Bob CollinsThe crew was dropping water on the so-called Woolsey Fire earlier this month when it got a call to rescue people trapped on a mountain top. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Tag: Wildfires
From all accounts, it appears that there are people working for FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security who still cash government paychecks, which is a scandal waiting to happen in the wake of the deadly California wildfires that have burned entire cities to the ground leaving people homeless with nowhere to go. Read more →
Our homes and our stuff and, in some cases, our pets are a strong emotional anchor that often prevents us from recognizing, accepting, and reacting to a clear and present danger. Read more →
Allyn Pierce is just the kind of hero America has been looking for. It’s a shame that it took the California wildfire to shine a light on and the hundreds of others being created daily in the horrific disaster that’s still unfolding. Read more →
This is a test of your cuteness detector. This is only a test. Read more →
Sharon Zimmerman, a University of Minnesota graduate, couldn’t sleep one night in early October. So, up late (or early), she went outside for a respite. That’s when she came face to face with the ‘Tubbs fire’ in Santa Rosa, a sudden wind-whipped wildfire that wiped out the California suburb.
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More than 14,000 people in British Columbia have fled their homes because of wildfires.
Sally Aitken and her husband, Jack, of Vancouver, were at their summer home waiting things out when the power went out.
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Like those responsible for fighting California wildfires a year ago, those in charge of quelling a wildfire on the Iron Range are frustrated with drone operators and pilots who they say are interfering with firefighting efforts.
Last year, CalFire grounded all the aircraft fighting a wildfire in the San Bernardino mountains after pilots saw two drones nearby.
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The huge wildfire in Alberta grew substantially overnight, it’s burning now on both sides of Highway 63 south of Fort McMurray, blocking the only road out of town. Read more →
Residents of northern California had only minutes to try to get away from the wildfire that destroyed over 400 homes in the so called Valley fire over the weekend.
If ever there was a time to put the camera down and try to get away, this was it. Read more →
It’s not unusual for airports to report instrument flight conditions, in which it’s legal to take off and land only if a flight is operated under instrumental flight rules. But it is unusual for the conditions to exist on an otherwise sunny day. Read more →
We’re still getting fairly gorgeous sunrises and sunsets in Minnesota, thanks to the wildfires burning out West. What else can the fires provide? Thunderstorms, according to NASA’s earth observatory. In images provided this week, NASA notes that the heat of the wildfires creates Pyrocumulus clouds when conditions are right, which they are. Says NASA: Pyrocumulus Read more →
Someone’s son, daughter, wife, husband, brother, and/or sister is going to work in California today, risking their lives to rescue people caught by the terrible wildfire north of San Diego. It’s what they do.
The fire is already a tragedy that could be made much worse because of people like this. Read more →
Like the cockpit recordings of a doomed airliner, the last words of dead men can be a haunting thing to read.
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Like other disasters before it, the Yosemite Rim Fire is providing some tremendous beauty in photographs and video.
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