History_of_GeologySeptember 18, 1977, space probe Voyager 1 takes the very first image of both Earth & its only natural satellite, the Moon, together from a distance of 11.6 million kilometers 🛰🌗🌍
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Big Blowup (cont.)
(l) Ed Pulaski a few weeks after the Blowup. Of his crew of 45 men, five died, four from asphyxiation in the mine adit. Overall, 78 firefighters died in six separate incidents.
(r) Many years later, dispatching a fire guard equipped with his eponymous tool, which he devised after the fire in his backyard forge.
(l) Ed Pulaski a few weeks after the Blowup. Of his crew of 45 men, five died, four from asphyxiation in the mine adit. Overall, 78 firefighters died in six separate incidents.
(r) Many years later, dispatching a fire guard equipped with his eponymous tool, which he devised after the fire in his backyard forge.
Double post for a major fire event.
August 20, the anniversary of the Big Blowup, a catalyst for the American way of wildland fire.
(top) Post-season map of the 1910 season, with the Blowup circled in red.
(bottom) Photo of the mine adit where ranger Ed Pulaski held his crew at gunpoint.
A fire that seemed to begin as a demo of how not to do confine-and-contain, complete with urban conflagration, is evolving into a master class on big-box-and-burn. Interesting cameo of the American wildland fire scene.
https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/azgcp-dragon-bravo-fire
https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/azgcp-dragon-bravo-fire
Wondering what I might say about the WU scene now that it has gotten so technical (a good development, actually). Maybe contribute to its redefinition? How about - Owning the WUI: HIZ, HERZ, ITZ [https://www.stephenpyne.com/blog]
Amid wildfires and political arson - a memento from a gentler fire era. A smokechaser lamp (yes, it works). What happens when a crew sits around the fire cache during a season-ending storm.
For those who would prefer to hear rather than read the fire history of Mexico, the audio version of Five Suns has a 50% discount.
https://www.audiobooks.com/promotions/promotedBook/803900/five-suns-a-fire-history-of-mexico?refId=183338
https://www.audiobooks.com/promotions/promotedBook/803900/five-suns-a-fire-history-of-mexico?refId=183338
A couple of colleagues suggested I organize my scattered comments of this year's fires in the Northeast into a short (!) narrative. History News Network has graciously published it:
https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/the-burned-over-district
Photo: 1947 fires in Maine.
https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/the-burned-over-district
Photo: 1947 fires in Maine.
Very sad news. Dante Arturo Rodriguez Trejo has passed away. Indefatigable, ardent, encyclopedic in his fire knowledge, one of the founders of modern fire management in Mexico, and for me a friend as well as a colleague - Dante will be missed.
Photo from 2011 Coahuila fires.
Photo from 2011 Coahuila fires.
The Little Spacecraft That Could - Voyager 1 still going. Launched in 1977 the Voyager mission has lasted 70% of the space age. Nothing like it, now and possibly ever.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/01/science/voyager-1-transmitter-issue/index.html
