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Holy crap, Type 1 in less than 12 hours? That's incredible.
TBS
I have chainsaws and chainsaw accessories.
This thing is still ripping right along.
TBS
I have chainsaws and chainsaw accessories.
16,000 acres now.
Erskine Fire, California - from the NASA Earth Observatory site:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88278
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88278
Holy freakin' wow!
Wow. That's a scene that puts very eloquent men at a loss for words. And that photo probably doesn't do that fire justice.
Sherpa Fire, near Santa Barbara California - from the NASA Earth Observatory site:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88267
from the same site but not so close to home:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88284
and
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88308
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88267
from the same site but not so close to home:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88284
and
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88308
Man, SoCal is getting hammered.
They got so little rain this past winter composed to NorCal (and we didn't get as much as we really needed), I hate to think what the late summer and early fall will bring, especially when the Santa Ana winds act like a bellows to a furnace.
That's a fair worry. I guess all we can do is wait and see.
TBS
I have chainsaws and chainsaw accessories.
A few video clips of a stark scary reality we are facing hear in the central and southern Sierra.
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/catreemortality/toolkit/?cid=fseprd500165
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/catreemortality/toolkit/?cid=fseprd500165
TBS
I have chainsaws and chainsaw accessories.
So what can happen when you run a mower in dry besides hitting rock and starting a fire? It could possibly leak gas and go poof like the one in the center of the bottom picture shrouded by smoke.
TBS
I have chainsaws and chainsaw accessories.
Pinery fire Australia! Holy S:;/!!!
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Who trained them to drive into no-visibility, and unburnt fuel?
Dumb.
Dumb.
More from the NASA Earth Observatory site. First, bark beetle caused tree loss in the Sierra Nevada mountains:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88381
Then, so our eastern friends don't feel left out, gypsy moth caterpillar damage in Rhode Island. Check out the picture at the bottom of the page. The trees will survive unless this happens for several years in a row.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88370
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88381
Then, so our eastern friends don't feel left out, gypsy moth caterpillar damage in Rhode Island. Check out the picture at the bottom of the page. The trees will survive unless this happens for several years in a row.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88370
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
With defoliation, I think the rule of thumb is, if they survive 3 seasons they'll most likely survive.
I hope you're right. I was noting info from this part of the article:
"The ecological consequences of gypsy moth outbreaks are often cosmetic, but they can become serious. Deciduous trees can normally withstand one or two years of defoliation by caterpillars, but three or more successive years of severe defoliation can result in widespread tree mortality. “Though weak or sick trees could succumb, we are not worried about significant tree mortality yet,” said Ricard."
