Natural and man-made factors have led to larger, more perilous wildfires. Arizona's Yarnell Hill blaze may be Exhibit No. 1.
BOISE, Idaho — Early morning is a frenetic time at a wildfire command post. Biologists, meteorologists, foresters and firefighters hustle into tents and grab laptops to review overnight reports, prepping for the day's assault. Fire behavior analysts run computer models that spit out information crucial to putting out the blaze: how many acres a fire will probably burn, in which direction and with what intensity.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/7wAuTAANCe4/la-na-fire-behavior-20130704,0,7706838.story
BOISE, Idaho — Early morning is a frenetic time at a wildfire command post. Biologists, meteorologists, foresters and firefighters hustle into tents and grab laptops to review overnight reports, prepping for the day's assault. Fire behavior analysts run computer models that spit out information crucial to putting out the blaze: how many acres a fire will probably burn, in which direction and with what intensity.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/7wAuTAANCe4/la-na-fire-behavior-20130704,0,7706838.story
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