Wednesday, September 14, 2011

BWCA fire: 80,000 acres and growing

Starting as a lightning strike on August 18 and ending up in a blazing wildfire the fire decimating acres of woodland. Authorites would normally let the fie burn because it is actually beneficial to the forests and parks but the fire is has spread within 10 miles of residential area and over 200 personall and 11 aircraft are now working to contain the fire. Wildfire stories always make me nervous because of how unpredictable they can be. This one makes me even more nervous that it's located in Minnasota. Though nervous I'm not to particularly worried that the fire will get out of hand because of how many people are working on it and how much easier it is to put out the fires with todays technology, but mistakes happens so who knows what could happen.

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