A Clockwork Apocalypse: The Southern California Wildfire
Can we change our land-use patterns and fire-safety behavior to avoid tragic deaths and property loss during these wildfires, and reduce the millions of dollars spent fighting them?
Can we change our land-use patterns and fire-safety behavior to avoid tragic deaths and property loss during these wildfires, and reduce the millions of dollars spent fighting them?
Beth Lapides | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living
Yesterday, just as we were peaking the cranky meter, Mike Dietrich, the U.S. Forest Service incident commander, said the California Station Fire had turned from "angry" to "cranky."
LA Times | Bettina Boxall | Posted 12.27.2008 | Green
The Los Angeles times reports on some Californians' worst fears -- that the wildfires put something bad in the air: It was full of tiny particles -- ...
AP | JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 12.17.2008 | Home
DIAMOND BAR, Calif. — More residents of Southern California were urged to leave their homes Sunday despite calming winds that allowed a major ae...
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
A fast-moving wildfire pushed by Santa Ana winds raced through the canyons and mountains of this wealthy enclave for the second time in little more th...
AP | Aaron C. Davis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Several aircraft were able to fly in strong winds on the first full day of last month's Southern California firestorms, contradicting officials' earli...
Chris McGowan | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green