Minorities Most Vulnerable


There are 29 million people in the U.S that live in high risk locations. Researchers used census data to identify 12 million people that are especially vulnerable to wildfires. They are less able to adapt to a wildfire if one occurred. Communities that have a characteristic disadvantage will take much longer to recover.


This makes sense how a lesser community will take longer to recover. We should help these communities out when there is a disaster like this so they can recover faster.










https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/climate/wildfires-minorities-risk.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate&action=click&contentCollection=climate&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=sectionfront

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  1. AnonymousNovember 9, 2018 at 4:46 AM

    This is interesting. I did not know that this many people live in high risk locations.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 19, 2018 at 9:51 AM

    This is very scary considering that 29 million of us live in high risk location.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 19, 2018 at 5:24 PM

    This is interesting because now I realize that not everyone is safe

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  4. DevanNovember 27, 2018 at 6:48 AM

    That is really interesting, these fires are very devastating and its a shame that it has happened.

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