The oddities: The firestorm in california

Posted by multippt

Who know’s when will this ever end. Well, this fire may have broken record books, but it certainly exhibits some unusual characteristics that definately cast it apart from other past firestorms:

1) It destroyed 1/10 as much forest area as how much USA clears land in a year.
2) But generated more smoke compared to several coal factories.
3) It’s trail of destruction is almost unpredictable. This fire literally does hit-and-run, leaving some buildings completely untouched, while burning the rest.
4) The fire nicely stops slightly past the Mexico border. Looks like it respects international borders.
5) It required the evacuation of 4 times as much people compared to hurricane Katrina.
6) Evacuation centers are also being evacuated as well.
7) NASA is busy taking photos of the incident upon request, making it one of the most documented firestorms seen from space.
8) Some fires were caused deliberately, some fires were started on accident, combined they do disasterous damage. The ()dry and hot) weather does not seem to help the firemen.

Well, let’s hope that the property toll would be kept low, and that the fire may end soon.