Please distribute this flyer far and wide! _____ "Children and Nature," presentation by Richard Louv Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 7:00 pm $5 before February...
What lands are more appropriate for providing food and fiber for San Diego? What are the costs of using transportation fuels to move food and fiber into this...
All, Patricia mentioned the Australian fires at the tail end of her note. The news from Oz has gotten much worse as the morning rolls along. They're now saying...
It may very well be that the pattern the arsonists made with their fire starts, or worse yet, the number of fire starts, was a fire death trap, intentionally...
2 people so far, a 15 yo boy and a 30-something male. The sydney and Brisbane papers have details-on my way out the door. -cj At 02:49 PM 2/8/2009, Patricia J...
2 people so far, a 15 yo boy and a 30-something male. The sydney and Brisbane papers have details-on my way out the door. -cj At 02:49 PM 2/8/2009, Patricia J...
Average meat consumption requires about 500,000 gallons per person annually times more than 3 million people in this county. I'm only guessing, but I'd say...
John, As you may or may not be aware, there has been a tremendous outbreak of arsonists working against the firefighters. The news tonight reported that the...
Hello Patricia, Another facet of the energy discussion is that the temporate climate of Coastal SD requires less heating and air conditioning for residents...
With regard to "Go early or stay and defend" theory. In simple terms, most people and some inexperienced firefighters don¹t understand the difference in being...
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Feb 9, 2009 8:34 am
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... annually ... but I'd ... that it ... and soil ... produced ... foods, and ... lands (or ... due to ... but is it ... I believe you and I are bit off topic....
All very sound questions. If people would lease out their front yards to grow food instead of lawns, we would be a whole lot better off. Kay Stewart ... From:...
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Feb 10, 2009 12:09 am
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Edward Sifuentes, thanks for calling a few hours ago, asking for suggestions on individuals to interview about how the wildfires in Australia might influence...
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Viz a viz 'Stay or Go' policy: Last year during my trip to Australia I spent the afternoon with Malcolm Gill, fire scientist and fire fighter with 40 years...
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I'm thinking these two things about stay -vs- go: 1. There is a difference between homes at the urban-wildland interface and homes farther into the...
Brian, I believe you've struck upon an important distinction. True WUI vs a structural conflagration in windy conditions. Burning veg impinging upon an...
Got this picture off the web, looks like house-to-house conflag to me, at least in these photos. Some one described it a coalescence of fires rather than a...
Got this picture off the web, looks like house-to-house conflag to me, at least in these photos. Some one described it a coalescence of fires rather than a...
Jon, I would think that with restriction of water a long side of the increase in nitrogen, that any new growth, even the chaparral, that was water stressed...
Another point I would make is that while this is being referred to as a "bush" fire, it appears to be largely eucalypt forest and not the heath that is similar...
Another point I would make is that while this is being referred to as a "bush" fire, it appears to be largely eucalypt forest and not the heath that is similar...
Here are google earth points for 4 of the harder hit areas Google Earth streams the world over wired and wireless networks enabling users to virtually go...
CJ Funny you should mention that. My opening remark at the Adelaide Conference last fall was that it seems most fires in Australia burn forests and yet are...
Jon E Keeley
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Feb 12, 2009 11:58 pm
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... Jon, Over the past 20 years, I have never heard the term "forest fire" used here in Southern California, have you? Always "grass fire", "brush fire"...
Actually Kurt, the term "forest fire" was used continuously in news reports during the 2003 fires (only 5% of the area burned had anything to do with forests)...
Kurt I have always found it a bad idea to begin a sentence with 'always' see headlines viz a viz Oct 2007 fires in southern California Jon Lake Hodges Radio...
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City told to revise fire plan for project Groups had sued over Fanita Ranch By Michele Clock UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 2:00 a.m. February 14, 2009 The city of...
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Article on australian fires "Firefighters arriving from the US yesterday to help local fire crews said they were struck by the parallels between Victoria's...
Article on australian fires "Firefighters arriving from the US yesterday to help local fire crews said they were struck by the parallels between Victoria's...