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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): C. Fleming; A. Murr; M. Miller; J. Gordon; T. Morganthau
Publication Date: November 8, 1993

From the text: 'Driven by fierce Santa Ana winds, 14 major brush fires ravaged L.A.'s suburbs, burning 152,000 acres and hundreds of homes. The disaster pushed firefighters to the limit and compounded the state's ecological and social troubles.'

Citation: Fleming, C., A. Murr, M. Miller, J. Gordon, and T. Morganthau. 1993. Earth, wind and wildfire. Newsweek, v. 70, no. Nov. 8, p. 34-37.

Cataloging Information

Regions:
California    Great Basin
Keywords:
  • backfires
  • blowups
  • brush
  • brush fires
  • catastrophic fires
  • chaparral
  • droughts
  • fire control
  • fire equipment
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • fire suppression
  • firebreaks
  • flammability
  • fuel accumulation
  • general interest
  • grasses
  • incendiary fires
  • precipitation
  • rate of spread
  • scrub
  • season of fire
  • smoke effects
  • southern California
  • wildfires
  • wind
Tall Timbers Record Number: 9389 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Fire File • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 35097

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