, for explaining who we are. In the spring of 1910, the earth passed through the tale of haleys comet. The appearance seemed to foreshadow the deadly fire that would engulf the Northern Rockies. No amount of money, equipment, or firefighters could stop the hurricane of fire that raged out of control on august 20 and 21st, 1910. The big blowup would be the catalyst of Fire Suppression for the next 100 years. On august 20, a terrific hurricane broke over the mountains. It picked up the fires and carried them for miles. The wind was so strong that it almost lifted men out of their saddles and the canyon seemed to act as chimneys through which the wind and fires swept like the roar of a thousand freight trains. Pulaski. Narrator in the years before the big blowup, president Theodore Roosevelt was helping to put conservation on the national agenda. In 1905, he appointed his friend as chief forrester of the newly minted u. S. Forest service. Many accused the president of pushing his agenda t
Hello, folks. Bear with a message for you. It is very rare in history you have one kind of originating moment. In a way it is a creation story for explaining who we are. In the spring of 1910, the earth passed through the tale of haleys comet. It seemed to foreshadow the deadly fire that would engulf the Northern Rockies. No amount of money, equipment, or firefighters could stop the hurricane of fire that raged out andontrol on august 20 21st, 1910. The big blowup would be the catalyst of Fire Suppression for the next 100 years. On august 20, a terrific hurricane broke over the mountains. It picked up the fires and carried them for miles. The wind was so strong that it almost lifted men out of their saddles and the canyon seemed to act as chimneys through which the wind and fires swept like the roar of a thousand freight trains. Narrator in the years before the big blowup, president Theodore Roosevelt was hoping to put conservation on the national agenda. In 1905, he appointed his frie
The 2020 Republican National convenon. Good evening, im judy woodruf and welcome to our special pbs newshour live coverage of the repu National Convention. This years political conventions are like none any us can remember. Welong with thousands of others have planned to be in thcharlotte, north carolin week. But because of the pandemic, this gathering will be almost entirely virtual. Speakers w are the thethe republicans am im here in the studio with amy walter and amna that. Warner right around the corner. Both df them sociallytant. We have reporters and analysts across the country. We plan to bring you the same depth of coverage and analysis ering this critical time in an historction year. This week President Trump will years. He case for another four and we will be here to hear all of it. Lets turn first to our newshour reporters am that nawaz as i say is in thstudio just around the corner from me to give us a guide on whato expect and key moments to look out for. Hi judy, like the
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Golden gate bridge just looks looks hazy. Its kind of rough out there as far as their quality goes. So i know some of you may berber think in aman to get outside you that run tomorrow morning before it gets too warm. Its really not the best morning for that not just because its smoky but i mean look at temperatures right now hayward berkeley cloverdale. Some other spots not really even falling that much as far as temperatures go last night, berkeley just fell out of the 80s about an hour ago so a lot of you have the windows open last night didnt really get that cool refreshing breeze as you often hope for after such a hot day. Todays highs 80s for San Francisco, very nice change from the 100 degrees San Francisco had yesterday which was the first time seeing that number since 2017 triple digits in livermore in any on that one 10 each san jose today conquered one 09. And yeah, the air quality on top of that which is very poor and it is not the best day to be doing any rigorous activity