The Yellowstone Fires Of 1988

On March 6,2017, the Panhandle of Texas caught on fire. The wildfire had burned over 500,000 acres of land. Most of this land includes livestock and feed for livestock. Several people had died during this traumatic event, because they were trying to save their livestock and land Cortana (2017). The wildfires burning in Texas can be seen from space, they are that huge Cortana (2017).

Jeremy Smith, 24, and Jesse Cassara, 22, were camping on June 30, 2015 at the Smoky Desert State Park and did not properly extinguish their cigarettes, which ultimately lead to a 14, 100-acre brush fire of the Indian Reservation near Warner Springs.

Background. On June 12, 2011 in Sierra Vista, Arizona – a city near the Mexican border, a suspected human-caused fire was started within the Coronado National Monument Park, along the southern tip of the Huachuca Mountains in Southern Arizona and quickly shot through the canyons south of the city of Sierra Vista. Over the course of 14 days, the wildfire burned to some extent 100% of the park’s acreage; destroyed a total of 62 homes, 18 outbuildings and 4 businesses (Youberg & Pearthree, 2011) and mandatory evacuations were in effect due to the fires moving quickly towards the outskirts along with the danger of the smoke that blanketed the town. The fire was wind-driven spread and was aided by high temperatures and low humidity.

A lot of fuel, joined with warm, parched and blowy weather, provided hazardous conditions, which powered the fires.

The fires, which were first recorded in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Nov. 23rd, spread over 15,000 acres and 2,000 structures, burning down single-family homes, Churches and other edifices in its wake as it strode through Sevier County, destroying two of the country’s most tourist-heavy towns and an amusement park. The rapid growth and ferocity of the fires, attributed to the drought in the area at the time, exceeded 80 miles per hour.

The Cedar Fire (2003) was one of the largest and deadliest wildland fires in California history burning nearly 300,000 acres in San Diego County and killing 15, including 1 firefighter. A lost hiker accidently set this fire from survival methods attempted with a flare. It resulted in evacuations of thousands of San Diego residents and destroyed approximately 2400 homes (CALFIRE, 2016). The

This was a very terrifying fire it destroyed many homes and killed many adults and many kids too

First, the passage claims that Yellowstone fires cause tremendous damage to the park`s trees and other vegetation. However, the professor refuses this and says after the fire of 1988 the firs advantage was the proliferation of the vegetation. In the time of the fires the park was colonized with only a few kinds of plants, after 1988 fires the plants became diverse. For example, the trees that have been destroyed got replaced with another smaller plants that required open and unshaded area. She further explains, that some seeds required very high temperature in order to germinate.

On the contrary, policies changed in Unit 4. Fire certainly is an important role in natural ecosystems, but it often threatens human lives, such as the Big Burn incident. In Unit 4, the Yellowstone fires of 1988 created a wildfire policy. There is a lot of criticism when wildfire mistakes are made. In Chapter 29, it talked about the Cerro Grande Fire of 2000 in New Mexico. This fire started out as an intentional management fire. Nonetheless, the fire got out of hand and destroyed 400 homes in Los Alamos. The damage from this fire ended up being one billion dollars. There wasn’t a national fire policy until 2009, where agencies developed a Federal Wildland Fire Policy to help with their decisions. Despite the new policy, each agency approaches

On July 3rd around noon the fire burned downhill and had only covered about 3 acres, burning mostly cured grass, twigs, and small shrubs. It continued to burn throughout the day and by midnight had reached upwards to burning 11 acres. July 5th the fire had burned 50 acres and on the 6th had reached 127 acres. Officials said the fire was steady until winds of speeds between 30-45 mph picked up mid afternoon on the 6th. Winds were blowing the fire over the ridges, upslope, and in the drainage. The winds gave the fire a blow torch affect and caused it to spread rapidly everywhere. Studies say that with the fire having practically unlimited fuel it was spreading at 3 feet per second in the drainage areas, and moving upslope at 6 to 9 feet per

It was Monday, November 28 in the late afternoon when Tennessee had a vast wildfire. The fire originated at the National park service on the Chimney top trails and made its way to

During the summer of 1988 Aka,The summer of fire. Inside Yellowstone National Park 8 fires broke out and affected about half of the park of the park.Costing the park over $120,00 million dollars in damage.Almost 9,000 Firefighters were involved in putting out the fire.The damage to the fire was beyond belief,with many people disagreeing with how the fire was controlled.After this event many laws were changed to how fires can be put out or let to burn.After all of this,this event changed many people’s opinions on the laws of forest fires and letting them burn.All of these following sentences with be describing,displaying facts and the consequences and renewals for Yellow National Park.

June 4, 2012 a fire broke out in the Lincoln National Forest just north of Ruidoso, NM. The fire was to be called the Little Bear Fire and in the end engulfed about 44,000 acres and destroyed 254 structures. Of the structures burnt, 242 of those were homes. The fire was caused by lightening and was initially a very small fire. A team of Mescalero firefighters was dropped into the scene by helicopter

According to some critics, official response to the fire was too slow and allowed the fire to grow out of control. In August, it had quadrupled in size on the eastern shore and continued growing in nearby forests. At one point, 35 separate fires had burned across 555 square miles and forced locals to seek shelter from toxic chemicals that were released into the air from the flames. To control possible health threats, residents in smoke-affected were advised to stay indoors.

Families were devastated when they were forced to leave their homes as wildfires began to take over. The Tennessee wildfires took the lives of 14 people, and destroyed over 2,400 homes and businesses, while creating $500 million in damages.