2007 San Diego Fire Season: The Witch Creek and Guejito Fires The Witch Creek Fire (WCF) took place in San Diego County on October 21st 2007 ("Witch Creek Investigation Report"). The exact location of the fire within the county was the witch creek area‚ just east of the Southern California town of Ramona ("Witch Creek Investigation Report"). This fire was believed to have been started around noon of that day ("Witch Creek Investigation Report"). The Guejito fire was discovered near Guejito bridge
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I believe most of us known about the California fires‚ which was noticed on many networks a week ago. According to a report from bbc.com‚ it said‚ “17 wildfires in nine counties have burned more than 115‚000 acres in just the past 12 hours.” The data is reported in the past 12 hours‚ which means the damage is going to be larger‚ and there is no signal to show the fire will stop spreading out. By just looking at the cost it has created‚ I suddenly wonder did we actually consider the wildfires as a
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“Pale Fire‚ a poem in heroic couplets‚ of nine hundred ninety-nine lines‚ divided into four cantos‚ was composed by John Francis Shade (born July 5‚ 1898‚ died July 21‚ 1959) during the last twenty days of his life‚ at his residence in New Wye‚ Appalachia‚ U.S.A. The manuscript‚ mostly a Fair Copy‚ from which the present text has been faithfully printed‚ consists of eighty medium-sized index cards‚ on each of which Shade reserved the pink upper line for headings (canto number‚ date) and used the
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Timothy 20140221 Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae In the novel “Gates of Fire”‚ by Steven Pressfield‚ the author describes a battle between 300 Spartans and the Persian Army who threatens to invade and take Sparta. A Greek‚ who goes by the name Xeones‚ gives his story to a scribe who works for the Persian King Xerxes. One main theme that presents itself very well is the act of Patriotism. Something that one would learn from this novel is very similar to the basics of what
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decimated the population and ruined the living conditions‚ the Great Fire of London struck the medieval city at the end of a dry summer in 1666. The fire started as an innocent blaze in a bakery‚ but due to lack of immediate response‚ turned into a giant inferno that raged for 3 days and ravaged London (Tinniswood 42). Despite the suspicions of the paranoid city dwellers‚ the official statement issued by the Parliament on the cause of the Fire was that “nothing hath yet been found to argue it to have been
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approximately 640m elevation compared to approximately 590m at the pick up point. The slope and degree of slope of an area is an important factor when determining fire risk (Ellis‚ 2004)‚ therefore as there is approximately a 50m slope at minimal angle‚ there exists a fire risk in Lyneham however it isn’t severe. Housing factors in Lyneham posed several fire risks. Lyneham has a large variety of property types; of the 1‚817 occupied private dwellings in 2001‚ 40% were detached houses‚ 29% were semi-detached
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To explain the significance of the word fire that is portrayed repeatedly in section 2 of the Glass Castle‚ we first need examine why she uses the word fire. Can she relate the meaning of the word fire to her life? Well on page 15‚ paragraph one‚ lines 5 through 6; “You can’t live in the fear of something as basic as fire”‚ shows that fire is something that one shouldn’t be in fear of and should be least feared. That she should be in charged and not the other way around. The second time is on the
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Flannery O’Connor was a very gifted writer who expressed very interesting messages about the broken world we live in very interesting and intricate ways. She always had her stories focus on something that is real or a message that is real although you have to look to find these messages they’re not easily found in her abstract stories. Her writing gives a new perspective on the reality of life itself in the brutality that the world can give to humans. this essay will discuss How Flannery showed
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Dillan Graham Professor Polnac ENGL 1302 25 July 2013 Short Story Analysis The short story by Jack London‚ “To Build a Fire” is a about a newcomer to the Yukon Territory‚ and his journey as he travels the Yukon Trail with his wolf-dog‚ to meet his friends at an old claim. The passage along the little-traveled trail was through the spruce timberland. He began the trek at nine o’clock‚ and was expected to reach his destination around six o’clock. According to the narrator‚ the newcomer was
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Analysis of Fire and Ice In Robert Frost poem‚ “Fire and Ice”‚ the reader receives the poet’s opinion on the two different ways civilization could end. Frost compares the destructive forces of fire and ice‚ which are allegorical of the passionate nationalism and rigid isolationism of the day. He uses an imperfect rhyming scheme to emphasize points and links throughout the poem. In nine short lines‚ Frost sums up the socio-economic situation of his time. The rhyme link‚ between “fire” and "desire”
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