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Collected Item: “South Californian Fire Lookouts and Operational Restrictions”

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South Californian Fire Lookouts and Operational Restrictions

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Text, photographs

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

These two photos have been taken within a Fire Lookout tower in the National Forests surrounding Los Angeles. The text document portrays the experience and difficulties of a Fire Lookout operating a lookout tower during both the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020 and one of California's worst fire seasons. Photos taken August 31, 2020.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#CSUCIHIST301, NationalForest, Fire, Firelookout, LosAngeles

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Eric M. K.

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2020-12-06
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