MetaFilter posts tagged with wildfires

New Mexico Burning

jabo — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:20:48 -0800

The town of Los Alamos, NM (home of LANL and the atomic bomb) is under a mandatory evacuation due to the Las Conchas wildfire. Dought conditions that are the worst in over 100 years helped to fuel the fire that burned 43.000 acres yesterday afternoon. Firefighters are battling the Pacheco Fire near Santa Fe as well as other fires throughout the state.

Southern California is for suckers

will wait 4 tanjents — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:55:07 -0800

Tree of Bees? Hills that move? A reflective humorous post about living in Southern California via mockable.org

Warming Climate Fuels Mega-Fires

stbalbach — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:07:22 -0800

Warming Climate Fuels Mega-Fires (11-minute video) 60-Minutes reports. "Recently there has been an enormous change in Western fires. In truth, we've never seen anything like them in recorded history. It appears we're living in a new age of mega-fires -- forest infernos ten times bigger than the fires we're used to seeing."

Firestorm 2003

rschram — Sun, 26 Oct 2003 15:04:00 -0800

Santa Ana Speeds the Spread of So Cal Fires
Five separate fires are burning in San Diego County, including several densely populated suburban areas. Dozens of homes have been burned. Marine Corps Air Station Miramar has been affected, including an FAA air traffic control installation. 16,000 people in the South Bay lost electricity when a major distribution line went down. Many San Diego firefighters went up to Camp Pendelton yesterday. (1, 2)

Marijuana: Fires' timing could devastate crops, locals say...

Mack Twain — Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:28:27 -0800

Marijuana: Fires' timing could devastate crops, locals say... CAVE JUNCTION -- Flames are consuming a bit more than towering trees and the occasional cabin as two wildfires roar through the Siskiyou National Forest. At least some of the vegetation that has made Southwest Oregon famous -- and long ago took a generation of hippie kids off welfare -- also is going up in smoke. Which leads to the question: "Am I Eligible For Disaster Assistance? How Do I Apply?" Friends, FEMA is there for you.

Gigantic airships to fight forest fires

Irontom — Mon, 24 Jun 2002 05:45:49 -0800

Gigantic airships to fight forest fires
An airship carrying just under one million litres (265,000 gallons) of water could release an artificial rainstorm over wildfires. It's a big project, but airships with that kind of lift capacity are already in the works.

"Acts of bastardry" are still going around Sydney.

rschram — Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:38:06 -0800

"Acts of bastardry" are still going around Sydney.
Bad conditions help along the Christmas bushfires started by lightning and mad, wicked behaviour. (I certainly know what it's like.) But why did the fires spread so quickly? Didn't something like this happen in 1997? Is it very dry in southern Australia, or is it El Nino?!