<div>When my wife and I moved to the Bay Area ten years ago from the East Coast, wildfires weren't part of our vocabulary. We knew about nor'easters, humidity, and the occasional hurricane warning — but fire season? That was something we saw on the news, not something we lived.
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<div>A lot has changed since then. We got married in Sonoma. We had two daughters. And somewhere along the way, the Bay Area became home — not just a place we moved to, but the place where our kids are growing up.
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<div>That's what makes wildfire season feel different now. It's not abstract anymore.
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<div>When our oldest was just three months old, we woke up one morning to an orange sky. Not sunset orange — wrong orange. The kind that makes you stand at the window holding your baby and wonder what you've brought her into. I will never forget that moment, or that feeling.
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<div>Now it's the air quality alert that cancels outdoor recess. The haze that makes our girls ask why the sky looks wrong. The knot in your stomach when a red flag warning lights up and the hills behind your neighborhood are part of the map.
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<div>As parents, we want to give our daughters a safe, healthy environment to grow up in — the kind of childhood where they can play outside without worry, where the air is clean, and where we're not refreshing five different apps trying to figure out if we need to leave.
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<div>That last part — the information gap — is what led me to Watch Duty.
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<div>Watch Duty is a nonprofit platform that provides real-time, verified wildfire updates: evacuation orders, fire perimeters, air quality data, and incident details. It's monitored by trained volunteers who focus specifically on wildfire intelligence, cutting through the noise of social media rumor and institutional delay to deliver information you can actually act on.
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<div>In a region like ours — where neighborhoods sit right up against wildland — that kind of timely, reliable information matters:
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<div>Getting your family out before evacuation routes are gridlocked
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<div>Checking whether your kids' school or a loved one's home is in a fire zone
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<div>Making real decisions about air quality — not guessing
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<div>Staying calm because you're informed, not because you're ignoring the risk
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<div>With your support, <strong>Watch Duty</strong> can continue to grow its coverage and help firefighters and communities respond more quickly and effectively. This isn't about fear. It's about being ready — so our kids can just be kids.
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<div>If you're able to contribute, I'd be grateful for your support. And if sharing this page is what feels right, that's meaningful too.
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James Meiners

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