If these wild fires scare you now when we are 0.96 above baseline imagine what they will look like at 4C as admitted by Shell Petroleum and the I.E.A. ? They both accept that we are heading for 6C but I don't expect there will be any forests left on the planet at that stage considering the behaviour of Tony Abbott, Stephen Harper and Barack Obama.
---Kevin Hester
Glacier National Park is Burning
22
July, 2015
A
bad wildfire year for the US and Canada just got that much worse. As
of yesterday a fire had ignited in Montana’s majestic Glacier
National Park. As of today, the
fire had consumed nearly 3,000 acres and it’s still growing.
In other words — Glacier National Park, a national monument, a
natural wonder, a place known for its towering glacier-capped peaks
and frozen valleys, is now on fire.
Strong
winds and low humidity combine to generate what fire management
officials call — ‘explosive fire growth potential.’ These
conditions allowed the fire to burn over 1,000 acres during just a
few hours yesterday and to rapidly expand to cover nearly 3,000 acres
today. The fire there has now spurred officials to order a complete
evacuation of St. Mary’s Park and to suspend all activities until
further notice. A 50 mile long road running through the park has also
had 21 miles blocked off to traffic. Type 1 incident management teams
are now en route to the blaze which is still growing.
The
fire occurs as other blazes are now popping up throughout both
Montana and Washington. East of Glacier National Park, the Cabin Gulf
Fire also exploded to 1,000 acre size yesterday — drawing the
firefighting efforts of 10 aircraft and dozens of hot shotters. In
southeastern Washington, more than 600 firefighters battled a single
blaze that had consumed more than six square miles including one
residence.
Across Washington other forest areas, including rain forests, were
also experiencing a widespread fire outbreak.
(Plume
from Glacier National Park Fire spreads over hundreds of miles in
yesterday’s satellite shot. Image source: National
Weather Service Great Falls.)
The
glaciers of Glacier National Park have greatly retreated during
recent years. Many once snow-capped peaks now show only the
gray-brown of naked granite. This multi-decadal melt, driven by a 1 C
warming of the global climate since the 1880s, has also set the stage
for more fire vulnerability. A vulnerability that, this year, hit a
new high extreme as powerful heatwaves invaded Montana as well as
much of the Canadian and American west. Many regions are now
experiencing record wildfires for June and July. Now Glacier National
Park can be added to that grim tally.
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