Fires in the United States
Fires near Los Angeles, California
17 November 2008
Driven by powerful winds, wildfires raged near Los Angeles, California, in mid-November 2008. Not only did the winds fan the fires flames, they also sent the smoke far out to sea.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite took this picture on 16 November 2008. In this image, smoke fans out as it blows over the Pacific Ocean.
TERRA
16 November 2008
(source: http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov)
According to the report from the various sources fires raged for the fourth day around Southern California on Sunday but lighter winds brought hopes of relief from blazes that have destroyed almost 1,000 houses, from mobile homes to multimillion-dollar mansions, and forced some 50,000 people to flee.
Recent media reports on fires in California:
- California Fires Destroy 1,000 Homes, Winds Ease (published by www.planetark.com, 17 November 2008)
- Tens of Thousands Flee As Fires Rage Near L.A. (published by www.washingtonpost.com, 16 November 2008)
- Mobile home park is ground zero of Calif. wildfire (published by www.google.com, 16 November 2008)
- Wildfire chases patients from LA hospital (published by www.google.com, 16 November 2008)
- In Fighting Wildfires, Concerns About Chemicals (published by www.nytimes.com, 15 November 2008)
- Sylmar fire burns 2500 acres; 10000 residents ordered to evacuate (published by www.latimes.com, 15 November 2008)
- Wildfire rages in California celebrity enclave (published by www.reuters.com, 15 November 2008)
- Firefighters overwhelmed by raging Calif. wildfire (published by www.google.com, 15 November 2008)
- Wildfire destroys homes near Santa Barbara, Calif. (published by www.google.com, 14 November 2008)
