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Yosemites Massive Rim Fire Fueled by Climate Change
2013-08-27 17:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Last night from my neighbors deck, I watched the eerie glow of flames from one of the largest wildfires in California history. At my own house the top of the giant pyrocumulus--a cloud created by the intense heat of the fire--looms over the trees today. The airspace above my home has become a regular flyway, with DC10s soaring overhead carrying flame retardant, and helicopters buzzing by with their water filled bambi buckets. Known as the Rim Fire, to date it has burned almost 160,000 acres...
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Storms to Rim Heat From Minneapolis to Detroit, NYC
2013-08-26 20:27:40| Chemicals - Topix.net
As a major heat wave blazes much of the central United States through the Labor Day weekend, rounds of storms will rim the heat from the Great Lakes to the Northeast and neighboring Canada.
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Massive Rim Fire Continues to Reshape Lives and Topography
2013-08-26 15:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: On Day 9, the sweeping Rim fire reshaped lives and topography from pristine wilderness areas to a famed national park to mountain communities that could be in the direct line of fire, depending at any moment on which way the wind blew. In Groveland, Abby Esteres nervously puffed on a cigarette Sunday morning after her first night back in her Pine Lake Mountain home. "I haven't been able to eat not knowing if our house burned down or not," said the 27-year-old housekeeper, who went through a week...
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Rim Fire Continues to Threaten Yosemite National Park
2013-08-25 01:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: The so-called Rim Fire blazing through eastern central California expanded by 50 square miles since Friday and continues to threaten the perimeter of Yosemite National Park. It is now said to be five percent contained as of Saturday, an improvement from two percent containment on Friday. Some backwoods hiking trails and roads leading into the national park have been closed due to the fire, but the Yosemite Valley, which is home to iconic landmarks such El Capitan and the Half Dome rock formations,...
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San Francisco Emergency Called as Rim Fire Burns Power Lines
2013-08-25 00:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: A raging wildfire spreading into Yosemite National Park has damaged electricity infrastructure serving the city of San Francisco 200 miles to the west, forcing California Governor Jerry Brown to declare a State of Emergency in the city. In his emergency proclamation, Governor Brown said, "The wildfires that started in Tuolumne County have caused damage electric infrastructure serving San Francisco and now threaten damage to property, equipment and resources of the San Francisco Public Utility...
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