Power of fire, which erupted in scrub cover rugged terrain north of Los Angeles and has blackened 30,000 acres, destroyed homes, thousands of people were forced to evacuate, dramatically throughout the Western countries are facing challenges, including a longer fire season, analysts said.
Plant fire last Thursday afternoon, there are now 2,200 firefighters fight on foot, vehicle, and in the air. It spread rapidly, feeding decades-old scrub, covering the region's hills and valleys.
As of Monday morning, authorities said the fire was 40 percent contained. Officials estimate that the fire will not be completely contained for a week. Monday, temperatures are expected to climb to the mid-1980s, Hughes Lake hills and valleys 45 miles south of gusts.
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Analysts said a large fire season created an opportunity to raise awareness of local, state and federal government issues facing a long list. Those from the human contribution to climate change, build homes, and what security measures in the construction of these families and how to perform their choice.
Said that, as a global community, we do not seriously address climate change, in graduate school at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, geography associate professor of biology Dominik Kulakowski's a good question, "This is the new normal do? "The public, he said should summarize not only the fire season predicted to be longer, but this season is longer, in the foreseeable future will continue.
"A lot of people seem to be saying," Oh, well, we must maintain the afforestation [replace burned area] In more northern climates, it will play out, we will gradually have time to adapt, "said Professor Kulakowski, who is four In testimony before Congress in May affect climate and weather there is a fire. "But the vast majority of studies concluded that climate change will be more dramatic and sudden," he said.
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In Boise, Idaho, for the inter-State Fire Center spokesman said Don Smurthwaite fire should be regarded as a power much longer than usual fire season, the community must be prepared and take steps to clear brush around their homes In California, a sign and communities.
"For me, it is the true story, said:" This is how it through July and August, which will consume resources, and then go Smurthwaite. "There is no excuse not to make great efforts to prevent."
He said that different states, coordination of personnel and equipment logistics capability has been improved in recent years with the growth of a huge number of large fires. Can measure the statistics, there are 20 cases of fire included 19 first responders.
"We've got a really good, said:" on the site of the first forces to contain the fire Smurthwaite.
In California, population growth averaged more than 600,000 per year at least ten years, housing has been pushed into the rural areas, which makes them more vulnerable to fast-moving wildfire.
"More and more we build our homes ...... in fire-prone ecosystems, said:" Clark Kulakowski. Said, "In many western U.S. forests ...... is like a volcano on the side of building homes."
Jennifer Jones, the U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman said the current fire resources are not particularly nervous, because the rest of the country is below the 10-year average fire. But in the coming months may change.
So far this year, there are about 18,207 wildfires burned about 307,321 acres, representing a 10-year average of about 30,372 wildfires burned approximately 1,313,612 acres, this date.
"When something like this happens a lot of attention paid to get a response - how many firefighters and helicopters being sent - but the fire is trying to emphasize the community to do all the things that can be very important these fires easier to contain and combat first aid staff there, "Jones said.
 
 



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