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As Arizona fire rages, scientists warn of more unpredictable blazes
2013-07-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Early morning is a frenetic time at a wildfire command post. Biologists, meteorologists, foresters and firefighters hustle into tents and grab laptops to review overnight reports, prepping for the day's assault. Fire behavior analysts run computer models that spit out information crucial to putting out the blaze: how many acres a fire will probably burn, in which direction and with what intensity. In recent years, the models have been rendered practically obsolete, unable to project how erratic...
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MPS packaging press to be installed in Arizona
2013-07-02 07:00:00| Label and Narrow Web Breaking News
The new MPS EXL-Packaging full servo press has been purchased by Grupo Phoenix.
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The Climate Context Behind the Deadly Arizona Wildfire
2013-07-01 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The deadly Yarnell Hill Fire continued to rage out of control on Monday, a day after the flames fanned by erratic winds and temperatures topping 100°F overwhelmed a team of elite firefighters, killing 19 of the 20-member crew. The fire has burned about 200 homes and has burned through at least 8,400 acres -- more than quadrupling in size since it began on June 28, according to news reports. The deaths of the Prescott, Ariz.-based "Granite Mountain Hotshots' was the worst wildland firefighting...
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Statement from PF&R Chief Erin Janssens on the Tragedy in Arizona
2013-07-01 21:42:53| PortlandOnline
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Fast-moving Arizona wildfire leaves 19 firefighters dead, destroys more than 200 homes
2013-07-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Gusty, hot winds blew an Arizona blaze out of control Sunday in a forest northwest of Phoenix, overtaking and killing 19 members of an elite fire crew in the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years. The "hotshot' firefighters were forced to deploy their emergency fire shelters -- tent-like structures meant to shield firefighters from flames and heat -- when they were caught near the central Arizona town of Yarnell, state forestry spokesman Art Morrison told...
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