Wildfire that warrants quick remedy in containment and control, and as a foreshadowing of other potential fire eruptions in the region of California northwest of Los Angeles, and Los Angeles and surrounding area, has presented its challenge.
Possibly among the main reasons for containment and control of the fire, is that aspects of the nature of the fire is to extend above and beyond the ability to rage swiftly and destructively as a wildfire, the strength and might of the wildfire is stronger than usual.
The fire raging north of Angeles Forest has been named Powerhouse Fire. As of today, according to the LA Times, cost about $11.4 million to fight of which FEMA covers about 75%; the fire is about 78% contained, and is expected to be fully contained Monday, which appears to be next week.
Critical key, although subtle, weekends can sometimes have affectations on the growth of fast spreading wildfires. With less things going on than during the week, such as transporting to and from work, direct rays of sunlight have the opportunity to hit parched areas for longer amounts of time. The dynamics of the fire might not remain consistent from the week to weekend, then to the beginning of the next workweek.
"The fire more than doubled in size over the weekend, encouraged by hot temperatures, low humidity and strong winds that swirled through the hillsides", stated in an LA Times article, http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-powerhouse-fire-costs-contain-20130605,0,4435779.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29.
Sources say the fuel for the fire is older material. In the 'you are what you eat' rule, the fire might have characteristics of a more adult, and harder to put out, fire, compared to others that have been experienced, insofar especially the flames themselves.
The fire "in the Angeles National Forest mountains and canyons, some of which hadn't burned since 1929. The fire was growing so fast, and the smoke was so thick, that it was difficult to map the size, U.S. Forest Service Incident Commander Norm Walker said.
"This is extremely old, dry fuel," Walker said at an afternoon news conference.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/02/new-mexico-fights-wildfire-blazes-calif-area-evacuated/
'California wildfire explodes in size as it burns down homes, threatens widespread damage'; Published June 02, 2013; Associated Press
[The map provided by the L.A. Times online, indicates that the fire is close to adjacent the Angeles Forest, north.]
The fire currently burning is reminiscent in some aspects, of the fire/wildfire that occurred about a month ago, the beginning of May, emanating evidently from the Camarillo, California, region. Some of fuel for the fire, the 'foddery', low lying greenery, might be affected by dust particles from years of large machinery. Altogether, that fuel can facilitate fires that are harsh.
In strategies of fighting the fire, proactive measures much like what firefighting strategists do in Georgia during/ in preparation for wildfire season, might make headway in reducing the severity of the fires in the Los Angeles region; specifically, treatment of the greenery in the area; which may involve washing them down with spring water, or an operation on a large scale to the objective headed up in that direction which has further study.
Showing posts with label wildfire. Show all posts
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Adapt Basic Residential/House Infrastructure for Wildfires, Hurricanes, High Winds, and Flooding. A Primer
Before this day is out
Just coming off the day after Labor Day
We can continue to rely on insurance companies for billions of dollars worth of payouts, every time a major weather catastrophe sweeps through
or,
we can adapt, just like all the other regions of the world
When the monsoon rains come through, the residents there did not wait until the day after the rains to figure out to build their houses on stilts
The spacesuits that our astronauts wear; do they wait until they accidentally get jolted by some high-energy beam that went awry, or, are they wearing gear at top of the line technology?
Instead of rebuilding houses with walls so thin that the house can be knocked down by a baseball that was hit after being swung at, let us consider a quality, the highest quality might be hard due to the quantity and number of houses involved, of housing structure materials, and architecture planning that is ready to withstand the 2 major weather weather conditions the USA has been suffering from over the last decade.
Wildfires and hurricanes
Technology exists, that houses can be made strong enough, and sealant proof enough, to withstand being underwater in high flooding for a while. We built boats, yachts, submarines, and many others, why not a basic house that can withstand the same?
After orders to evacuate, a houseowner, in the houses of the future, the not too distant at all future, should be able to return to their houses after the waters subsided, and the house and all its content on the inside is still in good shape.
Some of the houses and museums that when exposed to wildfire, do not necessarily have to go up in smoke as if they were paper houses on a display for color tissue paper display. The basic structure can still be standing, and protect most of the content on the inside. Perhaps repairs can be made in the aftermath, such a new paint job. Nothing is going to bring back all that was there of a museum over 100 years old.
This blog post project is just to bring up the subject, and obviously does not have much detail; time is important, and the priority level of this concern is near the forefront; the blog post is intended to be continued over the next few days; either as additions to this one, or in additional blog posts.
Just coming off the day after Labor Day
We can continue to rely on insurance companies for billions of dollars worth of payouts, every time a major weather catastrophe sweeps through
or,
we can adapt, just like all the other regions of the world
When the monsoon rains come through, the residents there did not wait until the day after the rains to figure out to build their houses on stilts
The spacesuits that our astronauts wear; do they wait until they accidentally get jolted by some high-energy beam that went awry, or, are they wearing gear at top of the line technology?
Instead of rebuilding houses with walls so thin that the house can be knocked down by a baseball that was hit after being swung at, let us consider a quality, the highest quality might be hard due to the quantity and number of houses involved, of housing structure materials, and architecture planning that is ready to withstand the 2 major weather weather conditions the USA has been suffering from over the last decade.
Wildfires and hurricanes
Technology exists, that houses can be made strong enough, and sealant proof enough, to withstand being underwater in high flooding for a while. We built boats, yachts, submarines, and many others, why not a basic house that can withstand the same?
After orders to evacuate, a houseowner, in the houses of the future, the not too distant at all future, should be able to return to their houses after the waters subsided, and the house and all its content on the inside is still in good shape.
Some of the houses and museums that when exposed to wildfire, do not necessarily have to go up in smoke as if they were paper houses on a display for color tissue paper display. The basic structure can still be standing, and protect most of the content on the inside. Perhaps repairs can be made in the aftermath, such a new paint job. Nothing is going to bring back all that was there of a museum over 100 years old.
This blog post project is just to bring up the subject, and obviously does not have much detail; time is important, and the priority level of this concern is near the forefront; the blog post is intended to be continued over the next few days; either as additions to this one, or in additional blog posts.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
California Wildfires August 23, 2012: Direct List of Fires and Straightforward Maps
PONDEROSA FIRE: right now, is being treated as the 'biggest one', in California. The size is 38 square miles, which means on simple math, it is the equivalent in area to just over 6 miles wide, and 6 miles long, rarely is a wildfire a perfect square; 6mi x 6mi is to give an idea. 27,978 acres, and 84 lost structures, according to yubanet.com August 23, 2012. The amount of lost structures might be why it is a priority, as there are other fires with a larger acreage.
Where: 'Tehama and Shasta Counties'
Pictures in this blog post when you click on them, open up in a new window, enabling larger view.
After Ponderosa, listed in per acreage from larger at the top to smaller at the bottom:
- RUSH FIRE; 317,616 acres ; 'Structures, power plant and Sierra Army Depot threatened' according to yubanet.com August 23, 2012;
- Where: 15 miles southeast of Ravendale, CA, eastern Lassen County; "north of Susanville..it is now burning in both Nevada and California" http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Crews-Making-Progress-on-Rush-Fire-167123015.html; there is a video on that url address too, however, it does not appear to show much footage of the flames themselves
- CHIPS FIRE; 63,147 acres according to yubanet.com August 23, 2012
- Where: Plumas County; northern CA cluster of fires
- NORTH PASS FIRE; 17,820 acres according to yubanet.com August 23, 2012
- Where: near ' Covelo, CA'; northern CA cluster of fires
- INDIAN FIRE; [JUST ADDED AT 3:30PM EST] 12,574 acres according to InciWeb.org
- BAGLEY COMPLEX FIRE; 7,302 acres according to yubanet.com August 23, 2012
- Where: near ' Big Bend, CA'
- FORT COMPLEX FIRE; 6,583 acres, is 3 fires, according to yubanet.com August 23, 2012
- Where: near ' Happy Camp, CA'; northern California, around state line with Oregon, western part of the state line
- MILL FIRE; 1,680 acres according to yubanet.com August 23, 2012
- Where: near 'Butte Meadows'; northern CA cluster of fires
- ANTELOPE FIRE; 637 acres according to yubanet.com August 23, 2012
- Where: near 'Alturas, CA'; northern CA cluster of fires
- SOUTH COMPLEX FIRE; 453 acres according to yubanet.com August 23, 2012
- Where: near 'Inyo', the county, is what strongly appears, this is to mean. Map below discusses disambiguation from Indian Fire near Inyo national Park
- QUAIL FIRE; 275 acres according to yubanet.com August 23, 2012
- Where: near 'Yucca Valley' ; northern CA cluster of fires
blog post in progress; there are about a 12 fires burning in California within the past 10 days; we are not going to wait for all the information about all 12 fires; blog will be posted/updated as the information comes in, and content is ready to be inserted
California county map with fire location diagram added on:
Fires listed below might or might not already be on the list above, or the Map of California fires at the top; any notes to help cross-reference are placed; descriptions are based off names:
RAMSEY FIRE; 1,137 acres, seep map, fire number 16
Where: Stanislaus National Forest; Pinecrest, California; Sonora, CA; Calaveras County; on/around Greenley Road
Stanislaus National Forest is almost 900,000 acres; the fire is only 1,137 acres, so, what part of the forest is the fire at?
Answer: based on topographical satellite imagery 'last modified August 14, 2012 at fireimaging.com', the hottest most fire intensive concentrated grid coordinates, from most to least:
Longitude: 120:08.920 W Latitude: 38:24.282 N
Longitude: 120:08.897 W Latitude: 38:24.133 N
Longitude: 120:08.897 W Latitude: 38:23.946 N
Longitude: 120:09.36 W Latitude: 38:24.528 N [this is toward the top of the hook, if you look at the shape of the fire from bird's eye view, see description of fire shape directly below]
Concentrated areas of the Ramsey Fire looks like a left hook, or an English language question mark
http://www.fireimaging.com/fires/2012/california/ramsey/227/index.html
"...updates about the Ramsey Fire, please contact ... 95% contained as of today; location: Hwy 4, 8 miles East of Dorrington"http://inciweb.org/incident/3147/
The maps provided here [courtesy Google Earth, custom edited with remarks, and diagrams] are self explanatory:
List and maps are verified for repeats of the same fire with different name; the only fire under scrutiny that is being checked for a repeat on the list above is the Indian Fire
JAWBONE FIRE; see fire number 18 on map at top
Where: Kern County, CA; almost in the middle of the county, only a little to the right, and at the halfway point of the top half of the county, or one quarter of the way down, going from top to bottom. Kern county looks like a rectangle, mostly.
Concluding this blog post for today, one of THE major reasons, why there is some wisdom to proactively putting fires out, or at least bringing them under control, is demonstrated through the example of the Elbow Pass Complex fire. Is the fire put out? As of August 21, 2012, the fire was comprised of 4 or 5 fires which merged together to form 1 fire. In the process of allocating and designating fire mitigation efforts, especially if those that are intending to assist in the matter are not actively on the ground at the physical scene of the fire 24 hours, 7 days a week, losing track of what is what, what fire is where, can be become a realistic predicament. Time, valuable, is lost, trying to figure out what names go to what geographic region, so on and so forth. Peace loving people are not the ones that love a situation like that. Meanwhile, the fires continue to rip and burn.
"The Elbow Pass Complex is comprised of five different lightning ignitions from July 12 through July 31. These four fires have merged into one fire, the Elbow Pass Complex: Triple Divide Fire, Rapid Creek Fire, Elbow Pass Fire, and Bar Creek Fire. The fires are generally located 25 miles west southwest of Augusta, Montana." http://ksenam.com/elbow-pass-complex-fires-update-aug-21-2012/
In addition to, has the Elbow Pass fire been extinguished, where exactly is the 'South Complex Fire', in California, which is near 'Inyo', while the Indian Fire, also near Inyo, more precisely Inyo National Forest, has been burning since August 8th?
The answer is Inyo in the case of South Complex Fire, is Inyo County, and Inyo Park to do with the Indian Fire. See maps below South Complex fire in bulleted list above. For those of us that are not from either of the Inyo locales, it is tough to tell, when the vernacular is not familiar.
According to update on August 23rd, the description of the Elbow Pass Fire is about the exact same as it was on the 21st. 15,852, and 3,282 acres; what makes for the difference for the entire scene?
10pm and still unanswered questions. Perhaps the answers will be found tomorrow. Maybe the answers are all right there available on the Internet, only requiring more advanced research skills and knowing where to look.
Important that is brought out here, the merging together of several fires into one large one is a danger. Name and place ambiguities is another danger. When there are so many fires, that the same name gets chosen more than once, and names so generic they can be referring to more than one place or incident, is indicative of a situation more dangerous than what might be immediately apparent.
Next year, and the next round of fires, what if the challenges to get a handle on them all is tougher than now?
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Fires Hanging On; Is This What The U.S. is Dealing With in the Battle for Control Over Wildfires?
Finally the High Park Fire that captured the attention of media around the nation just weeks ago, suppressed enough, so that the rest of us that weren't in Colorado during that time could rest a bit easier.
Before any further analysis of the wildfires burning now in the U.S., an important question, in the fight for control over wildfires, is what are we going to be up against this time next year?
Some pictures of the wildfires burning in Oregon Nevada border, and Washington State, are indicative of, the 'big fires', were brought under control, but, there are still going to be fires to fight, we the fires are here to stay, hanging on.
blog in progress; whether to be continued will be determined over the next few days...
Before any further analysis of the wildfires burning now in the U.S., an important question, in the fight for control over wildfires, is what are we going to be up against this time next year?
Some pictures of the wildfires burning in Oregon Nevada border, and Washington State, are indicative of, the 'big fires', were brought under control, but, there are still going to be fires to fight, we the fires are here to stay, hanging on.
blog in progress; whether to be continued will be determined over the next few days...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
U.S. Military Property in Jeopardy in Colorado. Keep Waiting Until the Last Minute, and Are You are Not Going to Be Happy Until U.S. Bases Effected by Wildfire.
Wildfires in Colorado have become a presence to the point that 2 things are happening:
Reports of fires over 1000 degrees.
Reports of fires over 1000 degrees, what happens when the heat emanated by two or more separate fires causes all the fires to 'whoosh' converge in a second, and be all one big fire, and everything that was between it is fire as well?
Serious and effective strategies need impact as soon as possible.
Trying to calculate, what is going to happen next, and allow a certain amount of damage to occur based on those calculations, might not be the smartest thing to do; the real calculations based on knowledges from thousands of years ago that have been 'lost', or from knowledge that will become more clearly understood a thousand years in the future, might be in play here. There is no time to play around with what you are dealing with out there in Colorado.
One military property, stadium, already has huge clouds of smoke and fire looming over it.
- New wildfires are springing up
- The wildfires that are already up, are raging almost out of control and spreading
Reports of fires over 1000 degrees.
Reports of fires over 1000 degrees, what happens when the heat emanated by two or more separate fires causes all the fires to 'whoosh' converge in a second, and be all one big fire, and everything that was between it is fire as well?
Serious and effective strategies need impact as soon as possible.
Trying to calculate, what is going to happen next, and allow a certain amount of damage to occur based on those calculations, might not be the smartest thing to do; the real calculations based on knowledges from thousands of years ago that have been 'lost', or from knowledge that will become more clearly understood a thousand years in the future, might be in play here. There is no time to play around with what you are dealing with out there in Colorado.
One military property, stadium, already has huge clouds of smoke and fire looming over it.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Georgia Wildfires in June 2012: Where Are They? Answers are in this Blog Post. Big Concern is Wildfires in Georgia that Took Place this Time Last Year in June 2011.
Outside of Georgia, the wildfires are hard to find information about, it can seem, using sources such as the internet, unless you know exactly where to look. ABC [News] [June 12, 2012 or thereabout] says Georgia is one of the states that heads the list of states that are being ravaged by wildfire currently.
More accuracy of a description of the situation is there have been, or there are brushfires in quantities, currently burning or were burning , but the size of these fires is minimum compared to for instance the current High Park, Colorado, that tries to stick his chest out.
{Satellite photos, and media coverage snapshots of fires that you see on image search results on the internet/online for wildfires fires in Georgia, are mostly photos from 2011. Even if you enter 2012 in the search term, the computer is going to generate Georgia wildfires, combined with other information in 2012 that might not have anything to do with wildfires in 2012; so please be cautioned about this, and look closely at your query results if you are studying or researching the wildfire topic}
Now what has occurred earlier this year in Georgia is, cut copied and pasted, with color effects added, from the story 'Threat Of Wildfires Soars In Georgia
April 11, 2012 12:12 PM;'
ATLANTA (AP/WAOK) – Forecasters warn the threat of wildfires is high across much of Georgia, and any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for high fire danger from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.
The warning covers north and central Georgia, where winds are expected to gust up to 25 mph. Forecasters say humidity will be low, helping to create potentially dangerous fire conditions.
In metro Atlanta, brush fires poured smoke on interstates on Tuesday, [April 2012] causing poor visibility. Firefighters in DeKalb County battled blazes along I-20 and I-285.
[end of AP/WAOK story]
Practical information useful in understanding Georgia and wildfires 2012 and 2011:
Size of Wildfire
The Honey Prairie Fire: 310,000 acres, means that about 484 square miles burnt; now that means, if you were to draw a box around the fire, one side of each box is about 22 miles. The fire was about 22 miles long and 22 miles wide.
The size of the Honey Prairie Fire is a little bit more than TWICE the size of the High Park fire going on in Colorado right now.
Another way of looking at it, is the High Park fire, near Fort Collins, CO, is about half the size of the Honey Prairie Fire.
Rarely is a fire in the exact shape of a box; the box illustration is to give an idea of what it is or was there to be contended with.
Size of the fire or wildfire is not everything, when determining whether or not it is a priority to fight, contain, and bring under control. A fire small in acreage or number of feet squared area, such as an office building, can be a priority, if there are 10s of thousands, 10,000 people in there.
What Summer Weather Does
Summer weather in Georgia making it a hotbed for fires, is also because:
More accuracy of a description of the situation is there have been, or there are brushfires in quantities, currently burning or were burning , but the size of these fires is minimum compared to for instance the current High Park, Colorado, that tries to stick his chest out.
{Satellite photos, and media coverage snapshots of fires that you see on image search results on the internet/online for wildfires fires in Georgia, are mostly photos from 2011. Even if you enter 2012 in the search term, the computer is going to generate Georgia wildfires, combined with other information in 2012 that might not have anything to do with wildfires in 2012; so please be cautioned about this, and look closely at your query results if you are studying or researching the wildfire topic}
Now what has occurred earlier this year in Georgia is, cut copied and pasted, with color effects added, from the story 'Threat Of Wildfires Soars In Georgia
April 11, 2012 12:12 PM;'
ATLANTA (AP/WAOK) – Forecasters warn the threat of wildfires is high across much of Georgia, and any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for high fire danger from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.
The warning covers north and central Georgia, where winds are expected to gust up to 25 mph. Forecasters say humidity will be low, helping to create potentially dangerous fire conditions.
In metro Atlanta, brush fires poured smoke on interstates on Tuesday, [April 2012] causing poor visibility. Firefighters in DeKalb County battled blazes along I-20 and I-285.
[end of AP/WAOK story]
Practical information useful in understanding Georgia and wildfires 2012 and 2011:
Size of Wildfire
The Honey Prairie Fire: 310,000 acres, means that about 484 square miles burnt; now that means, if you were to draw a box around the fire, one side of each box is about 22 miles. The fire was about 22 miles long and 22 miles wide.
The size of the Honey Prairie Fire is a little bit more than TWICE the size of the High Park fire going on in Colorado right now.
Another way of looking at it, is the High Park fire, near Fort Collins, CO, is about half the size of the Honey Prairie Fire.
Rarely is a fire in the exact shape of a box; the box illustration is to give an idea of what it is or was there to be contended with.
Size of the fire or wildfire is not everything, when determining whether or not it is a priority to fight, contain, and bring under control. A fire small in acreage or number of feet squared area, such as an office building, can be a priority, if there are 10s of thousands, 10,000 people in there.
What Summer Weather Does
Summer weather in Georgia making it a hotbed for fires, is also because:
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
WILDFIRES East to West Sweep & Roundup. Update for June 13, 2012
There are about 20 to 25 wildfires currently raging big enough to gain either media attention or the radar screen of NIFC, the Interagency Fire center.
Looking at the continental United States, first, starting in the east, which is Washington DC, and looking westward:
{Updated 6/15/2012: Serious concern and consideration for PREPAREDNESS is}Georgia, there is [updated June 15, 2012] the threat of wildfires there. This is based off what occurred this time in June last year 2011, where over 400,000 acres were torched due to fires of different kinds, about 3 quarters of that, the land that was burnt was the Honey Prairie fire on the Okefenokee Swamp .a wildfire there. In the past few months, there have been brushfires in Georgia, but these fires are not of the magnitude to be placed up in the level of severity or threat warning escalation with the larger wildfires that are going on such as in High Park, Co-/Little Bear, NM.
The two biggest wildfires going on right now are the High Park, Colorado fire, and Little Bear, New Mexico fire.
High Park, Colorado fire, which is in the northernmost part of the state, namely Larimer County, and sits the first county in the center of the state of Colorado right below the Wyoming border. The fire, if 60,000 acres, is about 10miles long and 10 miles wide. Although it is only a few miles compared to the entire land mass of, Colorado or Wyoming, the concern is the 10 miles long and wide, or 100 square miles, is straight fire, nothing but fire, which if not contained and controlled, could expand very quickly, has extreme heat, and could have ramifications that include chemicals mixes in the air that are very dangerous. There is a mountainous range there with fern trees on it, the trees appearing to be the majority of the fire fuel. The area of the fire is about double what it was on Saturday when it is said by media to have started. There are about 12 aerial vehicles working on it. Some fire manager say they have enough of what they need in terms of access to getting what they need. Complete containment, albeit, still has not been reached according to recent reports, as of today 5pm EST June 13, 2012.
Directly below the High Park fire in Colorado, on the exact same longitude line, 105, there is a fire in new Mexico, namely 'Little Bear', which has been raging longer than the High Park fire.
Working from east to west on the continental U.S., after the Georgia fire, [updated 6/152012 up there as the first stop] there is a fire in the northern part of Michigan. The pictures of the fire show that the fire itself, is very violent. Michigan can be deceptive to the eyes in terms of what geographic land masses constitute the state. there is the large part that looks like a bear claw, then, there is another area north of it separated by water that looks like, or shaped similar to a T-bone steak. At the northern central part of this T-bone steak shape, is where the Duck Lake fire is, which is just north of Newberry, Michigan. Duck Lake is northeast of Chicago, Illinois. Duck Lake, when talking about the fire, is a land mass, not the lake; it is not a fire on a lake, such as fire if there was a gas or oil spill on the surface of the water that ignited. Be cautioned that there is another Duck Lake in the southern region of Michigan, which is NOT the location of the Duck Lake fire. Duck Lake fire is the name given to the fire which emergency responders all know what is being referred to; there are other names of this area that are suffering from the fire, such as the Lake Superior shoreline. The top edge of the T-bone shape land mass part of Michigan is bordered with the southern parts of the waters of lake Superior, on of the 'Great Lakes'.
The next stop, moving west from Michigan, drop down to the middle of the country, the Heartland, and there is a fire right in the middle of Kansas. Information on internet is harder to come by for this fire. The fire is named Sylvan fire. The location of the fire is just northwest of Wichita, Kansas, it is north of Hutchison, and west of Salina, probably the closest town to the fire, which is Ellsworth, the fire is just miles east. Again, be careful about matching name with places, as there is another place named Sylvan, [Sylvan Grove], which is in the eastern part of Kansas; that is not where the fire is. The level of containment of the fire, is not found on many national media websites.
After the Sylvan fire, what is arguably the closest 2 fires from it, are both the High park in Colorado, and the Little Bear in New Mexico, which are about equidistant from Kansas, meaning about the same distance away; only thing is, the High Park fire, in Colorado, is obviously more northern in geographic location, and New Mexico, known for its warmer climate, in the southern part of the U.S., or toward it, further, the Little Bear fire is in the southern part of New Mexico. Additional information about these geographic locations, is, Colorado is a large state, and although known for cold winters and dry air, is not exempt from dry climate that facilitates fires. These 2 fires, are the only 2 coded the same according to the report of NIRC June 12, 2012, in terms of how they are being treated by firefighting. Basically, these are the big 2, and of very serious concern, threatening, and very dangerous.
Just above Colorado, and the High Park fire, there are 2 fires burning not too far from each other in Wyoming, in the southeastern part of the state.
Dropping back down to Colorado, there is another fire at the very southern border, the 'Little Sand' fire. The location is about 1 quarter of the way from the very southwestern corner of the state.
Back in New Mexico, which is the state directly south of Colorado, there are several fires burning scattered throughout the state.
Directly left, moving westward from New Mexico, is Arizona, clearly in the southwest. They have several fires burning throughout the state, in different areas. There are ones big enough to be listed, and there seem to be smaller ones, although no less dangerous in their ingredients, that might get put out in a day or so, which might not make the list. Fire '257' toward the center of Arizona seems to be ranked the biggest and most dangerous, while the Gladiator fire, a few miles to the west of that one, and a little more north, still toward the center of the geographic region of the state, received much coverage about 3 weeks ago, and appears to be winding down, getting closer to 100% containment.
Directly north of Arizona, and west of Colorado, is Utah, which has a cluster of several fires burning toward the south central part of the state.
Nevada, west of Utah, is dealing with fires; 'Copper Mountain' fire, looks to be on the border shared with Utah and Nevada, toward the very north of both these states. The is another ['Barnes' fire], that looks almost to be a duplicate situation of the Copper Mountain fire, on the border of these 2 states, only difference in location, is that it is toward the very south of these 2 states.
California has 1 fire right in the very middle of the state, 'George' fire. According to the 'incident report' on June 9, 2012, which was 4 days ago, the fire started on the 1st of June, 2012, about 2 weeks ago; the fire is about 70% contained; not a lot of structural damage; the fire effects mainly Sequoia National Forest, Freeman Creek Giant Sequoia Grove, and Giant Sequoia National Monument; about 1800 acres have burned.
The report is at:
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/article/2885/14151/
For a practical or better idea of the size of the fire,1800 acres is just under 3 square miles, [2.81 to be closer] which means, if the fire was in the shape of a box, on side of the box is the square root of 3, which is about 1.73 miles, or about between 1 and a half miles and 1 and three quarters of a mile, on each side of the box; more precise is 1.68 miles, which is about 1 and 2 thirds of a mile, on each side. The fire is east of Fresno, California near the main highway artery running north of Sequoia National Forest. Mount Whitney and Ovens Lake is right around and to the north of the fire, and to the south of the fire is Owens Lake.
Just as the name implies, the fire there is adjacent the mountainous region of California.
Looking at the continental United States, first, starting in the east, which is Washington DC, and looking westward:
{Updated 6/15/2012: Serious concern and consideration for PREPAREDNESS is}Georgia, there is [updated June 15, 2012] the threat of wildfires there. This is based off what occurred this time in June last year 2011, where over 400,000 acres were torched due to fires of different kinds, about 3 quarters of that, the land that was burnt was the Honey Prairie fire on the Okefenokee Swamp .
The two biggest wildfires going on right now are the High Park, Colorado fire, and Little Bear, New Mexico fire.
High Park, Colorado fire, which is in the northernmost part of the state, namely Larimer County, and sits the first county in the center of the state of Colorado right below the Wyoming border. The fire, if 60,000 acres, is about 10miles long and 10 miles wide. Although it is only a few miles compared to the entire land mass of, Colorado or Wyoming, the concern is the 10 miles long and wide, or 100 square miles, is straight fire, nothing but fire, which if not contained and controlled, could expand very quickly, has extreme heat, and could have ramifications that include chemicals mixes in the air that are very dangerous. There is a mountainous range there with fern trees on it, the trees appearing to be the majority of the fire fuel. The area of the fire is about double what it was on Saturday when it is said by media to have started. There are about 12 aerial vehicles working on it. Some fire manager say they have enough of what they need in terms of access to getting what they need. Complete containment, albeit, still has not been reached according to recent reports, as of today 5pm EST June 13, 2012.
Directly below the High Park fire in Colorado, on the exact same longitude line, 105, there is a fire in new Mexico, namely 'Little Bear', which has been raging longer than the High Park fire.
Working from east to west on the continental U.S., after the Georgia fire, [updated 6/152012 up there as the first stop] there is a fire in the northern part of Michigan. The pictures of the fire show that the fire itself, is very violent. Michigan can be deceptive to the eyes in terms of what geographic land masses constitute the state. there is the large part that looks like a bear claw, then, there is another area north of it separated by water that looks like, or shaped similar to a T-bone steak. At the northern central part of this T-bone steak shape, is where the Duck Lake fire is, which is just north of Newberry, Michigan. Duck Lake is northeast of Chicago, Illinois. Duck Lake, when talking about the fire, is a land mass, not the lake; it is not a fire on a lake, such as fire if there was a gas or oil spill on the surface of the water that ignited. Be cautioned that there is another Duck Lake in the southern region of Michigan, which is NOT the location of the Duck Lake fire. Duck Lake fire is the name given to the fire which emergency responders all know what is being referred to; there are other names of this area that are suffering from the fire, such as the Lake Superior shoreline. The top edge of the T-bone shape land mass part of Michigan is bordered with the southern parts of the waters of lake Superior, on of the 'Great Lakes'.
The next stop, moving west from Michigan, drop down to the middle of the country, the Heartland, and there is a fire right in the middle of Kansas. Information on internet is harder to come by for this fire. The fire is named Sylvan fire. The location of the fire is just northwest of Wichita, Kansas, it is north of Hutchison, and west of Salina, probably the closest town to the fire, which is Ellsworth, the fire is just miles east. Again, be careful about matching name with places, as there is another place named Sylvan, [Sylvan Grove], which is in the eastern part of Kansas; that is not where the fire is. The level of containment of the fire, is not found on many national media websites.
After the Sylvan fire, what is arguably the closest 2 fires from it, are both the High park in Colorado, and the Little Bear in New Mexico, which are about equidistant from Kansas, meaning about the same distance away; only thing is, the High Park fire, in Colorado, is obviously more northern in geographic location, and New Mexico, known for its warmer climate, in the southern part of the U.S., or toward it, further, the Little Bear fire is in the southern part of New Mexico. Additional information about these geographic locations, is, Colorado is a large state, and although known for cold winters and dry air, is not exempt from dry climate that facilitates fires. These 2 fires, are the only 2 coded the same according to the report of NIRC June 12, 2012, in terms of how they are being treated by firefighting. Basically, these are the big 2, and of very serious concern, threatening, and very dangerous.
Just above Colorado, and the High Park fire, there are 2 fires burning not too far from each other in Wyoming, in the southeastern part of the state.
Dropping back down to Colorado, there is another fire at the very southern border, the 'Little Sand' fire. The location is about 1 quarter of the way from the very southwestern corner of the state.
Back in New Mexico, which is the state directly south of Colorado, there are several fires burning scattered throughout the state.
Directly left, moving westward from New Mexico, is Arizona, clearly in the southwest. They have several fires burning throughout the state, in different areas. There are ones big enough to be listed, and there seem to be smaller ones, although no less dangerous in their ingredients, that might get put out in a day or so, which might not make the list. Fire '257' toward the center of Arizona seems to be ranked the biggest and most dangerous, while the Gladiator fire, a few miles to the west of that one, and a little more north, still toward the center of the geographic region of the state, received much coverage about 3 weeks ago, and appears to be winding down, getting closer to 100% containment.
Directly north of Arizona, and west of Colorado, is Utah, which has a cluster of several fires burning toward the south central part of the state.
Nevada, west of Utah, is dealing with fires; 'Copper Mountain' fire, looks to be on the border shared with Utah and Nevada, toward the very north of both these states. The is another ['Barnes' fire], that looks almost to be a duplicate situation of the Copper Mountain fire, on the border of these 2 states, only difference in location, is that it is toward the very south of these 2 states.
California has 1 fire right in the very middle of the state, 'George' fire. According to the 'incident report' on June 9, 2012, which was 4 days ago, the fire started on the 1st of June, 2012, about 2 weeks ago; the fire is about 70% contained; not a lot of structural damage; the fire effects mainly Sequoia National Forest, Freeman Creek Giant Sequoia Grove, and Giant Sequoia National Monument; about 1800 acres have burned.
The report is at:
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/article/2885/14151/
For a practical or better idea of the size of the fire,1800 acres is just under 3 square miles, [2.81 to be closer] which means, if the fire was in the shape of a box, on side of the box is the square root of 3, which is about 1.73 miles, or about between 1 and a half miles and 1 and three quarters of a mile, on each side of the box; more precise is 1.68 miles, which is about 1 and 2 thirds of a mile, on each side. The fire is east of Fresno, California near the main highway artery running north of Sequoia National Forest. Mount Whitney and Ovens Lake is right around and to the north of the fire, and to the south of the fire is Owens Lake.
Just as the name implies, the fire there is adjacent the mountainous region of California.
Monday, June 11, 2012
COLORADO WILDFIRE: Frustration & Ugliness: A Fire that Awoke Rip Van Winkle. The Fire is in Progress at the Moment of Writing this Blog
The fire has been named the High Park Fire.
Flames were seen racing uphill, at angles in the direction of the slant of the mountains, at more of an acute angle than the mountains themselves.
Where: Larimer County, Colorado {primarily}
Firefighters need help out there, as in more support, as of earlier this afternoon.
After 6pm EST, some emergency response management say they have all they need.
NOW, just like a fresh fire started, CAUTION, just as easily, another COULD start, adjacent, and exacerbate the current situation; so, in some sense, there can NEVER BE ENOUGH READINESS.
Opinion [:] Once the fire it completely out, then, it can be unanimously, all that they need to work against the fire is in place. Other angles on containing and CONTROLLING the situation, in terms of contribution of teamwork strategies building, probably could not hurt.
"We can get all the resources we want and need," he [the incident commander] said.
But Colorado's House congressional delegation demanded that the U.S. Forest Service deploy more resources to the fire, which was zero percent contained and forced hundreds of people to abandon their homes.
'New Mexico, Colorado fires burn out of control' [published about 6pmEST/June 11, 2012/AP]
Helicopters with water have arrived from Canada to help.
1 person is 'missing' thus far. [As of June 12, 2012, the missing person has been identified as a 62 year old woman, now deceased]
Door-to-door evacuations were/ are[?] being performed.
Stories have it the fire started Saturday morning {2 days ago}.
The description of the flames on video: bright orange flames, just like an orange colored crayon. Huge white colored smoke clouds have formed, some looked like just the top part of a mushroom. On top of some of the white clouds are dark-gray-colored clouds.
The fire DOES NOT seem to be CONTAINED as of yet. 12:45 EST [June 11].
20,000 acres were burnt in 48 hours.
Elements of 'whisping', winds, helping, the flames. The kind of fire that could have awakened Rip Van Winkle.
What is a successful strategy for containing and putting the fire out?
The last footage seen, was the Colorado fire burning right now, is the kind of scene, fire loves, making due with the situation. The situation is, it is in mountainous area of Colorado, which is more rural than a densely populated city.
Flames were seen racing uphill, at angles in the direction of the slant of the mountains, at more of an acute angle than the mountains themselves.
Where: Larimer County, Colorado {primarily}
- Boulder County, Colorado {bordering and adjacent south of Larimer, of concern}
- Jefferson County, Colorado {bordering and adjacent south of Boulder County, in stories, and of concern}
- Broomfield, County, Colorado {bordering and adjacent southeast tip of Boulder County, of concern}
- more specifics: east of Walden, west of Fort Collins
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Firefighters need help out there, as in more support, as of earlier this afternoon.
After 6pm EST, some emergency response management say they have all they need.
NOW, just like a fresh fire started, CAUTION, just as easily, another COULD start, adjacent, and exacerbate the current situation; so, in some sense, there can NEVER BE ENOUGH READINESS.
Opinion [:] Once the fire it completely out, then, it can be unanimously, all that they need to work against the fire is in place. Other angles on containing and CONTROLLING the situation, in terms of contribution of teamwork strategies building, probably could not hurt.
"We can get all the resources we want and need," he [the incident commander] said.
But Colorado's House congressional delegation demanded that the U.S. Forest Service deploy more resources to the fire, which was zero percent contained and forced hundreds of people to abandon their homes.
'New Mexico, Colorado fires burn out of control' [published about 6pmEST/June 11, 2012/AP]
Helicopters with water have arrived from Canada to help.
1 person is 'missing' thus far. [As of June 12, 2012, the missing person has been identified as a 62 year old woman, now deceased]
Door-to-door evacuations were/ are[?] being performed.
Stories have it the fire started Saturday morning {2 days ago}.
The description of the flames on video: bright orange flames, just like an orange colored crayon. Huge white colored smoke clouds have formed, some looked like just the top part of a mushroom. On top of some of the white clouds are dark-gray-colored clouds.
The fire DOES NOT seem to be CONTAINED as of yet. 12:45 EST [June 11].
20,000 acres were burnt in 48 hours.
Elements of 'whisping', winds, helping, the flames. The kind of fire that could have awakened Rip Van Winkle.
What is a successful strategy for containing and putting the fire out?
The last footage seen, was the Colorado fire burning right now, is the kind of scene, fire loves, making due with the situation. The situation is, it is in mountainous area of Colorado, which is more rural than a densely populated city.
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