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• in Politics
  John McCain - When in Doubt About the Wildfires, Blame Canada
  McCain Baffled at His Comments again
  by lindaseccaspina / on Jun 21, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “wildfires”

 

• MODIS Satellite Gallery

  
  Google Earth Library — Authority: 79
  UPDATE 1/16/2011 – Gallery updated to include almost all of the images posted by NASA through the end of 2011. The MODIS Satellite Gallery collection from the MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC contains about 3,300 satellite images obtained from NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites overlaid onto Google ...
  2 weeks ago

• Winds, low humidity trigger red-flag fire warning in L.A. County

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 789
  Gusty Santa Ana winds and low humidity prompted a red-flag warning Friday in Los Angeles County and put many Southern Californians on on alert for dangerous fire conditions.
  2 weeks ago

• Santa Ana winds prompt red flag fire warning in L.A. County

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 789
  The National Weather Service has issued a ref flag fire warning from 10 p.m. Thursday to 6 p.m. Friday for mountain areas in Los Angeles County because of the expected onset of Santa Ana winds.
  3 weeks ago

• 40-mph Santa Ana winds expected to hit L.A. area Friday

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 789
  Santa Ana winds blowing about 40 mph are expected to hit the Los Angeles area beginning Friday, heightening the potential for brush fires, the National Weather Service said. The agency issued a fire weather watch for Friday morning through the afternoon because of expected dry winds and low relative humidity. The ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bruce Melton : What Can Be Done About Climate Change in Texas?

  
  The Rag Blog — Authority: 114
  What a mess. Even without the fires, our natural environment has been devastated by these droughts. This scene was taken in late August just around the corner from my house in southwest Austin. Fortunately I have only lost a handful of immature trees and a few 12-foot shrubs. -- B.M. Photo by Bruce Melton / The Rag ...
  3 weeks ago

• Global Drought Defines Extreme Weather Worldwide

  
  Toonari Post - A News Mash Up! — Authority: 439
  Countries across the world are currently experiencing extreme weather and droughts. The largest freshwater lake in China is at its lowest water levels for years thanks to a drought, according to state officials and media. The shrinking lake does not bode well for fishermen who rely on it for their livelihoods and for ...
  3 weeks ago

• Firefighters knock down Rancho Palos Verdes brush fire

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 789
  Los Angeles County firefighters knocked down a brush fire Monday night that burned close to homes in steep terrain in Rancho Palos Verdes.
  3 weeks ago

• Rancho Palos Verdes brush fire burns 35 acres; no homes threatened

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 789
  A brush fire burning Monday night in Rancho Palos Verdes had grown to about 35 acres, but firefighters appeared to be gaining the upper hand in their efforts to knock down the flames, officials said.
  3 weeks ago

• Colorado Sees Worst Snow Drought Since Early 1980s, Foreshadowing Water Shortages And Potential Wildfires

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 834
  This is not the scene at some ski slopes right now in Colorado. Last year, Colorado saw a record snowfall, with 525 inches falling during ski season. But this year, while massive snowfalls in Alaska have collapsed roofs, the state is suffering from the worst snow drought since the early 1980s . “For the first ...
  3 weeks ago

• Senate Staff Play Bizarre Office Pool on Wildfires

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 834
  by Sarah Laskow, reposted from Grist Last summer, wildfires sped by drought turned large chunks of Texas into a moonscape. Nationally, 2011 saw the third worst wildfire season in the United States since 1960 : More than 8.7 million acres of land burned. It’s the job of congressional staffers working on ...
  3 weeks ago

• Snow drought forces Colorado to face frightening new climate-change reality

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 591
  Just a year after record snowfall throughout much of the Rocky Mountain West, the region is locked in a snow drought not seen since Jimmy Carter surrendered the White House to Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s. The massive Hayman Fire near Denver in 2002 (Forest Service). “We have had some very unusual weather ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tensions over Chile forest fires

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 165
  http://www.bbc.co.uk Tensions over Chile forest fires The home of a Chilean indigenous leader is destroyed in a suspicious blaze as seven firefighters killed tackling wildfires are buried. published date:Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:37:44 GMT
  3 weeks ago

• Suspicious Fire Ruins Indian Leader’s Family Home

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 165
  http://abcnews.go.com Suspicious Fire Ruins Indian Leader’s Family Home Adding fire to fire: Disputed properties burn suspiciously as Chile tries to contain wildfires published date:Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:03:44 -0500
  3 weeks ago

• Videos: Etna erupts, wildfires in NZ and OZ and Sea Shepherd vs. Japanese whalers

  
  Greenfudge.org - Climate Change, Ecology, Nature, Environment, Controversial issues, Politics, Non Profit, Human Rights, Preservation — Authority: 113
  photo by NASA (public domain) Leave it to ITN to come up with some short and (sometimes) sweet videos with which to catch up on some of the week’s environmental news. We’ve gathered three (yes, three) bite-sized eco-news reports in one place. Why? Because, like the Mouseketeers, we like you! First, check out ...
  3 weeks ago

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