California Fires Still Burning
August 5 | Earth Observatory Hundreds of fires were started on the first day of summer by lightning in California. Many of those same fires continue to burn over....
Great Southern California ShakeOut
June 23 | Simi Valley Acorn A series of public events is planned for November that is designed to call attention to earthquake preparedness. It will focus on how a....
8000 Lightning Strikes Cause 800 California Fires
June 25 | Associated Press According to an article in the Associated Press about 8000 lightning strikes were responsible for starting the 800 recent wildfires in California. Many of....
California Wild Fires in Google Earth
October 23 | Google Earth Blog The Google Earth Blog has links and KML files that provide information and visuals on the California wildfires. The one that we think does....
Lightning-Triggered Fires in California
June 25 | Earth Observatory Hundreds of lightning-triggered fires are burning in California. Many of these are in the National Forests of Northern California. The lightning was part....
Napa Fires | Solano Fires
June 23 | SF Gate Firefighters are working hard to contain numerous wild fires in Napa County and Solano County, California. The past weekend has been one of the....
Debris Flow Hazards in California Wildfire Areas
December 11 | USGS Landslides Wildfires in California has left large areas exposed to a significant debris flow hazard. USGS has done an emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards in....
California Wildfire
May 22 | Yahoo! News A wildfire has caused evacuations in central California, and governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency for Santa Cruz County.....
Fires in Argentina and Paraguay
July 17 | Earth Observatory NASA's Aqua Satellite is finding fires eveywhere. Earth Observatory has a satellite image of fires in Paraguay and Argentina. These join a long....
Comparing Katrina to the California Fires
October 30 | About.com Geography Matt Rosenberg has a short but interesting article on his About.com Geography site. He presents some facts and figures on the impact of Hurricane....
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