California Wildfires & Efforts to Prevent Overheating Roads
Wildlife preservation organizations, county offices for emergency management, and individuals have been working towards the preservation and safety of the animal wildlife communities in not just California, but also Utah, Arizona, and Colorado due to the wildfires that have been erupting across the country. Meanwhile, a Californian asphalt sealcoat company GuardTop® is working towards fire-prevention entirely through painting roads white and decreasing temperatures.
Over the past few weeks, a message from the Sierra Wildlife Rescue organization has been circulating, suggesting and encouraging citizens to help the voiceless animals and aid them during the sweltering wildfire-causing summers in the hotter states. The message says:
“If you live anywhere near the fires that are decimating Utah, California, Arizona, and Colorado please be aware that wild animals are fleeing the fires and they may show up in your yards. The Forestry Department is urging you to bring your domestic animals in at night and let the wild ones pass through. Please put out buckets of water for them – they are scared, exhausted, and have also lost their homes – they need to refuel. Please share!”
Across the social media, this message varies slightly but the idea remains the same to provide safety, shelter, and hydration to animals in the affected areas of at least the 4 states.
While organizations and county offices across the states are hoping to help the animals, one asphalt sealcoat company GuardTop® is working towards entirely preventing the wildfires from erupting in the first place. The idea is to paint a white coat on top of the asphalt that promotes reflection of the heat rays instead of absorption, essentially lowering the temperature of the asphalt since it never gets to absorb the heat due to the CoolSeal product.
The video in the post is from Los Angeles where the CoolSeal is being painted onto the asphalt roads to reduce wildfires in the fire-prone state and others as well.
Credit: Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services
