How an Oregon Wildfire Became One of the Most Destructive Visual Investigations
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Date: 2020-09-21
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Fossil charcoal indicates that wildfires began soon after the appearance of terrestrial plants 420 million years ago. Wildfire's occurrence throughout the history of terrestrial life invites conjecture that fire must have had pronounced evolutionary effects on most ecosystems' flora and fauna. Earth is an intrinsically flammable planet owing to its cover of carbon-rich vegetation, seasonally dry climates, atmospheric oxygen, and widespread lightning and volcanic ignitions.
Strategies for wildfire prevention, detection, control and suppression have varied over the years. One common and inexpensive technique is controlled burning: intentionally igniting smaller fires to minimize the amount of flammable material available for a potential wildfire. Vegetation may be burned periodically to maintain high species diversity and limit the accumulation of plants and other debris that may serve as fuel.
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Fossil charcoal indicates that wildfires began soon after the appearance of terrestrial plants 420 million years ago. Wildfire's occurrence throughout the history of terrestrial life invites conjecture that fire must have had pronounced evolutionary effects on most ecosystems' flora and fauna. Earth is an intrinsically flammable planet owing to its cover of carbon-rich vegetation, seasonally dry climates, atmospheric oxygen, and widespread lightning and volcanic ignitions.
Strategies for wildfire prevention, detection, control and suppression have varied over the years. One common and inexpensive technique is controlled burning: intentionally igniting smaller fires to minimize the amount of flammable material available for a potential wildfire. Vegetation may be burned periodically to maintain high species diversity and limit the accumulation of plants and other debris that may serve as fuel.
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Hello all, this is Christoph from The New York Times. For our latest video, we took a closer look at one specific wildfire on the West Coast of the United States. The Almeda Drive Fire in southern Oregon stands out among the many fires because of the high number of homes and businesses it destroyed: More than 2, 300 homes burned down in less than 24 hours on Sept. 8. I wanted to find out why this fire, which burned a smaller area compared to some of the other wildfires, turned into one of the most destructive ones. I used satellite images, social media posts, first responder radio traffic and text messages shared with me to reconstruct what happened.
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Hello all, this is Christoph from The New York Times. For our latest video, we took a closer look at one specific wildfire on the West Coast of the United States. The Almeda Drive Fire in southern Oregon stands out among the many fires because of the high number of homes and businesses it destroyed: More than 2, 300 homes burned down in less than 24 hours on Sept. 8. I wanted to find out why this fire, which burned a smaller area compared to some of the other wildfires, turned into one of the most destructive ones. I used satellite images, social media posts, first responder radio traffic and text messages shared with me to reconstruct what happened.
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1: 44 the dark spots indicate individuated points of origin. This entire segment should be an arson story yet that part is mentioned only once and almost inconsequentialy.
By total chance, that direction will take the flames along two highways.
The local police and fire department didn't think that it was total chance that the fires kept starting RIGHT OFF THE HIGHWAY. Are you f'ing kidding me with this reporting?
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1: 44 the dark spots indicate individuated points of origin. This entire segment should be an arson story yet that part is mentioned only once and almost inconsequentialy.
By total chance, that direction will take the flames along two highways.
The local police and fire department didn't think that it was total chance that the fires kept starting RIGHT OFF THE HIGHWAY. Are you f'ing kidding me with this reporting?
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The fire moves so quickly, that some residents who left their homes for work aren t able to return.
Breaks my heart to think of all the people who had pets at home. not to mention prized personal belongings, entire livelihoods, etc. all destroyed so quickly. Devastating.
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The fire moves so quickly, that some residents who left their homes for work aren t able to return.
Breaks my heart to think of all the people who had pets at home. not to mention prized personal belongings, entire livelihoods, etc. all destroyed so quickly. Devastating.
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VENGEANCE IS MINE. I WILL REPAY. ,
says The ALMIGHTY. Amen.
Let those who have started this fire receive Divine Retribution from His Wrath.
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VENGEANCE IS MINE. I WILL REPAY. ,
says The ALMIGHTY. Amen.
Let those who have started this fire receive Divine Retribution from His Wrath.
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