• Energy Budget and Landscape
Changes Resulting from Fire and Smoke
- Study Article - National Public Radio (NPR) Story - 5/13/07
"It's Not Your Imagination: Fires Are More Common - In the Southeast this
week, extreme drought created the perfect conditions for wild fires, including
the largest one ever recorded in Georgia. And across the country, Southern
California is facing itsdriest weather on record; the wildfires season is starting
early there..." http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10158516
> Additional information - National Public Radio (NPR) Story - 5/13/07
“Florida Firefighters Hope for Break in the Weather - Firefighters and residents
near the northern Florida town of Lake City hope the arrival of a cold front
Sunday will bring more rain than wind, which might allow them to get an edge
on a wildfire that has burned more than 100,000 acres.” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10158513
> Additional information - National Public Radio Story - 5/12/07
“Smoke Closes Roads, Hampers Florida Firefighters - Wildfires along the
Georgia-Florida border are producing thick clouds of smoke that have closed
major roads and limited the ability of firefighters to combat the blaze from the
air. Annaleasa Winter, a fire specialist with the Florida Division of Forestry,
speaks with Jacki Lyden about the battle.” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10155560
Below are the PowerPoint slides used in the Fire and Smoke Case Study section of the workshop agenda. Two versions of the
presentations are listed below, a PowerPoint native file and a pdf file. Both are provided as sometimes PowerPoint native files do not
translate from one computer to another well.
