Wednesday, September 9, 2009

California Firefighters Put Their Finger to the Wind

Latest related: California's Fickle Fires

So what does the paper tell us today?

"Winds hamper effort to check LA fire" by Associated Press | September 9, 2009

LOS ANGELES - Fire officials were watching for gusty winds yesterday as they planned to set preventive backfires to burn out brush that has been fueling a giant wildfire north of Los Angeles.

Winds caused a flare-up Monday, forcing officials to postpone plans to set the backfires to create a buffer south of the ferocious fire to protect the foothill neighborhoods of the San Gabriel Valley....

Meanwhile, the temporary city that sprang up to house, bathe, and feed about 4,600 firefighters was shifted yesterday to the east, closer to the active fire.

I'd give you the link but I'm forced to use Safari today because Firefox sucks.