Summary: The Yosemite Rim Fire
Can you think of something more dangerous than fire? It seems that all other kinds of disasters are no less hazardous, but fire… Fire is merciless; it takes away everything standing in its way, including people’s lives. Let us take a look at one of the most devastating wildfires in California’s History, The Yosemite Rim Fire. This massive fire started on August 17, 2013, Took nearly a full 9 weeks of fire fighters fighting to get the fire fully contained. Nearly costing $127.35 million just in the fight against this devastating wildfire.The size of the Yosemite Rim Fire was nearly 257,314 acres. A total of eleven homes, three commercial structures, and 98 outbuildings were destroyed in the fire. Just Think about it, a Wild fire about the size of Chicago had burned for nearly 9 weeks.
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Walter B Jones, A member of Congress wrote to The honorable Kristin Bail, North Carolina’s Forest supervisor. Wrote that the Forest service started a prescribed burn, but it quickly grew out of control and covered over 21,000 acres. as we can see prescribed burns can even start a wildfire wich they are meant to deter.
As we can see a prescribed burn can in fact Grow out of control. But we must trust in the quick readiness of our fire fighters and forest service to handle and control it. Even if a prescribed burn gets out of control we have staff on quick and ready to respond quicker than if it was a wild fire which in turn have higher chances of becoming the next disaster.
In summary prescribed burns can prevent wild forest fires. It can clear the fuel needed to spread the fire, Also it can clear unwanted species that threaten species native to an ecosystem. Even in nature a small fire is natural, as cities grow so does fire suppression. Wich can cause ecosystems became increasingly dense and support unwanted plant life. So in part I hope that you consider prescribing burns in the
We could also, in the …show more content…
Walter B Jones, A member of Congress wrote to The honorable Kristin Bail, North Carolina’s Forest supervisor. Wrote that the Forest service started a prescribed burn, but it quickly grew out of control and covered over 21,000 acres. as we can see prescribed burns can even start a wildfire wich they are meant to deter.
As we can see a prescribed burn can in fact Grow out of control. But we must trust in the quick readiness of our fire fighters and forest service to handle and control it. Even if a prescribed burn gets out of control we have staff on quick and ready to respond quicker than if it was a wild fire which in turn have higher chances of becoming the next disaster.
In summary prescribed burns can prevent wild forest fires. It can clear the fuel needed to spread the fire, Also it can clear unwanted species that threaten species native to an ecosystem. Even in nature a small fire is natural, as cities grow so does fire suppression. Wich can cause ecosystems became increasingly dense and support unwanted plant life. So in part I hope that you consider prescribing burns in the