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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 07:24 PM Original message |
If the winds have turned, can fires continue at an angle way they came? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wind direction determines how hot a forest/brush fire is around its perimeter. The head of a fire is |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Fires will travel downwind, whatever the angle is. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. The winds do have an effect on the direction of the fire, but that's just one factor. Embers can |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. copying map you posted another topic, I was hoping I was just being concerned |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Since the Santa Ana winds have basically stopped, the fires are starting to move east |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. well dang it all anyways. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes, they can. They can also go other directions. NT |
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