[url]http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57599975/yosemite-fire-swallowing-everything-in-its-path/[/url] (autoplaying video warning)
[quote=CBS]The fastest-growing wildfire in the nation is now raging in parts of Yosemite National Park, CBS News correspondent Teresa Garcia reports.
At nearly 200 square miles, the massive fire is swallowing everything in its path, threatening more than 4,500 homes, buildings and campsites and burning more than 125,000 acres.
On Saturday night, officials in San Francisco were monitoring the situation closely.
The fire is threatening some of San Francisco's vital utilities. The city owns power lines just outside the fire zone, and 85 percent of its water comes from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir, which is about 4 miles from the inferno.[/quote]
I remember on my way back along the I5 I looked to the east and thought it was just a heavy smog but no, that was all smoke.
[QUOTE]The Rim Fire started in a remote canyon of the Stanislaus National Forest a week ago and is just 5 percent contained.[/QUOTE]
Damn, summer time is terrible for forests, I hope this wasn't a work of some idiot like the fires in my country usually are.
[QUOTE=Gwoodman;41958239]Damn, summer time is terrible for forests, I hope this wasn't a work of some idiot like the fires in my country usually are.[/QUOTE]
You do realise forest fires are actually kinda good for Forests don't you?
Actually no and I never heard that it was. Do you mind explaining or should I do my own research?
That actually got me interested.
[QUOTE=Gwoodman;41958476]Actually no and I never heard that it was. Do you mind explaining or should I do my own research?
That actually got me interested.[/QUOTE]
Pretty much long story short, forest gets crowded with trees starving the ground for light, forest catches fire, forest burns down, ashes from forest grow new forest from seeds that survive beneath the ground or carried by the wind which promotes growth and diversity rather than stagnation.
[QUOTE=Gwoodman;41958476]Actually no and I never heard that it was. Do you mind explaining or should I do my own research?
That actually got me interested.[/QUOTE]
I think it has to do with clearing up old/dead/dying trees and giving way to new plants and such. Also ashes are pretty darn fertile I believe.
Somewhere in California the officials annually burn whole fields to new plants and such.
It's called a prescribed burn, happens a lot in Florida too. Usually around summer/fall there's plenty of smokey haze from them constantly happening.
Living in Reno, smoke has been hazing up the city for a week from both the Yosemite and American River fire, so it's pretty much a health hazard to go outside. What's worst is that there's lighting storms every so often. My school got out early one day because of some electrical problems.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/WttxAnd.png[/img]
Well...shit.
That lake over there is pretty populated, usually the main beach is filled with people. I even have a house there.
Now the lake is completely evacuated and the fire is heading towards it.
[img]http://fi.somethingawful.com/images/smilies/frown.gif[/img]
[editline]24th August 2013[/editline]
more info about it
[url]http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3660/[/url]
well you best go pack up your house
Shit, my favorite camping spot burned, and now my mom's home town is under threat. :(
I know someone who sells reservations for a park there, they had to evacuate, and the park is burning down. Really sucks..
This wildfire is such a slut.
[QUOTE=deadoon;41958493]Pretty much long story short, forest gets crowded with trees starving the ground for light, forest catches fire, forest burns down, ashes from forest grow new forest from seeds that survive beneath the ground or carried by the wind which promotes growth and diversity rather than stagnation.[/QUOTE]
Spot on. The only reason we see fires this massive is because for the most part human intervention prevents the natural burn cycle from occuring until the undergrowth is so heavy that there's simply no way to stop it.
I can see the smoke clouds from were I live
[QUOTE=deadoon;41958493]Pretty much long story short, forest gets crowded with trees starving the ground for light, forest catches fire, forest burns down, ashes from forest grow new forest from seeds that survive beneath the ground or carried by the wind which promotes growth and diversity rather than stagnation.[/QUOTE]
There's even a flower here in sweden that only blooms after a forest fire. It's called Brandnäva, or directly translated, Firefist. Their seeds has to be heated up in order to "activate" and start growing.
Sadly, it's on the verge of extinction.
[B]OOOOH I'M GONNA FRY THAT VARMIT[/B]
[QUOTE=KnowProblem;41958725]It's called a prescribed burn, happens a lot in Florida too. Usually around summer/fall there's plenty of smokey haze from them constantly happening.[/QUOTE]
This is a wild fire. They didn't exactly set boundaries or plan it out.
[QUOTE=pansarkurt;41959150]There's even a flower here in sweden that only blooms after a forest fire. It's called Brandnäva, or directly translated, Firefist. Their seeds has to be heated up in order to "activate" and start growing.
Sadly, it's on the verge of extinction.[/QUOTE]Here, the jack pine's cones open up because of the heat of a forest fire, though the lower cones do occasionally open without a fire. Probably why they're not super common in Minnesota, as we don't get that many forest fires.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;41959446]This is a wild fire. They didn't exactly set boundaries or plan it out.[/QUOTE]
I was responding to the other posts about prescribed burns, not the OP.
[QUOTE=pansarkurt;41959150]There's even a flower here in sweden that only blooms after a forest fire. It's called Brandnäva, or directly translated, Firefist. Their seeds has to be heated up in order to "activate" and start growing.
Sadly, it's on the verge of extinction.[/QUOTE]
Same thing goes on with the Sequoia trees in California. Pretty fascinating process, actually.
Oh man I hope Yosemite survives. I love it there so much.
[QUOTE=Xieneus;41961938]Oh man I hope Yosemite survives. I love it there so much.[/QUOTE]
I went there like one week ago, the hotel I stayed at is now in the fire.
What the hell, I went there last month. Found out they intentionally start controlled fires because it's good for the land and certain trees need fire to reproduce. I really hope this doesn't destroy much, Yosemite is a beautiful place
I just got back from Europe and the guy sitting behind me pointed out the fire, so I took these pictures yesterday from the plane. The whole flight over California and Nevada I was wondering why there was this huge haze on the ground, I never heard of the fire until then.
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12611598/20130824_202803.jpg[/t]
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12611598/20130824_202807.jpg[/t]
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12611598/20130824_203008.jpg[/t]
Edit: the park itself is at the bottom in those pictures, so its getting close
Apache249 and I went to Camp Mather two years back, loved it and really would like to go again. Too bad it's on fire :c
[IMG]http://u.cubeupload.com/Chinook249/CampMather.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Gwoodman;41958476]Actually no and I never heard that it was. Do you mind explaining or should I do my own research?
That actually got me interested.[/QUOTE]
Know how rejuvenated and fresh your computer is after a reformatting? Forest fires are pretty much that!
Not to dig up too old of a thread, but heres a picture I took about a year ago of the area that is currently burning. Its such a bummer.
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/7451701@N07/6304559618/][img]http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6044/6304559618_c75c646a4b_b.jpg[/img][/url]
[QUOTE=deadoon;41958493]Pretty much long story short, forest gets crowded with trees starving the ground for light, forest catches fire, forest burns down, ashes from forest grow new forest from seeds that survive beneath the ground or carried by the wind which promotes growth and diversity rather than stagnation.[/QUOTE]
poor animals tho
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.
