Topic 76 of 99: FIRE - Its impact
Mon, May 13, 2002 (17:31) |
Marcia (MarciaH)
Wolfie - thanks for this suggestion
65 responses total.
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Response 1 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Mon, May 13, 2002 (18:36) * 5 lines
thanks marcia *HUGS*
we've got a doozy going on in rancho santa margarita (an elite neighborhood). over 300 acres burned and a major freeway is shut down.
fire is nature's way to rejuvinate herself. fire brings nutrients to the soil though the damage it does is more evident.
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Response 2 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Mon, May 13, 2002 (18:37) * 1 lines
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/051302_nw_jk_fire_los_flores.html
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Response 3 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Mon, May 13, 2002 (18:52) * 1 lines
Riverside CA is now on fire (some smaller ones near Camp Pendelton and about 4 others)....
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Response 4 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, May 13, 2002 (19:24) * 1 lines
I was wondering if you could see it or even smell it. I think it will be a difficult season for all of California. Midstate is also dry and the summer is still before them.
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Response 5 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, May 13, 2002 (19:28) * 11 lines
Southern Calif. Fire Threatens Expensive Homes
Mon May 13, 8:52 PM ET
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (Reuters) - An out-of-control brush fire driven by hot winds and dry conditions threatened a community of expensive homes in this Orange County community on Monday as residents voluntarily began evacuating. The blaze burned more than 500 acres of bone-dry scrub near the rural community of Rancho Santa Margarita about 55 miles south of Los Angeles, as crews from more than 50 fire engines and three helicopters battled to save multi-million dollar homes.
"We still have homes we're concerned with," Orange County Fire Capt. Steve Miller told KABC-TV. "We're nowhere close to having this fire contained. Our main priority is to just protect the homes."
Kymbra Fleming, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Fire Authority, said about 200 homes were threatened by the flames, which had also closed several roads through the area.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020514/ts_nm/fire_california_dc_2&printer=1
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Response 6 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Tue, May 14, 2002 (18:46) * 3 lines
a couple more fires going on today. i could see the haze in the air and smell a bit. but it's not taking over the evening news tonight.
they were busy talking about a break line between brush and the homes and i was driving along the freeway and thought how easy it would be for a fire to break out along the edges since the brush isn't kept mowed or removed.
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Response 7 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, May 14, 2002 (20:13) * 3 lines
I noted that same problem on the California Freeways and it has happened - at least farther north in the state. Anyone foolish enough to build in the hills and not keep the brush beaten well back and a swimming pool (or other large catchment) full of water and a hose with pump attached is just plain foolish.
It has been a while since Puna has had a brush fire. This is a disaster waiting to happen, also, but it is mostly uninhabited there. (South East of Hilo)
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Response 8 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Tue, May 14, 2002 (20:21) * 1 lines
well, we have a lot of ice plants growing along the freeways and just about anywhere nothing else will grow. i was told they were used as fire breaks. they keep 'em watered too (auto sprinklers and everything). the area i live in is well-watered too. all the bushes are required to be maintained by the dwellers (base housing).
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Response 9 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, May 14, 2002 (21:05) * 3 lines
Near San Francisco they have big thick oleanders between the going and coming lanes of the roadway. Oleander is resinous and I wondered how dangerous they might become when buring. They are toxic !
I think I would build a moat. At least where David now is safer in his house than he was in his condo.
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Response 10 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Wed, May 15, 2002 (19:21) * 1 lines
oleander is indeed toxic. it's all over the place here too (but the bushes look fantastic when covered with flowers)
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Response 11 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, May 15, 2002 (21:35) * 1 lines
They are evergreen and beautiful but VERY dangerous!
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Response 12 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, May 26, 2002 (15:59) * 37 lines
Wildfire Spreads in Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - About 100 residents were ordered to leave their
homes on Mount Lemmon on Sunday as a wildfire in the Coronado
National Forest grew to 12,500 acres.
The fire hadn't damaged any structures but had the potential to threaten
roughly 700 homes, said Joan Vasey, a forest spokeswoman.
``It depends on what the winds do today and what the firefighters
accomplish,'' Vasey said.
Residents and business owners won't be allowed to return until after the
fire threat is over, said Dean Barnella, chief of the Mount Lemmon Fire
Department. ``We are going door to door to confirm that everybody is out,''
he said.
Most of those evacuated were full-time residents. Many cabins on the
mountainside are used as summer homes.
The fire was first spotted Tuesday and is believed to have been started by
humans, authorities said.
In New Mexico, a wildfire burning in the rugged Pecos Wilderness of the
Santa Fe National Forest had scorched 11,000 acres Sunday. Firefighters
had contained 15 percent of the blaze and were getting a break early
Sunday as the wind died down.
Resident Ricky Romero watched the strong gusts fueling the blaze.
``I could see that fire coming straight at us so many times,'' Romero said,
``and then the wind would change.''
On the Net:
National Interagency Fire Center: http://www.nifc.gov/
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Response 13 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, May 27, 2002 (00:36) * 11 lines
The shiny active flow, which began on
Mother's Day, extends from lower right to
upper center of photo, entering forest along
the edge of older pahoehoe. Smoke comes
from burning forest near the flow front in
Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. About
880 acres have been burned. The map below
shows the course of this flow, farther west
than any other flow of the eruption.
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Response 14 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, May 27, 2002 (00:37) * 2 lines
"The Map Below" is found on this page http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/main.html
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Response 15 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jun 10, 2002 (01:22) * 34 lines
With the heatwave come the fires - Greece
By Soteris Charalambous
THE CURRENT heatwave, with temperatures rising to 39 degrees inland,
has also brought the start of the brush-fire season, with fire-fighting crews called
out to more than 25 separate incidents across the island yesterday.
A spokesman for the Nicosia Fire Brigade said yesterday the worst of the fires, in
the Khirokitia area, began at 3pm and was expected to rage into the night as
fire-fighters were unable to bring it under control because of high winds.
He said that a square kilometre of land had already been destroyed in the blaze,
but that no injuries had been reported.
In another major incident a man was arrested for starting a fire near his house,
which then spread out of control and put other homes at risk near the Paphos
district village of Pyrgos.
The fire was started at around 8.30am by sparks as the man was working in an
open area near his house. It spread quickly, helped by strong winds
and tinder-dry land.
Four fire engines and two Russian helicopters were needed, as well as forestry
department and civil defence officials and other residents, to bring the blaze under
control.
Half a square kilometre of cultivated land, shrub land and a green house were
destroyed before the fire was extinguished.
The Fire Brigade spokesman said that a restaurant had been slightly damaged in
an incident in the Limassol area, but he described the other fires as "less
serious" and confirmed that "no serious casualties" had been reported at any of
the fires.
http://www.gogreece.com/news/headlines/story.html?id=5512
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Response 16 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Mon, Jun 10, 2002 (16:57) * 1 lines
The Copper Fire is finally under control (can't remember where that is, but it's north of here but not so far as san fran) and there's a big fire in colorado going on too. they determined that the copper fire was started by an illigal campfire.
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Response 17 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jun 11, 2002 (21:13) * 2 lines
There are loads of little brush fires around this part of California. Coming back from Shasta we must have heard 15 or more called in on the car's scanner.
And, this is early in the fire season. Intersting and deadly - just like volcanoes.
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Response 18 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Tue, Jun 11, 2002 (21:31) * 1 lines
actually, the colorado fire was started by the camp fire. i don't remember what they said sparked the copper fire.
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Response 19 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jun 11, 2002 (22:24) * 3 lines
The "thunder" incident (as they call them here) was ignited by a fallen powerline whose sparks ignited the surrounding grasses. That was near Red Bluff and involved many tankers, a few flying machines and many people.
Another at Shasta was started by a maintanance shed which held gasoline for the forestry equipment.
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Response 20 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jun 12, 2002 (04:04) * 1 lines
I heard about some fires caused by underground seams in coal mine fires that had been burning for decades, did anyone hear this? I didn't catch the location, it was a snippet I heard on NPR.
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Response 21 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Wed, Jun 12, 2002 (20:03) * 1 lines
didn't hear that one either....but what's going on in colorado? they've run out of firefighters, i think. they can't even put people ahead of the fire because it's moving too fast. that has got to be scary.
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Response 22 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jun 14, 2002 (17:01) * 1 lines
There are several in Pennsylvania. I've been over them and through the towns. It is strange and scary and smells terrible. West Viriginia also has a few like that. Not healthy and seems impossible to quench!
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Response 23 of 65: Rob Glennie (AotearoaKiwi) * Fri, Jul 5, 2002 (03:06) * 5 lines
Hi all
Something like that happened on property that is now in my Uncle Geoff's farm, down in Southland because there was a fire in the small mine and it was closed off. Geoff said it burned for a couple years and you knew you were on the farm because it was closed of, a lot of heat built up.
Rob
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Response 24 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jul 8, 2002 (19:00) * 1 lines
Coal in New Zealand?! I never thought about that possibility, but I also did not think of it in Greece and I know theuy have coal mines. One can see the coal seams in road cuts here - pictures taken and await downloading for your viewing pleasure.
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Response 25 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Tue, Jul 9, 2002 (10:58) * 1 lines
a fire started yesterday at noon and was still going when i went to bed. the interesting thing was that a house caught on fire and it was over 2 blocks away in a well-developed sub-division. why this house? it was the only one with wood roofing! all it takes is a little ember!
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Response 26 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jul 9, 2002 (14:43) * 3 lines
That sounds all too familiar. I am reading Don's autiobiographical book of anecdotal information and other fun things. One such involved his grandmother then home alone and pregnant putting out the fire that had begun on the roof from embers emitted by the chimney. Back then, you WERE the fire department!
Whst is someone doing with the fire in the fireplace in all this heat?!
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Response 27 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Tue, Jul 9, 2002 (16:39) * 1 lines
the ember was carried on the breeze!
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Response 28 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Jul 10, 2002 (10:21) * 3 lines
Campfires are a real danger this time of year. Please, people, if you are campingout and need a fire, be careful how you quench it. Remember to stir and quench again and again until you are certain it is extinguished!
No burning old letters either. No matter how hurt your feelings...
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Response 29 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Wed, Jul 10, 2002 (10:41) * 3 lines
and no setting fires so you can get hired and paid to put it out!!
a large fire yesterday was started by a burning car on the freeway!
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Response 30 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Jul 10, 2002 (11:08) * 1 lines
Sheesh, Freeway car fires? How hot is it where you are? In Vacaville it was 180° F yesterday! I really don't need that!
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Response 31 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Wed, Jul 10, 2002 (13:06) * 1 lines
it was pretty hot up where that took place (santa clarita, i think). there are cars on fire all the time here. can't figure it out. all the windows are open and my house is a lovely 70 degrees!
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Response 32 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Jul 10, 2002 (13:12) * 7 lines
Are you ever lucky! I am about to post an article from the SF area where it is absolutely sweltering. I'm glad you have cool temperatures. It is impossibly hot where my son is.
(still waiting for FedEx to deliver my laptop...)
Happy Birthday Geo!
William was online earlier but I think he did not come to Geo...
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Response 33 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Jul 20, 2002 (20:15) * 9 lines
Fire weather happens everywhere.
THE GREEK POLICE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST SUMMER FIRES
The Greek Police will participate again this year in the battle against summer fires, according to a decision reached in the meeting of the responsible agencies that was held today and was presided over by Public Order Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis.
The decision on the participation of the Greek Police provides for the land and air watch of forests and forest lands as well as every kind of assistance that is deemed necessary.
In the land surveillance will participate mixed car patrols made up of Police officers, Fire Department officers and soldiers. Their goal will be to avert fires, or spot them quickly, identify suspects and arrest arsonists.
http://www.hri.org/news/greek/mpa/2002/02-06-17.mpa.html
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Response 34 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jul 22, 2002 (22:10) * 8 lines
Forest fires
Conscripts in central Lesvos helped firefighters to extinguish a blaze which ravaged 15 hectares of forest
land near their military base early on Sunday morning. According to an eyewitness, the fire was caused
by a bag of inflammable liquid which was thrown at the base from a passing car. A team of 25
firefighters on eight fire engines, 30 ground workers, four water-carrying aircraft and three helicopters
extinguished another forest fire on the island of Kythera, in the Peloponnese, early on Saturday
morning, before it could cause major damage.http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100012_22/07/2002_19019
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Response 35 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Aug 2, 2002 (23:04) * 10 lines
CYPRUS FIRES - Hundreds of firefighters battle large forest blazes
Hundreds of Cypriot firefighters and British troops yesterday battled to extinguish five separate blazes
which ravaged the island for hours, causing large-scale damage but no injuries. Large expanses of
forest land, as well as two factories and six houses were destroyed by four different blazes near Limassol
in the island’s south, local police said. Three of the blazes in Limassol are believed to be the work of a
group of motorcycle-borne youths seen starting fires in the area. The fifth blaze ravaged forest land in
Paphos. Cyprus is currently undergoing a heatwave.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100015_02/08/2002_19451
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Response 36 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Aug 3, 2002 (23:27) * 16 lines
A string of fires that have ravaged parched forests and farmland across the heatwave-afflicted Republic
of Cyprus prompted a rare offer of assistance yesterday across the island’s communal divide.
The Turkish-occupied north of the island offered to put its firefighting equipment at the disposal of
Nicosia, top Turkish-Cypriot forestry official Irsen Kucuk said. Cypriot President Glafcos Clerides said the
fires were already under control but nonetheless expressed gratitude for the offer, Kucuk told the
Turkish-Cypriot TAK news agency.
Hundreds of Cypriot firefighters and British troops in the region of Limassol yesterday battled to contain
three blazes threatening nearby villages. The fires, which started on Thursday morning, had already
ravaged at least 10 square kilometers (9 square miles) of pine forests, a factory and three houses, when
they were extinguished yesterday morning, but strong winds rekindled the embers hours later.
Seven youths, whom witnesses claimed to have seen starting the fires, were remanded in police custody
yesterday. (Combined reports)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100010_03/08/2002_19489
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Response 37 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Aug 13, 2002 (08:02) * 39 lines
From Romain Cooper in Takilma, Oregon (souther OR. near the CA. border):
As perhaps you've heard, a huge fire (~380,000 acres) is now burning just
to the west of here in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness and surrounding
wildlands. This is a rough situation that has kept me, and all the staff,
busier than usual.
From the SJ Mercury News:
Oregon fire grows into largest in state history
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The nation's largest active wildfire grew to
333,890 acres today, making it Oregon's largest wildfire in a century.
Fire crews worked against gusty winds and steep terrain to secure a
containment line around the southeastern portion of the wildfire. The fire
was spotting along part of the line, said Mike Ferris, a spokesman for the
U.S. Forest Service.
``It slopped over the line that we had established and we're getting it
tied back in,'' he said.
The blaze in southwestern Oregon and northern California is larger than a
1933 that burned 311,000 acres. National forests weren't managed until the
U.S. Forest Service was established in the 1890s.
A voluntary evacuation remained in effect today at the southern tip of the
fire in Gasquet, Calif., which has about 800 people. The fire was about 25
percent contained.
California's largest wildfire, which has burned 61,550 acres northeast of
San Diego, was nearly surrounded today. The blaze destroyed at least 35
homes since July 29, but was not threatening homes today, the state
Department of Forestry said.
The National Fire Information Center reports 5 million acres have burned
in the country this year. U.S. Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth said the
fires have cost $325 million to fight.
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Response 38 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Aug 13, 2002 (08:03) * 34 lines
And from the Guardian (UK):
Oregon Fire Grows To 333,890 Acres
Saturday August 10, 2002 4:30 PM
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The nation's largest active wildfire grew to about 333,890 acres early Saturday, making it Oregon's largest wildfire in over a century.
The blaze in the Siskiyou National Forest and adjoining lands in southwestern Oregon and Northern California is now larger than the 1933 Tillamook Fire, which burned 311,000 acres.
Officials said some fires may have covered more ground before the U.S. Forest Service was established until the 1890s.
The wildfire had at one point threatened about 17,000 people in several small towns in the Illinois Valley. Favorable weather limited the fire's advance near Agness in the Rogue River Canyon, but gusty wind and temperatures in the 90s - factors expected to remain a threat Saturday - gave the blaze new vigor in the hills and valleys east of Brookings near the California border.
Sheriff's deputies Friday were asking some Brookings-area residents to prepare to leave their homes immediately if notified. The fire was about 25 percent contained.
A voluntary evacuation remained in effect at the southern tip of the fire in Gasquet, Calif., which has a population of about 800 people.
Meanwhile, California's largest wildfire, which has burned about 61,550 acres since it began July 29 near Julian, about 60 miles northeast of San Diego, was nearly surrounded Saturday.
At least 35 homes have been destroyed by the blaze, sparked when a National Guard helicopter clipped a power line. The flames were no longer threatening homes on Saturday, said Martie Perkins, a California Department of Forestry spokeswoman.
A second wildfire in rural eastern San Diego County scorched 350 acres Friday, threatening about 60 homes. In Northern California, a fire burning in Napa Valley consumed about 500 acres.
The National Fire Information Center reports 5 million acres have burned in the country this year, including more than 715,000 acres in Oregon. U.S. Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth said the fires have cost $325 million to fight.
Elsewhere, portions of Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado reopened to the public Friday, 10 days after a wildfire near its best-known archaeological attractions forced it to close.
Areas closest to the 2,601-acre fire, including the museum, the library and two cliff dwellings, were to remain closed Saturday. Park Superintendent Larry Wiese said helicopters were still dousing hot spots, and fire crews were still cleaning up.
The fire scorched a wall of one archaeological feature, but did no damage to any other park ruins.
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Response 39 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Aug 13, 2002 (08:32) * 13 lines
USA Today photo.
Oregon fire expands to more than 330,000 acres
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Gusty winds remained a threat Saturday to fire
crews struggling to contain what has become Oregon's largest wildfire in
over a century. In Curry County, a pre-evacuation notice was posted to
make sure residents are ready to leave on a moment's notice if the
Florence Fire — which had grown to 333,891 acres by Saturday morning —
moved closer to a few dozen homes scattered along river canyons near the
ocean in the southwest corner of Oregon.
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Response 40 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Aug 13, 2002 (22:47) * 29 lines
Jeez this is awful!
Biggest blaze in US merges with smaller Oregon fire
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USA: August 12, 2002
PORTLAND, Ore. - A wildfire raging on both sides of the Oregon-California border, the biggest active blaze in the United States, merged with a smaller fire and was set to get worse, forestry officials said last week.
Dry winds were expected to keep fueling the Florence fire over the weekend, the U.S. Forest Service said. The blaze has so far destroyed 331,000 acres (134,000 hectares) of dense, bush, forests and grasslands.
"The two fires are only touching in some places, but we're no longer fighting them separately," said Deryl Jevons, a U.S. Forest Service official.
Firefighting crews reinforced containment lines and local residents were kept on alert to evacuate after the Florence fire combined with the Sour Biscuit fire, in an area about 40 miles miles (64 km) wide located about 270 miles (435 km) south of Portland.
The fire, ignited by lightning in mid-July near Oregon's border with California, is threatening the communities of Cave Junction, Kerby, Selma, Agness, Gardner Ranch and McCaleb Ranch, Jevons said, with residents put on an eight-hour notice to evacuate.
This is where Romain lives. It's the Meadows. It's one of the most beautiful places on the planet. I feel a great pain piercing me.
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Response 41 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Aug 15, 2002 (07:55) * 10 lines
The fire is now 390,000 acres and is officially called the "Biscuit Fire";
it's in Josephine County (Grants Pass, Takilma, Selma, Wonder, etc.), Curry
County and Del Norte County (California). It stretches from Brookings on
the west to the Illinois Valley on the East, where Takilma is located and
where my friend Romain Cooper lives in the Meadows community.
You can get updates at
http://www.biscuitfire.com
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Response 42 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Aug 15, 2002 (22:59) * 14 lines
Tala fire threatens houses
A FIRE which broke out in Paphos was raging
out of control yesterday evening, burning shrub and carob trees.
The blaze began at around 3pm at the village of Tala, and put many houses in the
area in danger. The Fire Service said it had mobilised more than 20 men as well
as fire-fighting helicopters to try to extinguish the flames. Members of the Game
Service were also helping.
A Fire Service supervisor told the _Cyprus Mail_ it was not yet known how the fire
started.
http://www.goGreece.com/news/headlines/story.html?id=7390
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Response 43 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Aug 20, 2002 (07:35) * 13 lines
In southwest Oregon, the Biscuit Fire continues to grow. This ASTER image
from August 14, 2002, shows the pillars of smoke arising from the fires.
Active fire areas are in red. More than 6,000 fire personnel are assigned to
the Biscuit Fire alone, which was 390,276 acres as of Thursday morning,
August 15, and only 26 percent contained. Among the resources threatened are
thousands of homes, three nationally designated wild and scenic rivers, and
habitat for several categories of plants and animals at risk of extinction.
Firefighters currently have no estimate as to when the fire might be
contained.
from http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/gallery.htm?name=BiscuitFire
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Response 44 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Aug 20, 2002 (07:43) * 6 lines
from sfgate.com
The fire had reached 448,857 acres, or about 700 square miles -- an area two-thirds the size of Rhode Island, said David Widmark, spokesman for the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center in Portland.
The blaze is the largest wildfire in Oregon in a century and the largest now burning in North America. More than 6,500 people were fighting it, including 470 Canadians, 39 Australians and nine fire managers from New Zealand. The fire was 40 percent contained Monday.
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Response 45 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Aug 20, 2002 (07:50) * 10 lines
From sfgate.com
. . .
The fire has burned over much of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness Area in the
Siskiyou National Forest and into northwestern California, and it is now
threatening homes and businesses in Agness, Ilahe, Oak Flat, upper Pistol
River, upper Chetco River, Cave Junction, O'Brien and Selma.
(Cave Junction is very near Takilma so Takilma must be under threat also?):e
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Response 46 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Aug 20, 2002 (21:58) * 1 lines
I will see them when I fly back to the west coast. It will be interesting to see how many I can observe. I know in central California they are having fires. It has been a very dry summer in many parts of the US. Now I worry it will be an even more destructive fall. Tennessee's trees are shedding their leaves already. It will be an early autumn!
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Response 47 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Tue, Aug 20, 2002 (22:21) * 1 lines
it's been cooler the last couple of days....wonder how long it will last!
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Response 48 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Aug 20, 2002 (23:22) * 1 lines
David mentioned the same thing and it was cooler in the midwest - finally! Cooler is definitly better and I also wonder how long it will last.
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Response 49 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Jan 19, 2003 (21:21) * 53 lines
Australia gains control of deadly fire in capital
MONDAY , 20 JANUARY 2003
CANBERRA: Australian firefighters gained control today of bush fires that killed four and destroyed
hundreds of homes in the capital Canberra at the weekend, but hot weather threatened to reignite
some blazes.
A smoky haze greeted dawn over the "bush capital" after firefighters spent the night battling spot fires which
blew up from the smouldering ruins of an estimated 400 houses consumed in Canberra's worst-ever bush fire
crisis.
"At this stage emergency services have all fires under control, although there are some areas still
smouldering," a spokeswoman for the Australian Federal Police told Reuters.
"Throughout the night some of the smouldering areas in (the suburbs of) Holt and Holder did reignite but are
once again being managed by fire crews," she said.
Firefighters fear hot winds could stir the embers of homes, pine plantations, a high school, health centre and
space observatory destroyed by the fires, with temperatures forecast to hit 35°C.
Bushfires which were burning out of control in forests south of the capital raced into Canberra on Saturday
afternoon, overwhelming firefighters in the park-like city.
Eye-stinging smoke blanketed the capital, home to 300,000 people including hundreds of foreign diplomats,
and a layer of ash stretched to the parliament buildings in the city centre.
Four people were killed by the fires. Police said two bodies, including that of a 37-year-old woman, were
found in two burnt-out homes after the fire had passed. A 61-year-old man and an 83-year-old woman were
confirmed dead from smoke inhalation.
Three people suffered serious burns and 60 people remained in Canberra Hospital after 270 sought emergency
treatment for smoke inhalation, burns, breathing difficulties and eye irritation.
Three burn victims were evacuated to Sydney, about 300km to the north.
A state of emergency remained in place in Canberra, and hundreds of homes were still without power after
fires knocked out power stations and lines.
Thousands have been evacuated to schools and community centres across the city.
A sewage crisis also threatened the city, as officials raced to repair a treatment plant damaged by the fire
before sewage containment dams overflowed into a river.
Emergency officials were already facing stiff criticism that not enough was done to protect the capital from
the bush fires, which raged out of control south of the city for a week before they blew into Canberra.
However, Prime Minister John Howard, who took a second tour of the devastated areas early today, said
emergency workers deserved praise for limiting the death toll from the firestorm.
"It's remarkable to me that there wasn't a greater loss of life. It's a tribute to the common sense of
Australians and also to the bravery of firefighters and police and others that there wasn't an even greater
death toll," Howard told Channel Seven television.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/print/0,1478,2204935a10,00.html
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Response 50 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Sun, Oct 26, 2003 (13:24) * 1 lines
as you've probably seen in the news--we have about 50K acres burning north of LA and then in San Diego (not sure of the acreage there, started after live-fire training exercises). everything in my yard is covered in ash and smells like my husband is using the smoker. really yucky. everyone in the house has sore throats and stuffy noses now. no AC to filter it out either.
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Response 51 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Mon, Oct 27, 2003 (09:48) * 1 lines
so now there's a total estimate of 300K fires burning in Southern California. worst fire for this area in 50 years.
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Response 52 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct 28, 2003 (13:37) * 3 lines
I hope you're clear of the fire zone, wlfie. Keep us posted. Are you
threatened by power outage also, where you are?
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Response 53 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Tue, Oct 28, 2003 (14:47) * 3 lines
no power outage or fires here. we just have a cloud of smoke that would usually be disappated by the marine winds. heard today that all the fires have burned 500K acreage (about the size of Rhode Island). ash isn't so bad in the air today (san pedro) but it will wreak havoc if you have allergies. i'm putting flonase to the test! i hope they find the arsonists who started the grand prix fire (which merged with the "old fire" this weekend-that one started, i believe, by a lost hiker as a signal fire).
it's terrible to watch on the news--been crying right along with the families who's homes have been lost....
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Response 54 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct 28, 2003 (17:22) * 7 lines
Yeah, I'll be watching the national news when it comes on here in 9
minutes and be thinking about you wolfie.
Pretty sure I got your contrib. .... should have thanked you. I'm
getting better at thank yous. Did 2 today.
Stay healthy and safe and keep us posted, ok?
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Response 55 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Tue, Oct 28, 2003 (19:29) * 1 lines
will do (no thanks needed, just wanted to make sure it made it)
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Response 56 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Tue, Oct 28, 2003 (20:48) * 5 lines
correction to an earlier post--one of the fires in San Diego, the Cedar (sp) fire was started by a hiker as a signal fire not the "old fire" up my way. *whew* seems like it changes everytime i turn on the T.V.
but i must say that the ash was way down here today and managed to rinse off my vehicle without it getting covered again. hosed off all the house windows too and you shoulda seen the black stuff coming off!
we have some good neighbors too--fire departments and relief coming from oregon and arizona. God forbid we should have any other pop up because these guys are stretched thin.
Topic 76 of 99 [Geo]: FIRE - Its impact
Response 57 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Oct 29, 2003 (08:34) * 1 lines
We're watching the coverage, looks like IH5 is being threatened today.
Topic 76 of 99 [Geo]: FIRE - Its impact
Response 58 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Wed, Oct 29, 2003 (12:29) * 1 lines
one fire starter is in custody but i think he's the hiker.....they're expecting containment by 4 Nov....
Topic 76 of 99 [Geo]: FIRE - Its impact
Response 59 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Oct 29, 2003 (12:30) * 1 lines
I'm glad the winds are more favorable now!
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Response 60 of 65: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Wed, Oct 29, 2003 (17:55) * 1 lines
and if the fire isn't bad enough, simi valley has suffered a 3.7M EQ! 1 fireman has been killed in the Cedar Fire. and there's a red flag warning (santa ana wind warning)....
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Response 61 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Oct 29, 2003 (18:44) * 3 lines
smogalert people
http://www.aqmd.gov/smog/areamap.html
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Response 62 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Nov 29, 2003 (16:54) * 1 lines
This was a terrible mess. I watched it burn all around where I used to stay when I visited in that part of California. How very sad. The Chatsworth fire worried me the most. Just as the area was built back from the Northridge quake, their houses are endangered again by fire. When do the locusts arrive, I heard one person say...
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Response 63 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Nov 30, 2003 (20:14) * 2 lines
Glad this has passed.
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Response 64 of 65: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Dec 4, 2003 (13:58) * 1 lines
Kentucky is also worrying about fires,though I imagine it is past the time for them. It was very dry here, too. We were justvery lucky!
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Response 65 of 65: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Dec 4, 2003 (18:06) * 2 lines
We had a huge controled burn in the area today. It was all the buzz on
the 443.75 repeater in Bastrop.
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