Analysis Of The Devastating Fires Of Black Saturday

On April 29, 1910, the largest forest fire in American history occurred. Some would come to know it as the Big Burn, or the Big Blowup. Later others called it the (the one that says it saved American landscape.) This travesty took more than 100 men. The impact it had on Americans was monumental. Timothy Egan’s The Big Burn, he writes about the many people who perished during this disaster. Stories of people who were engulfed by the flames at Bitterroot Mountain who had little chance of escaping their devastating fate. Even though this is still seen as a travesty, some look at it in a different way. Due to how large the fire was and how far it stretched, it made people aware of the importance to protect Americas forests and natural resources. During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, reform was occurring. The United States population was on a rise which had an effect on economic growth. This caused expansion in the consumer market and made way for an enormous amount of advancement in technology. Due to all of this, the demand for natural resources vastly increased. Inventions such as cars and trains consumed massive amounts of fossil fuels. Wood was stripped away from forests to make comfort items such as chairs, tables and other items for the large number of families now setting in the United States from foreign countries. People did not seem to pay much attentions to the effects these changes were having on the land. However, President Theodor Roosevelt had

Barn Burning is a story by William Faulkner, a native of Oxford, Mississippi. The story starts off in a small town court which is also a store. Mr. Harris who owns a barn, is blaming Mr. Snopes for burning down his barn. The judge asks Mr. Harris what proof he has, but he doesn’t have proof that he actually did it. Instead he thinks Mr. Snopes has it out for him because one time Mr. Snopes hog got out in Mr. Harris cornfield. He demands a dollar for his return, but instead Snopes sent someone to get it and warned him that wood is capable of catching fire. And that night Harris barn caught on fire. But this isn’t enough to convict him of this. But this doesn’t stop Mr. Harris, he calls Mr. Snopes son to see what he knows. Nothing happens, but the judge wants Mr. Snopes to leave because he has had nothing but trouble. The family heads home and later that night Mr. Snopes wakes his son Sartoris and claims that he was going to throw him under the table and say he did it. The family then settles in a new location, where they will work for Major de Spain. Snopes being the person he is, walks into Major's house with mud on his boots making a mess. Later that day Snopes is asked to clean the rug he pretty much destroyed. Snopes cleans it like someone that has never cleaned before, making it worse. He returns the rug and the next day is confronted by Major. Major wants to be payed for his destroyed rug. Snopes denies paying and is taken to court. He loses in court and this makes him very mad. Snopes then tries to burn down Majors barn. But Sartoris runs and tells Major. Major comes and kills Snopes before he could do any damage.

“The heat of the fire and the great masses of flaming gas created great whirlwinds which mowed down swaths of trees in advance of the flames” (Koch, 1978). Women and children gathered the belongings they could and piled into Trains in seek of safety from the fire while the men were told to report to battle. Multiple towns were incinerated by the morning of the next day. The two day long fire had burned a total of 3 million acres of Idaho and Montana and took the lives of 85 people along with countless animals unable to outrun the burning fire. The smoke from the fires reached New England and soot traveled to Greenland (Forest History Society,

‘’The Fire that swept through the heart of Chicago began on Sunday night, October 8, 1871. First, The Great Fire would burn for the rest of sunday, all of monday, and into the early hours of Tuesday with little real opposition.’’ They knew the city was already to burn because ⅔ of 59,500 buildings were made out of wood. Barnes contained hay and coal. Tar and wooden shingle. Factories contained flammable materials. The dry conditions, and the grass was really dry. Second, Perhaps they think a cow at Mrs.O'Leary's a cow kicked a lantern and they were the cause of the fire and the destruction of Chicago. People trapped in burning buildings often panicked and jumped to their deaths. It’s

Black Saturday is one of the most horrific natural disasters in Australian history. With over 172 dead, 414 injured, 1.07 billion dollars paid by insurance companies, 20,030 houses and 3,500 buildings completely destroyed within seven weeks. The bushfire ignited on February the 7th and ended on the March the 15th 2009, lasting to an estimated 37 days. The bushfires had an immediate effect and completely wiped out towns off national maps, some resurrected with the building and endurance of communities but others were left with not a structure standing. Some towns that were affected by the bushfires were Beechworth, Bendigo, Churchill, Horsham, Kinglake, Narre Warren, Marysville, Flowerdale and Redesdale.

The focus of this lesson will be teaching the students to examine the history of wildland fires and their impact on society in America and in their community. Students will explore different approaches to living with fire and will examine various fire management techniques including prescribed fire, fire suppression, and fire prevention. They will take a closer look at the Copper King Fire in Montana, and will conduct a research project of wildfire history in another state. Students will also gain a better understanding of the role of fire in a particular culture and the importance of wildfire in the ecosystem. They will also understand ways to reduce wildfire risk around their home and community. Furthermore, students will increase their knowledge

At one point before the fire there were as many as 20 fires in one week. With how many fires there were, the fire department was exhausted daily. There also was a limited amount of paid firefighters and it was becoming harder to keep up with the extinguishment of fires in the city. The end results of this fire were about “300 people dead 100,000 others homeless.

n October 1871, Chicago Illinois was built on wood. There was dry weather, and wooden buildings which made the city vulnerable to fires. The new city had drawn many people there, to start new work. Then one day a tragic fire struck the city. It’s still a mystery how the fire started, but some people have their own theories. A common legend told is that a cow kicked over a lantern in the O’Leary’s barn. Which started a blaze, and burned out of control because of the dry weather.

The Great Chicago Fire was a gigantic disaster. Legend has it that a cow in a barn kicked over a lantern and that is how the fire started. The fire started in Chicago Illinois, on the night of October 8th, 1871 and ended on October 10th, 1871. The fire destroyed thousands of buildings and sadly killed over 300 people. A lot of damage was done in that fire. Other theories that have been told are that humans or even meteors might have been responsible for the start of the Chicago Fire. The month after the fire, Joseph Medill (1823-1899) was elected mayor.

The Fire This Time, by Jesmyn Ward, describes and explains the struggles that many African Americans face on a daily basis. In her introduction, Ward wants to address the ongoing racial injustices in the United States. Being an African American woman who grew up in the United States, she has dealt first hand with the “limiting, airtight closet” she describes as living in the American South. Jesmyn Ward gives the readers a glimpse of what the book, The Fire This Time, will be about. Touching on the interwoven past and present of African American lives, the many victims of racial injustice in the United States, and the image White people have of African Americans.

As one of Australia’s worst natural disasters, Black Saturday had many economic, social and environmental consequences. The most serious consequence of the fires was the death of 173 people, 120 of them being killed by a single fire in the Kinglake Area. This left families and friends devastated over the death of their loved ones, and this damaged their lives forever. It also caused them to change their way of living. As well as this, 414 people were injured and approximately 2,100 homes were destroyed. 7,562 people where then displaced and homeless. This also damaged many peoples lifestyle, as many families

Much like all events and natural phenomena that pose a threat to civilization, humans have learned to cope with and prevent the loss of human life and destruction of property in devastating blazes that can break out seemingly at random. Fighting fires was not always the science it is today, but due to the use of new technologies and the fundamental understanding of what fire is, how it spreads, how it can kill, and how it is stopped, our protocol when dealing with fires has increased our success rate and continues to grow with applications of engineering, chemistry, and meteorology.

Humans have been changing the Western forests' fire system since the settlement by the Europeans and now we are experiencing the consequences of those changes. During the summer of 2002, 6.9 million acres of forests was burnt up in the West (Wildland Fires, 1). This figure is two times the ten year annual average, and it does not look like next summer will be any better (Wildfire Season, 1).

On Oct 28, 2015, Reporter Justin Worland, a New York-based writer for TIME covering energy and the environment, he shares about how Indonesia's fires are impacting the world. In his writing, Worland states:"the climate pattern brings torrential rain to some parts of the U.S. but causes drought in Indonesia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia" (Wonderland, How Indonesia's Fires Are Choking the World). In another word, this means fire occurrence will cause unmitigated suffering like drought, air pollution and possible illness to the entire population. The downside of crisis is unbearable, and nobody wants to live in fear, illness, and chaos.

The first experience I had was travelling through an area called Baynton about 100kms north east of Melbourne early in 2009. It was about 6 weeks after the Black Saturday bushfires devastated the whole region, driving through was incredibly eerie and unsettling. Everything was black and charred, in the paddocks there was no grass, no fences, all the trees were burnt trunks, no foliage at all was present. There were no animals grazing in the paddocks, no wildlife was visible and no green anywhere. Fire is a natural part of life as my friend told me that day, trees will grow again, fences can be mended, the animals and wildlife will return. People are what matter, thankfully no one lost their lives in the region I travelled that day. Seeing the devastation reminded me the power of nature and how there are still many natural occurrences that mankind cannot control or master. Speaking with residents (personal communication, March, 2009), similar and consistent observations were made that bushfire