New technology propels efforts to fight wildfires
There have been 730 more wildfires in California so far this year than last, an increase of about 16%
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Updated: 2:10 PM MDT Jul 24, 2021
New technology propels efforts to fight wildfires
There have been 730 more wildfires in California so far this year than last, an increase of about 16%
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Updated: 2:10 PM MDT Jul 24, 2021
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mhm Uh huh. We are in yet another day ahead in a period right now where it is just so extremely hot and dry, fuels are at record or near record levels of dryness. The lack of moisture means everything is ready. Everything is explosive. There's there's a term, you know, fuel driven fire, even with winds, sometimes it's just the opinion juniper Sage burns so quickly. It means that fire can burn with the winds. Sometimes it actually can burn counter to the wind simply because everything is so dry. Mm. Uh huh. Mhm. The fire is at about 58,000 acres. Uh, we're still at 4% contained. Um, they did add more containment on the north side, uh, on the map today. And uh, but the fire got a little bit bigger, so the 4% remains the same. Yeah, yeah, we broke down quite a few times at first, but now we just try to joke about it and try to keep a positive attitude. And I think that while the volunteers and everyone here who's helping they're doing a great job, oh, you deluded