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Winter Increases Risk Of Wildfires

WCTV Tallahassee - Tue Dec 8, 2:21 pm ET

The winter months often bring seasonal weather changes that can directly affect the wildfire risk in our area.

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Victims Of Spring Wildfires Get Donated Homes
KAUZ Wichita Falls - Mon Nov 30, 11:39 pm ET
Five families have a home to call their own now, after devastating wildfires took that away from them back in April.
Deadline for federal disaster aid Dec. 10
KOB 4 Albuquerque - Thu Dec 3, 12:51 pm ET
Sen. Tom Udall says New Mexico ranchers and livestock producers who suffered from droughts and wildfires in 2008 should apply for federal aid before Dec. 10.
LA-area mountain road closed by wildfire reopens
CBS 47 Fresno - Mon Nov 30, 3:09 pm ET
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — A 40-mile stretch of road through the San Gabriel Mountains has reopened after being closed since August by a massive wildfire. The California Highway Patrol says Angeles Crest Highway reopened Monday morning after work crews cleared away debris from overnight rock slides, possibly caused by gusts scouring slopes denuded by the fire. The road between the ...
Man accused of deadly Calif. fire wants fast trial
MSNBC - Wed Dec 2, 1:53 pm ET
A 28-year-old man accused of setting a deadly 2003 California wildfire that destroyed 1,000 houses wants a quick trial, and it could start next month. California - Wildfire - United States - Southern California - Nevada
Calif Gov: Climate Adaptation Will Require Water Conservation
Nasdaq - Wed Dec 2, 4:32 pm ET
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- California will have to conserve water and other resources amid declining water supplies, rising sea levels and more frequent wildfires and floods that are expected to result from climate change, the state's governor said Wednesday.
File Import Software opens Pro/ENGINEER data in AutoCAD.
ThomasNet - Wed Dec 2, 8:48 am ET
Pro/ENGINEER File Import Plug-in for AutoCAD lets AutoCAD users open 3D solid models designed in Pro/ENGINEER and carry out solid modeling operations on them. It can read Pro/ENGINEER part PRT and assembly ASM files from Pro/ENGINEER v16 to Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire v4.0. Program can repair files with corrupt or invalid data, correct differences in precision, and log data translation problems and ...
Peat fires drive temperatures up
EurekAlert! - Mon Nov 30, 9:27 am ET
( Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ) The forested peatlands of the tropics store vast amounts of carbon. Forest fires convert this into the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. A team led by Professor Florian Siegert at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich has now quantified these emissions and shown that peatland fires contribute significantly to global warming.
Debris clearing near Lakehead serves dual purposes
The Record Searchlight - Wed Dec 2, 3:00 am ET
LAKEHEAD - It may take 10 years to whack their way through 4,500 acres of brush-choked woodlands that surround Lakehead, but firefighters say it's worth the effort.If there is a wildfire, the cushion will make for a faster, more effective fight, said Jeff Michels, superintendent for the Shasta Lake Hot Shot Crew.Though the U.S. Forest Service 's project is aimed at improving habitat for deer ...
MV to consider medical marijuana dispensary moratorium
Telluride Daily Planet - Tue Dec 1, 9:36 am ET
Medical marijuana dispensaries are spreading across Colorado like wildfire, and one of the next venues may be Mountain Village.
Major Orange County fires since 1958
Orange County Register - Mon Nov 30, 6:55 pm ET
Click on the DATA tab to see details about select Orange County wildfires since 1958. Some data about select fires is unavailable. If you have information about a fire in the database, or know of a fire we don't have listed, please email...