RT @wunderground: 9,500 people evacuated, 20 homes destroyed in #Reno, Nevada #fire:

Chaparral Is a Unique Ecosystem: Much of Southern California is home to a unique environment characterized by cool wet winters and warm dry summers. This Mediterranean climate occurs in only five regions in the world and in all cases supports brushy vegetation such as the chaparral found in much of Santa Barbara County. The species are unique. Of the 1,500 native plant species in Santa Barbara County, over half exist only in California; as many as 150 are found only in the Santa Barbara region. Santa Barbara’s chaparral is also home to many endangered species. At least 50 of the 109 endangered plant species in Santa Barbara County occur in chaparral, including some found only in the foothills above Santa Barbara.

santa barbara luria library - community bulletin board for fire resources and recovery

this looks like a fruitful place to search for more firefighting blogs

dc area firefighting news

It's not known yet what caused the fire, which damaged or destroyed 10 units of the Lake Village Apartments off South Main Street between Briarwood Mall and Busch's grocery store. No injuries were reported.

this phrase currently #1 in twitter search w/lots of news and reports and links streaming in.

link blogging of fire at angel island in san francisco - many links streaming in via twitter

The image centers on the largest of the fires in the Siskiyou Complex, which is the Dark Three Fire. The burned area is charcoal-colored, while surrounding forest and other vegetation is red. Water is dark blue. The western perimeter of the fire is hidden

irate: "How mnay times can a data center havea massive fire before you realize there isa problem? This is the second fire located at the same center. HELLO!"

The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. Nahum 2:4

Fire destroyed part of a three-story, eight-unit apartment building under construction in the 900 block of Church Street early today.

McGill, the disaster training coordinator for the American Red Cross's Washtenaw County chapter, will leave today for San Diego County, where between 250,000 to 300,000 people have already evacuated their homes.

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and

nate is twittering san diego fire updates - here's his blog with maps etc

Biogeographer and remote sensing specialist Stephen Yool runs the Pyrogeography Research Laboratory (PRL). The PRL specializes in the biogeography of wildfire-pyrogegraphy, to coin a term.

fire maps for san diego fire via @nateritter

includes pointers to satellite photos; notes that multiple emergency management information sites are DOWN because they are self hosted by people who don't know how to manage for PEAK LOAD

250k views on this map at latest check -

overview of streams to watch for the fires; note also twitter @nateritter @kpbsnews

There should be a fire alert application for facebook so that families could communicate with their loved ones from across the world. Ideally a mobile facebook app would be best for these emergency types of situations. SMS and text messages work well when

google map of san diego county fires. see http://twitter.com/nateritter and http://twitter.com/kpbsnews for live coverage

Anyone with a relative that was at Palmerado Health Center, can call 858-613-4103 or go to www.pph.org for more information. - http://twitter.com/kpbsnews

Ainslie warned hunters that access to the large area of Luce County burned over by the Sleeper Lake wildfire this summer may not be available this fall. He indicated the large number of fire-damaged standing trees poses a safety hazard to hunters and sugg

there is a fire burning in the cedars some place over by Engadine. It apparently has been caused by logging operations and there currently is not any more info than that. They have already sent fire crews over there to assist and that is all I know for no

Julie unearthed this detailed map of the Sleeper Lake Fire showing which days the fire was at which locations and how far it has burned. map credit B. Maki

He said the DNR's drought code - a compilation of rainfall, wind and temperature - normally gets worrisome at about 300 or 400. “We just cleared 600,” he said. “We are really dry.”

Outside.in's news aggregator for Newberry, MI. Some Sleeper Lake Fire stories here, though not as many as I'd expect; need to get the Yooper Yarns feed in here somehow.

The Sleeper Lake fire, one of the largest in state history, already has cost more than $3 million to fight and the DNR likely will need an extra appropriation from the state Legislature to pay the final bills.

Vegetation has dried to the point where any spark or flame will easily ignite a wildfire that can spread rapidly," Lynne Boyd, chief of the DNR Forest, Minerals and Fire Management Division, said this week.

The story of this fire is not in the woods -- only one structure was lost and most of the devastation is hidden deep in the wilderness. The story of this fire is in the relationship between the firefighters and the community.

Of the additional fires active in the U.P., eight are in Marquette County, where a total of 18 acres have burned. Two fires besides the Sleeper Lake Fire have blackened 42 acres in Luce County, with three blazes charring 8.7 acres in Dickinson County. Bar

We studied the relationships of landscape ecosystems to historical and contemporary fire regimes across 4.3 million hectares in northern lower Michigan (USA). Changes in fire regimes were documented by comparing historical fire rotations in different land

The fire is not expected to be out completely until snowfall.

national forest fire information database; does not include michigan's sleeper lake fire for some reason

The current area forest fires, like the ones in the Stonington Peninsula and the Sleeper Lake fire near Pine Stump Junction, will provide more habitat for woodpeckers beginning this autumn, especially for the blackbacks.

The burned landscape of the Sleeper Lake Fire as seen from a Michigan Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter Thursday in Luce County. Fire officials said Saturday the blaze was 50 percent contained. (Michigan Department of Natural Resources photo by Dav

a good overview of the history of fire in michigan and its forests; notable fires in 1871, 1881 and a history of the DNR and CCC firefighting efforts

From what I seen written in well-researched books on the 1871 fire, i.e. "Michigan On Fire" by Betty Sodders in 1997, the fact of the matter is that fires outside IL-WI-MI area were occurring and started well before October 8 and had been occurring all Fa

Sodders' exhaustive research has turned up vivid and personal accounts of these 1871 fires, and she reprints them in the book. In all, the October fires probably killed no more than 200 persons, but they made 18,000 homeless, or one out of every 100 resid

reviewer: "found this book to be a forthright and over due documentation of the devasting fires that swept the great lakes state. I commend the author for her compassionate style in documenting a time in Michigan History that touched nearly every family i

In 1881 there was a terrible fire that swept throughout portions of the Thumb in Michigan. Noone is left to recall those that died in this fire or the intensity to which it burned everything in its path. Portions of the information contained here are from

On the day of the fire, a cold front moved in from the west, bringing strong winds that fanned the smaller prairie fires and escalated them to massive proportions. By the time it was over, 1,875 square miles (4,850 km² or 1.2 million acres) of forest wer

On Oct. 8, 1871, the day the famous Chicago fire began, equally terrible fires broke out on Lake Michigan's east coast in forests parched by a hot dry summer. The flames were fanned by high winds. In a few hours most of Holland and Manistee lay in smolder

The city of Manistee was one of the victims of the great fire period of the month of October, 1871. Its partial destruction was simultaneous with that of Chicago, Holland, Peshtigo, and several other towns

Approximately 225 people are working on the fire at this time including staffs from Michigan DNR, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Forest Service, Michigan National Guard, The Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin DNR, Michigan State Police, Luce County Sheriff's

She said she is working with federal officials, including U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Menominee, and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Southfield, to try to secure federal resources including funding for Michigan and Luce County.

twitter as an emergency communications channel - need to suggest this to the newberry area people working news nets for the sleeper lake fire

Ann Arbor based Edward Vielmetti has maps and links for the massive Sleeper Lake Fire that has burned about 20,000 acres in Luce County north of Newberry in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Late last night, as the firefighters returned from their tasks, they were greeted by hundreds of Newberry residents and visitors. These people lined the streets of Newberry, honking their horns, waving their hands, showing their appreciation for all the f

Firefighters continued their efforts to place a perimeter around the Sleeper Lake Fire today. Currently dozer line is constructed around approximately 70% of the fire perimeter. The fire is considered 25% contained.

photos from the Mining Journal - several collections here, pictures of the sleeper lake fire and firefighting equipment and people

Governor Granholm declared a state of emergency in Luce County Wednesday afternoon. The declaration authorizes the State Police to coordinate all state efforts in assisting with the containment of the huge Sleeper Lake fire, which is now six days old.

U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, a Democrat who represents the Upper Peninsula, said his office was in contact with the command center and offered to seek any federal resources needed. "This is probably the worst fire in the Upper Peninsula in recent memory, and t

August 7 fire map from US Forest Service, shows extent of Sleeper Lake fire

Officials have been flooded with phone calls about the fire at the DNR’s Newberry Field Office and the DNR hopes the public will use the new hotline. The address for the Web site was expected to be available later today.

One of our readers had this suggestion and this is exactly what she did....she called the Rahilly IGA store and told them she wanted to spend X amount of dollars on her credit card for groceries for the fire fighters and volunteers.

300+ comments, links to many other sites, people from the area and from far away. topix as national discussion board

blog from newberry, mi - fire news

State highway M-123 remains closed. Closure will be assessed on a daily basis as fire operations progress. There are 15 active fires in the Upper Peninsula and they continue to stretch an already thin fire staff. Fire qualified land management personnel c

Michigan DNR Sleeper Lake Fire map

track fire progress by satellite, includes smoke plumes and hot spots

local radio following the sleeper lake fire story, updates every few hours. all caps. lots of people from out of the area with camps etc following along. as of this writing m-123 closed from 4-mile to tahquamenon falls.

page updated multiple times per day, details of fire fighting, news for locals. we were in this area for vacation just a few weeks ago. updated from Julie in Engadine.

“This is the biggest and worst Luce County has seen in years,” said Jeff Ross, owner of the Winter Haven Motel at Pine Stump Junction, located 19 miles north of Newberry. “The firefighters are doing the best they can, but you can see people are floo

In the Upper Peninsula, a wildfire is forcing people out of their camps, cabins and homes. The fire broke out Thursday just north of Newberry in Luce County. So far it's destroyed 5,300 acres of land. DNR officials say it's the largest fire in the UP sinc

The Alhambre Fire, which is burning near the Kitt Peak National Observatory and a mountain held sacred to the Tohono O'odham Nation, continued to expand in all directions overnight, an official said.

Georgetown, DC library caught fire today during renovation - a wrapup of stories about the fire and the damage

georgetown, dc library on fire - tremendous loss

The truth behind what happened in the copper mining town of Calumet, Michigan on Christmas Eve 1913 has remained a mystery. On that day, more than six dozen people were crushed to death as they scrambled to flee the second floor of the Italian Hall, where

my stepdad had been at this nursing home for about a month this summer. very frightening. (he has been at home for a while and was not in residence when the fire happened.)

better, i guess, than 3-5 years

fire in one closet -> 5 years of downtime? longer than it took to build that part of the system