Zeke Lunder is the creator of the wildfire tracking resource The Lookout.

The lookout is kind of a safety blanket for the [fire] crew boss. It’s nice knowing there’s someone up on the hill who’s got your back. So we kind of want to have people’s backs in California, and be a calm voice on the radio when things are getting a little squirrely—to let them know, “Hey, you should get out of there. You don’t need to run, but something’s coming.”

Notes and references from this episode:

@wildland_zko - Zeke Lunder on Twitter

The Lookout - home page

The Lookout channel - YouTube

Episode 28: Lenya Quinn-Davidson - What is California? podcast

Episode 11: Jaime Lowe - What is California? podcast

Jim Klump: Wildfires, History, and the Simple Pleasure of Bullshit Stories - The Lookout, YouTube

Bring Your Own Brigade - documentary by Lucy Walker

#goodfire - Prescribed fire hashtag, Twitter

Climate, Weather, and Wildfire: Full Interview with Daniel Swain - The Lookout, YouTube

Episode 16: Daniel Swain - What is California? podcast

2017 Tubbs Fire - Wikipedia

Frank Zappa - Wikipedia

Jello Biafra - Wikipedia

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