Students at Columbia-Montour vo-tech are gaining hands-on experience in horticulture, floriculture, and landscaping through projects like a handicapped-accessible garden and two new greenhouses.
i want to focus in on yarnell, arizona. this area was impacted throughout the morning hours about basically how they had the wildfire that killed those 19 firefighters. it s believed that that fire actually started by lightning. and we do have a chance to consider to see more thunderstorms in this i are area throughout this entire week. there is a 20% chance of a thunderstorm. anymore lightning from these storms any any strong wind the storms can produce i believe the fire is zero% contained. temperatures remaining in the 90s. it s not just arizona we are talking about. triple digit temperatures. it s about 6:00 a.m. local time out here across parts of nevada, california and arizona. currently it s 98 degree in
even parts of the state wouldn t normally see fires this early in the season. in arizona it s extremely dry. you are adding high temperatures within winds and dry conditions. in arizona also some tough you are rain and those are every single thing you need to have the dangerous situation. when you add that together there are no breaks. in yarnell already a lot of variables that will found out how these firefighters got trapped. it s so hot here in southern california. it goes along with the extremely try conditions. it will be a very long time. take a listen. as the temperature goes up the relative humidity will lower, and any time that you do get that extremely hot temperature with dry air relatively dry air throughout the mountains and what you might get when they are called plumes