| Northern Calif. Firefighters Still Struggling |
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PlusNorthern Calif. Firefighters Still
StrugglingNorthern Calif. Firefighters Still
StrugglingThe Associated PressA wildfire near
Santa Cruz, California, that's forced some
500 people to evacuate is still only 5
percent contained. The Santa Cruz blaze is
only one of a number of Northern California
firess fueled by tinder-dry vegetation. (June
12)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] (locator - Bonny
Doon, CA)Steve Sohl points and says: "Fire
actually went through here and I was working
on that while this thing here was ablaze."IT
WAS A ROUGH NIGHT FOR STEVE SOHL AS HE TRIED
DESPERATELY TO SAVE HIS HOME IN CALIFORNIA'S
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS FROM A FAST MOVING
WILDFIRE.Steve Sohl, Resident, says: "It was
amazing how fast it went. All of a sudden it
jumped the road. It was raining down ash. The
trees across the street exploded."HIS FAMILY
LOST SOME MOTORCYCLES AND A TRAILER BUT THE
HOME WAS SPARED. SOME OF HIS NEIGHBORS WERE
NOT SO LUCKY. HUNDREDS OF HOMES HERE REMAINED
THREATENED BY THE FIRE, WHICH BURNED NEARLY
ONE THOUSAND ACRES AND REMAINED
UNCONTROLLED.(firefighter nats)THE SANTA CRUZ
FIRE WAS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL BURNING
THROUGHOUT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. A HUGE FIRE
OUTSIDE CHICO GREW TO MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND
ACRES THURSDAY AND THREATENED MORE THAN A
THOUSAND HOMES. ON WEDNESDAY 30 HOMES WERE
DESTROYED IN A FIRE NEAR STOCKTON. (Chico
resident soundbite from freelancer)
19:04:10SOT: MY FOLKS ARE GONE AND I
INHERITED HALF THE HOUSE. SO WE CAME BACK TO
CLEAN IT UP SO WE COULD SELL IT AND HERE
COMES THE FIRE NICHOLAS RAYMOND19:04:34WE'RE
AT THE LAST FEW HOUSES THAT WAS VOLUNTARY
EVACUATIONS SO WE LEFT LAST NIGHT AND STAYED
WITH FRIENDS. AND WE CAME BACK UP TODAY TO
SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. A LOT OF SMOKE IN THE
AIR Haven Daley, The Associated Press, says:
"This has been one of the driest Springs on
record here in California and fire officials
say they're preparing for a long and
difficult fire season."Paul Van Gerwen,
Battalion Chief, CAL FIRE, says: "Having that
kind of fire activity at this time of the
year in this range, it alarms me and I've
been doing this for awhile. What we're hoping
is that citizens pay attention to this. If
you haven't created defensible space around
your home, you need to do so. It's too late
once the fire's coming."THREE FIREFIGHTERS
HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED SO FAR BATTLING
THE WILDFIRES. HAVEN DALEY, THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS.
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| California Wildfires Threaten Animals |
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PlusCalifornia Wildfires Threaten
AnimalsCalifornia Wildfires Threaten
AnimalsThe Associated PressThe area where
wildfires are burning along the California
coastline is dotted with hundreds of farms
and ranches. Animal rescue crews are staying
busy trying to protect the animals. (July
2)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] (locator - Salinas,
CA)16-YEAR-OLD ILANA PICKARD TRIES TO FOCUS
ON HER SCHOOL WORK BUT HER THOUGHTS ARE MILES
AWAY...WITH HER KIDS.(goat nats)HER GOATS HAD
TO BE EVACUATED FROM HER FAMILY'S FARM TO AN
ANIMAL SHELTER DUE TO THE WILDFIRE BURNING
NEARBY.Ilana Pickard, Goat Owner, says: "I'm
scared because they're away from home and I
have them on a schedule so when I see them
they go crazy like oh it's mommy!"BUT THE
GOATS ARE NOT ALONE...(nats - shelter closes
trailer)THE SHELTER HAS RESCUED MORE THAN A
HUNDRED ANIMALS SO FAR INCLUDING RABBITS,
SHEEP AND A 250-POUND POT-BELLIED PIG NAMED
DAISY.(pig nats)Lisa Hoefler, SPCA for
Monterey County, says: "About 8 wonderful
firefighters stopped their jobs very briefly
to help lift her up and get her into a
vehicle and we were able to drive her
out."IT'S NOT JUST FARM ANIMALS. CATS AND
DOGS ARE STAYING HERE TOO WHILE THEIR OWNERS
ARE IN EMERGENCY SHELTERS.Lisa Hoefler, SPCA
for Monterey County, says: "It's hard to
watch on the one hand but it's good to know
we're able to help and that these animals are
now safe." Ilana Pickard, Goat Owner, says:
"They were always first priority because they
can't fend for themselves. I have to do that
for them."SO FAR NO INJURED PEOPLE OR ANIMALS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE WILDFIRE. HAVEN
DALEY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, BIG SUR,
CALIFORNIA.
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| CA Wildfires Caused by Global Warming? |
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thedailygreen 10.23.2007 12:00 AM
California Wildfires and Global Warming
Wildfires are More Frequent and Intense Due
to Climate Change
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The wildfires consuming Southern California
are extraordinary: Extraordinary because they
have claimed so many homes. extraordinary
because they started so quickly and have
burned so intensely. Extraordinary because
they are exhausting the formidable
firefighting resources in a region used to
wildfire.
But in the years to come, they may become
ordinary.
Scientists have already tied increased
frequency and intensity of wildfires to the
changing climate, and scientists are
confident that the conditions that will be
brought on by global warming will only make
conditions more ripe for wildfire. Forest
management practices -- like the
fire-suppression techniques that left
tinder-dry brush and wood littered across the
Western landscape.
In a scientific paper published a year ago
co-authored by Tom Swetnam of the University
of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree-Ring
Research, and Anthony Westerling, of the
University of California-San Diego's Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, scientists
concluded that the changing climate was a
greater influence on wildfire activity and
intensity than forest management.
There were four times as many major wildfires
between 1986 and 2004 as there were from 1970
to 1986, and a six-fold increase in the area
of forest burned in the Western United
States.
(Not included in the report were the three
most recent years, all of which had intense
fire seasons, including record-setting 2006,
when more acreage burned than ever before
recorded. So far this year (as of Monday)
76,451 large fires have burned 8,251,275
acres. That puts 2007 on a pace to rival the
record-setting 2006 fire season.)
The active wildfire season has increased by
more than two months, and individual fires
are burning longer -- up from barely a week
on average to more than five.
As spring and summer temperature has
increased, snowpacks in the mountains has
melted earlier -- between one week and one
month earlier, on average, than 50 years ago.
Since snow melt is responsible for 75% of
annual stream flow, the decrease in snowpack
drains regional streams and rivers, leading
in turn to a drop in humidity.
So while no one event can be attributed to
climate change -- no one can say that global
warming caused these fires in California --
we can say that fires like these may well
become more likely as global warming changes
conditions on the ground.
It still takes a spark to start a fire --
whether it comes in the form of lightning, an
illegal campfire or arson -- but the warmer
climate sets the stage.
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| Controlled Fires Used to Contain CA WildFires |
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B-roll of wild fires burning and fire
fighters controlling it from the land and
air. Scenes include footage of burning
hillsides, helicopters carrying water, fire
trucks spraying water and an interview with a
fire fighter about how they are keeping the
fire from spreading.
Category: B-Roll
Video Location:
US|CA|Camp Pendleton
Interviewee(s):
• Cpl. Amanda Smith (Camp Pendleton, CA,
US),
Fire Fighter
Submitting Unit:
Camp Pendleton Public Affairs
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| Southern California Wildfires |
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In October 2007, over a dozen wildfires
across Southern California, United States
forced the evacuation of thousands of
residents. This evacuation comes almost four
years to the day after the Cedar Fire of
2003.
At least one person has been reported dead.
Fires burned in Malibu, Lake Arrowhead,
Irvine, San Diego, and many other places.
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles
, Orange , Poway , Riverside , San Bernardino
, San Diego , Santa Barbara , and Ventura
counties as a result.
This is the worst case of wildfires Southern
California has ever had.
Pray for all the people that have lost their
homes.
Pray these fires die down soon.
Pray for the firefighters and their safety.
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| California Wildfires |
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Slideshow of pictures from california
wildfires, and info on them, i am a resident
of san diego, so i am scared myself, please
do not put innapropriate comments on here, i
would like it if people could actually play a
part iin this and help out, because me and my
family are scared to death.
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