New Jersey Climate News
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Wildfire
A catastrophic California-level wildfire will scorch N.J. someday. We’re not ready for it.
N.J. dodged ‘a huge bullet’ with an explosive wildfire. But it’s not prepared for a destructive blaze.
STEVEN RODAS / NJ.COM – The ominous gray smoke filled the horizon behind Ken Whittom’s Forked River home.
Emergency sirens blared in the distance like a scene from an apocalyptic movie. The wildfire was coming, firefighters had warned him earlier that day. Time to evacuate.
But this is New Jersey, the highway construction worker thought. A destructive wildfire … here? …
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