Friday, September 8, 2017

Wildfires in 2017

Well this is sort of morbid, but I'm collecting reports of wildfires in 2017, because they seem not to be getting so much attention, in view of the hurricanes

Northern California wildfires

https://weather.com/news/news/2017-10-10-california-wildfires-wine-country-evacuations-deadly


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Siberia

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-images-capture-worst-siberian-wildfires-in-10-000-years

Sakha, Russia

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2017/russias-sakha-republic-experiencing-second-highest-rate-of-fires-in-russia

Glacier National Park

https://www.outsideonline.com/2238536/glacier-national-park-being-devastated-wildfire?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookpost

Central USA

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/thumbnails/image/20160404-unitedstates.jpg

US West in general

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/us-wildfire-season-worst-49690858

Fire in Oregon

https://www.facebook.com/theoregonian/videos/10155120103966973/?hc_ref=ARRAVHvN9i0DZ_u0OAbi2t8zF2gH0VD3qO3q5t5QFseUX4r0qGhy7WPMKDXXN9ue5fA

Washington State air quality map

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/sep/05/looking-for-washington-air-quality-map-here-it-is/

Greece

http://wildfiretoday.com/tag/greece/

Portugal

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/17/wildfires-trap-2000-people-in-macao-village-in-central-portugal

Greenland

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/15/543406558/greenland-is-still-burning-but-the-smoke-may-be-the-real-problem

Brazil

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-landrights-environment/brazils-raging-forest-fires-threaten-indigenous-land-uncontacted-tribes-idUSKCN11R2B5

Not sure if this is still going on.  Probably not, but Nova Scotia

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/wildfires-fire-crews-shubenacadie-firefighters-woodland-1.4126663

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