climate change.” Wildfires have become more devastating because of the extreme weather swings from global warming, fire scientists said. The average number of U.S. acres burned by wildfires has doubled over the level from 30 years ago. As of Monday, more than 13,200 square miles have burned. That’s more than a third higher than the 10-year average. From 1983 to 1999, the United States didn’t reach 10,000 square miles burned annually. Since then, 11 of 19 years have had more than 10,000 square miles burned, including this year. In 2006, 2015 and 2017, more than 15,000 square miles burned. The two fires now burn- ing “aren’t that far out of line with the fires we’ve seen in these areas in recent decades,” Dennison said. “The biggest factor was wind,” Dennison said in an email. “With wind speeds as high as they were, there was nothing firefighters could do to stop the advance of the fires.” These winds, called Santa Ana winds, and the unique geography of high moun- tains and deep valleys act like chimneys, fortifying the fires, Thornicke said. The wind is so strong that fire breaks — areas where trees and brush have been cleared or intention- ally burned to deprive the advancing flames of fuel — won’t work. One of the fires jumped over eight lanes of one in the state that contin- ues to allow the use of police dogs against inmates, despite recently paying $251,000 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by an inmate bitten by a dog. The sheriff’s office, though, didn’t admit liability and said the dog was brought in to remove an inmate who was “threatening and throw- ing and swinging things” at deputies. Disability Rights Ore- gon plans to push for a bill in the next legislative ses- sion that would curb the use of police dogs in jails to con- trol inmates, saying in a report that using a police dog pres- ents unnecessary risks of harm to staff and inmates. 57 38 Partial sunshine City Councilor Brownson holds meet-and-greet Periods of sunshine The Daily Astorian ALMANAC REGIONAL WEATHER Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 43/56 Astoria through Tuesday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 56°/36° Normal high/low ........................... 54°/41° Record high ............................ 66° in 1999 Record low ............................. 21° in 1955 Tillamook 43/55 Salem 43/58 Newport 46/55 Sunset tonight ........................... 4:45 p.m. Sunrise Thursday ........................ 7:16 a.m. Moonrise today .......................... 1:07 p.m. Moonset today ......................... 10:53 p.m. Nov 15 Last Nov 22 Coos Bay 45/60 New Nov 29 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 12:18 a.m. 12:56 p.m. Low 1.3 ft. 3.7 ft. Hi 50 38 36 58 41 35 55 19 84 38 39 66 79 34 86 41 47 40 42 42 36 51 67 54 47 Today Lo 38 22 24 33 22 27 34 -6 72 29 22 46 54 27 74 34 35 28 23 30 26 30 43 47 34 MEMORIAL Burns 12/53 Saturday, Nov. 17 HANNA, Dickey Don — Memorial at 1 p.m., Christian Church of Warrenton, 1376 S.E. Anchor Ave. in Warrenton; reception follows at Warrenton High School, 1700 S. Main Ave. Klamath Falls 19/57 Lakeview 16/58 Ashland 36/63 PUBLIC MEETINGS REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 45 53 61 56 56 56 62 51 56 57 Today Lo 23 29 47 39 46 19 33 42 46 45 W pc c pc c r pc pc sh sh c Hi 53 57 62 58 55 57 62 56 55 59 Thu. Lo 24 30 47 39 48 21 35 41 44 43 W pc pc s pc c s s pc pc pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 53 50 52 59 55 56 40 57 51 47 Today Lo 40 38 43 41 43 44 30 39 41 26 W sh c sh c c sh sn c sh c Hi 54 53 56 59 58 55 44 57 55 53 Thu. Lo 45 39 44 43 41 45 34 39 42 31 W sh pc pc pc pc c c c pc c TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Baker 23/53 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Tonight's Sky: Deneb of Cygnus is about 15 times as massive as the Sun and 50,000 times its bright- ness. High 7.0 ft. 6.7 ft. Nov. 13, 2018 PATCHING, Charlotte Mae, 91 of Astoria, died in Astoria. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. Ontario 23/52 Bend 29/57 Medford 33/62 Dec 6 John Day 35/57 DEATH La Grande 34/54 Roseburg 41/59 Brookings 48/64 UNDER THE SKY Time 7:20 a.m. 6:19 p.m. Prineville 26/58 Lebanon 39/57 Eugene 39/58 SUN AND MOON Full Pendleton 38/53 The Dalles 37/55 Portland 43/56 Precipitation Tuesday ............................................ Trace Month to date ................................... 1.76" Normal month to date ....................... 4.38" Year to date .................................... 48.49" Normal year to date ........................ 50.60" First Astoria City Councilor Tom Brownson is holding a “Meet Your Councilor” event at 9 a.m. Sat- urday at 3 Cups Coffee House, 279 W. Marine Drive. Residents are invited to discuss city issues. W r pc s s s s s pc pc s s s s sn t r c pc pc pc s s s sh pc Hi 47 36 40 58 48 38 61 5 84 38 47 70 79 41 84 41 53 36 56 38 36 53 66 55 40 Thu. Lo 32 34 30 29 30 31 36 -3 73 26 30 47 55 31 61 29 41 35 30 36 29 33 44 50 38 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W c c pc s s sn s s pc sn s s s pc t c s sn s sn sn s pc sh i Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. WEDNESDAY Astoria School Board, 5:30 p.m., board retreat, Knight Can- cer Collaborative Conference Room, 1095 Exchange St. Youngs River Lewis & Clark Water District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Busi- ness. Wickiup Water District Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648 Svensen Mar- ket Road, Svensen. THURSDAY Seaside Tree Board, 4 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Seaside Transportation Advi- sory Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Tuesday’s Lucky Lines: 3-6-10- 14-18-23-25-32 Estimated jackpot: $12,000 Tuesday’s Mega Millions: 34- 46-57-65-69, Mega Ball: 11 Estimated jackpot: $122 million WASHINGTON Tuesday’s Daily Game: 4-9-1 Tuesday’s Keno: 01-08-14-20- 22-24-25-27-35-42-51-55-57-62- 64-66-67-76-77-79 Tuesday’s Match 4: 09-13-14-23 LOTTERIES OREGON Tuesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 9-6-5-1 4 p.m.: 0-5-3-6 7 p.m.: 5-1-0-2 10 p.m.: 3-3-8-5 The Daily Astorian Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103-0210 www.dailyastorian.com MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper. SUBSCRIBER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC. 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