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Disasters: Where There's Smoke... There's a Silver Lining

Ellen Snortland | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living


Ellen Snortland

There's nothing like a good disaster to remind you of your own mortality; stop waiting for "someday." You need to write that book, sing that song, smell those roses, surf that wave

Post-wildfire worries: floods, damaged ecosystem

AP | JOHN ANTCZAK and ALICIA CHANG | Posted 11.08.2009 | Green


LOS ANGELES — Southern California's huge wildfire has turned nearly a quarter of the 1,000-square-mile Angeles National Forest into a moonscape ...

A Clockwork Apocalypse: The Southern California Wildfire

Chris McGowan | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green


Chris McGowan

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?

More HuffPost Readers' Amazing Wildfire Photos

Huffington Post | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green


We've continued to receive amazing photos from readers of the Southern California Wildfires. Check out these incredible photos below. Get HuffPost...

Arson Caused L.A. Wildfire: U.S. Forest Service

AP | GREG RISLING and RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home


LOS ANGELES — Investigators launched a homicide investigation Thursday into the wildfire north of Los Angeles after determining that the giganti...

Single LA Fire Consumes One Year's Worth Of Water

news.xinhuanet.com | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green


Firefighting aircraft have dropped about 1.7 million gallons of water and nearly 700,000 gallons of fire-retardant chemicals in an effort to put out t...

HuffPost Readers' Incredible Wildfire Photos

Huffington Post | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green


On Wednesday we asked readers to send in their on the ground photos of the wildfire in Southern California. The photos we received are amazing. Check ...

Living with Fire: Lessons from a Tragedy

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater

We shouldn't need horrible brush fires, hurricanes, plane crashes or illness, to feel grateful we are alive.