For a small state that is considered a lush tropical paradise, Hawaii has a surprisingly wide diversity of climate. There are areas that are semi-arid others that are rainforest. One thing we did...
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As the island of Maui burns and we still smell the smoke from Canadian wildfires, it makes you wonder about the longer and more intense fire seasons we’ve experienced over the past few years. A...
https://www.doomandbloom.net/wildfires-and-home-ignition-zones/
In this article, I’d like to discuss the effects of inhaling smoke caused by fires. Smoke inhalation involves the breathing in of toxic gases and particulate matter, causing emergency respirato...
HOME IGNITION ZONES Recently, we published an article relating to the wildfires that turn the American West into a burn zone every year. This year, the fire season has been long and severe: 90 se...
https://www.doomandbloom.net/wildfire-safety-home-ignition-zones/
The American West is again the scene of wildfires this year, as heat waves and low humidity levels allow 77 separate wildfires in 14 states to blaze out of control. Evacuations are in effect as f...
(Note: The U.S. isn’t the only country to suffer from wildfire damage. Australians have had to fight a major wildfire which has destroyed 2500 buildings and 24 people as of Jan. 4, 2020) Every ...
Every year, wildfires race throughout the western part of the country, causing property destruction and loss of life. So far, 21 people have died in the latest series of fires in Northern Califor...
After experiencing a hellish wildfire season last summer and fall in the U.S., a huge conflagration in the Canadian province of Alberta has us thinking again of wildfire preparedness. The wildfir...
As I write this, a four-story building in New York City is reported to have collapsed during an explosion and subsequent fire. Although details are sketchy at present, it made me think about what...
Summer has ended but wildfires are still raging across California. Hundred of thousands of acres have been lost each of the last several years to wildfires, and there appears to be no end in sigh...