Like many of you I'm sure, my mind this week is in California. Now ... What does it mean to adapt? I'm Audie Cornish. And this is the assignment. My guest today is Peter Kalmus.

Acrid smoke shrouded the sky in Altadena, California, as Gail watched flames from the raging Eaton Fire swallow her next-door neighbor’s house. Each ember carried by powerful gusts of wind could ...

Edgar McGregor is the leader of the "Altadena Weather and Climate" group on Facebook, where he was posting warnings about the coming windstorm in the days leading up to the Eaton fire.