Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Nice to see an old Canadian World War II Troop Carrier, converted to firefighting will assist the US in their fight of California Wildfires, by dropping water gel...
Making cookies, lemonade and iced tea is the way one resident along the fire line in California passes her day - because she doesn't know what else to do. She tells NowPublic (she wishes to remain anonymous) what it...
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Firefighters appear to be no better or worse in their fight against the hundreds of wildfires burning in Northern California. Even worse, officials are expecting a particularly long, fiery summer this year, so this...
Firefighters are still trying to contain wildfires in central Florida, although dry weather conditions are making progress difficult. Hundreds of residents have been relocated so far."DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) —...
Wildfires in central Florida are causing some havoc in that section of the state."Authorities say brush fires in central Florida forced roads to close and residents to leave their homes.Fires blazed in Brevard and...
The source article implies in its headline that the beaver was seeking vodka, but there's only evidence that the beast smashed up a few bottles. No word on if it consumed anything.""The saleswoman saw a large animal...
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No deaths have been reported, but firefightingnews.com says weather conditions pose a high risk of fires starting up again.Many are still without power and thousands of acres across Virginia and the Carolinas have...
Local group assessing the possibility of coordinating a volunteer relief projectCARLISLE, MA 10/26/07 – Hands On Disaster Response (HODR), a volunteer-driven, 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, has dispatched a team...
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Unbelievable..."WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The main U.S. disaster-response agency apologized on Friday for having its employees pose as reporters in a news briefing on California's wildfires that no journalists...
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"San Diego City Councilman Brian Maienschein is walking neighborhoods and helping compile a list of homes that have been destroyed or badly damaged. He said officials will post the list on the city's Web site soon, www.sandiego.gov.
It is estimated that more than a half...
"The California Independent System Operator, manager of the state power grid, on Monday called a "transmission emergency" as Southern California wildfires caused several big power lines to shut temporarily.
A fire in...
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"MALIBU, Calif. - Out-of-control wildfires threatened thousands of Southern California homes Monday, as firefighters raced to beat back the blazes that have engulfed the region, killing one, destroying buildings and...
" Mason Booth, Staff Writer, RedCross.org "The American Red Cross of Greater Montana immediately opened a
shelter at the North Valley Hospital basement in White Fish and
mobilized supplies in what has become a...