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WEBNews and opinion about wildland fire. “Google Research has been developing FireSat, a purpose-built satellite constellation to provide highly detailed insights, data for ecological intervention ...
Wildfire prompts evacuations southwest of Pigeon Forge, TN
WEBMar 31, 2022 · Indigo Lane Fire March 30, 2022. Image by @WVLTPat. In a 10 a.m. briefing on Thursday officials said the wildfire southwest of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, which is being referred to as the Indigo ...
The True Story of the Pulaski Fire Tool - Wildfire Today
WEBAug 19, 2019 · Chrome plated pulaski presented to a retiring firefighter. On this day 109 years ago the fires of 1910 were burning across northern Idaho, Western Montana, and parts of Washington and Oregon. But ...
Updates on four large wildfires in New Mexico - Wildfire Today
WEBMay 17, 2022 · At 299,565 acres it has eclipsed the previous record set by the 297,845-acre Whitewater and Baldy Fires when they burned together in May of 2012 in Southwest New Mexico. On Tuesday it was again ...
The Yellowstone fires of 1988, 22 years ago - Wildfire Today
WEBAug 20, 2010 · On the worst single day, “Black Saturday” on August 20, 1988, tremendous winds pushed fire across more than 150,000 acres. Throughout August and early September, some park roads and facilities ...
Oak Fire prompts evacuations in Mariposa County, California
WEBJul 24, 2022 · Oak Fire map, the red line was the perimeter at 4:25 a.m. July 23, 2022. The white line was the perimeter at 5:09 p.m. July 22. The Oak Fire at Midpines, California was active throughout much of ...
Possible explanation as to why Granite Mountain Hotshots left …
WEBApr 4, 2015 · This blog post is titled “Possible explanation as to why Granite Mountain Hotshots left safety zone,” and lots of bloggers, blog commenters, and gossip journalists have recently seized upon ...
Peter Fire near Anderson, CA prompts evacuations
WEBJul 15, 2022 · Peter Fire, looking southeast from the Falcon camera at 4:23 p.m. PDT July 14, 2022. AlertWildfire. Weather. Since the fire started the Howard Street weather station in Anderson has recorded 88 ...
PBS explains how fire whirls and fire tornados form
WEBSep 2, 2021 · He said the average size of a fire whirl is usually 33 to 100 feet, with rotational velocities of 22 to 67 MPH. But a fire tornado dominates the large scale fire dynamics. They lead to extreme ...
The four active large fires in New Mexico have burned nearly half a ...
WEBMay 20, 2022 · The bright red dots represent heat detected by a satellite at 3:49 a.m. MDT May 20, 2022. The four largest active wildfires in New Mexico all continued to grow Thursday and have burned a total of ...