OA | maandag 28 april 2008 @ 23:53 |
![]() http://www.ad.nl/buitenla(...)anden_Californi.html Duizend mensen geëvacueerd na branden Californië Zeker duizend inwoners van Californië hebben hun huis moeten verlaten wegens bosbranden bij Santa Anita Canyon, ongeveer 25 kilometer van het centrum van Los Angeles. Dat heeft de brandweer zondag laten weten. Vijftig mensen die een huwelijk vierden in de natuur moesten met een helikopter worden geëvacueerd. Het vuur had de groep omsingeld. Een woordvoerster van de brandweer zei dat sinds zaterdag 140 hectare bos in vlammen is opgegaan. Ze voegde eraan toe dat het nog wel vier of vijf dagen zal duren voordat het vuur onder controle is. Hoewel het warm is in Californië helpt het weer wel mee. Er staat weinig wind en het is vochtig. De autoriteiten hebben vierhonderd brandweerlieden naar het getroffen gebied gestuurd. Ook zetten ze blusvliegtuigen en helikopters in. Door de branden zijn nog geen gewonden gevallen. Voor vierhonderd tot vijfhonderd huizen gold een verplichte evacuatie. Vorig jaar oktober eisten bosbranden in Californië zeven levens. Ongeveer 2000 huizen werden toen verwoest. Honderdduizenden mensen zochten uit voorzorg elders een veilig heenkomen. ================ http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/04/28/wildfires/index.html A wildfire that has burned 490 acres of dry brush in the Southern California mountains has gained ground, authorities said Monday. Flames light up the foothills behind the city of Sierra Madre, California, early Monday. The blaze in the San Gabriel Mountains broke through containment lines during the night, reducing containment to 23 percent from 30 percent on Sunday, according to the U.S. Forest Service. About 1,000 people have been evacuated from about 400 structures near the wildfire, authorities said. One small building has been damaged. The blaze began Saturday in an area that has not seen fires in more than 30 years. That lack of activity means it has a great deal of kindling such as dry brush and shrubs amid fallen leaves and branches to fuel the flames, authorities said. About 580 firefighters are working to extinguish the flames. Four injuries have been reported among the firefighters, officials said. Video Watch firefighters battle the blaze » A wedding party of about 50 people woke up the morning after the nuptials to find search-and-rescue officials telling them to evacuate Sunday. "It was sort of shocking. I didn't think that we were going to have to be airlifted out," the bride, Julie Grady, said. Video Watch the couple on their eventful weekend » Authorities said the blaze was manmade but they did not know exactly what caused it. ![]() ![]() [ Bericht 1% gewijzigd door ItaloDancer op 26-07-2008 22:59:58 ] | |
Fredo55 | dinsdag 29 april 2008 @ 13:37 |
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Party_P | dinsdag 29 april 2008 @ 13:40 |
Is het weer zover ![]() | |
Frutsel | maandag 12 mei 2008 @ 09:31 |
Brush fires in Florida force residents to flee homes MALABAR, Fla. — Brush fires forced residents to flee more than 500 homes in central Florida on Sunday and closed a major interstate, authorities said. A fire in Volusia County has burned approximately 1,900 acres and caused road closures and home evacuations, state Division of Forestry spokesman Timber Weller said. About 400 homes in the neighborhood near Daytona Beach were under a mandatory evacuation order and 200 more homes were under a voluntary order. Weller said windy, dry conditions were challenging the fire crews. "Control is extremely difficult, and there's basically several small subdivisions in the area and fires burning, in some cases, very close to the homes," Weller said. A fire near Cocoa had burned more than 100 acres and forced evacuations of about 100 to 200 homes, Brevard County Fire and Rescue spokesman Orlando Dominguez said. Heavy smoke from another fire in the Brevard community of Malabar forced authorities to close a 25 mile stretch of Interstate 95, the major East Coast corridor. Lots of pictures --> Click here ![]() | |
OA | dinsdag 13 mei 2008 @ 11:31 |
quote:http://www.depers.nl/buit(...)isteren-Florida.html | |
OA | maandag 2 juni 2008 @ 15:15 |
quote:http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=DMF02062008_057&ref=rss | |
spy08 | vrijdag 6 juni 2008 @ 14:33 |
Ik sta er altijd een beetje van te kijken dat men grote branden,met al die technologische kennis en materieel die wij hebben, nog steeds niet de baas kan. ongelofelijk. ![]() | |
OA | zaterdag 14 juni 2008 @ 16:58 |
quote: ![]() ![]() ![]() Hevige bosbranden in Noorwegen | |
OA | zondag 15 juni 2008 @ 22:16 |
quote:Bosbranden Noorwegen onder controle | |
Frutsel | woensdag 18 juni 2008 @ 16:56 |
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OA | vrijdag 20 juni 2008 @ 20:40 |
quote:http://www.depers.nl/buit(...)rden-van-Athene.html | |
OA | vrijdag 20 juni 2008 @ 20:42 |
quote:http://weernieuws.weeronl(...)randen_vs_aan/8/2172 | |
Frutsel | woensdag 25 juni 2008 @ 20:13 |
Athene bedreigd door bosbranden De brand, op de berg Hymettos, beweegt zich van Athene af naar het noorden en bedreigt geen huizen. Wel raakte een belangrijke elektriciteitsleiding door de brand beschadigd, waardoor het centrum en enkele andere wijken van Athene meer dan een uur zonder stroom kwamen te zitten. De brandweer zei dat acht vliegtuigen en drie helikopters zijn ingezet bij het blussen van de brand, die uitbrak in Glyka Nera, een voorstad op ongeveer twintig kilometer ten oosten van Athene. De burgemeester van Glyka Nera zei te geloven dat het vuur is aangestoken. Hij zei dat illegale projectontwikkelaars in het verleden al vaak brand in zijn gemeente hebben gesticht om grond vrij te maken voor hun bouwprojecten. "Dit keer hebben ze de berg platgebrand." ![]() De brandweer zei dat het blussen van het vuur op de Hymettus moeite kost, omdat het dicht bos is dat in brand staat. Branden op het nabijgelegen eiland Aegina en bij Agios Stephanos, ten noorden van Athene, zijn inmiddels bedwongen, zei een woordvoerder. Vorige zomer kampte Griekenland met verwoestende bosbranden. Bij branden op de Peloponnesos kwamen 66 mensen om en ten noorden van Athene ging een natuurreservaat in vlammen op. Alleen al in augustus ging tweehonderdduizend hectare bos, gewassen en olijfgaarden verloren. ![]() ![]() Bron:De Pers | |
OA | vrijdag 27 juni 2008 @ 08:04 |
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OA | dinsdag 1 juli 2008 @ 10:30 |
quote:http://www.deredactie.be/(...)0_californie_branden | |
OA | zondag 6 juli 2008 @ 19:58 |
Einde van bosbranden in Californië nog niet in zicht De strijd tegen de vlammen in Californië duurt voort. De bosbranden braken twee weken geleden uit aan de Amerikaanse westkust, en over de hele staat woeden er nog steeds 330. De brandweer concentreert haar inspanningen vooral op de toeristische trekpleisters Big Sur en Santa Barbara. Duizenden mensen uit de buurt van die plaatsen zijn ontzet en voorlopig "dakloos". In Big Sur zijn al 20 huizen afgebrand. Meer dan duizend gebouwen worden nog bedreigd. In Goleta, vlakbij Santa Barbara, zijn al 3.380 hectare in de as gelegd ondanks de inzet van meer dan 1.100 spuitgasten. Hun werk wordt bemoeilijkt door de heftige wind die het vuur aanwakkert. Sommige bewoners zeggen dat er te weinig hulpwerkers zijn, maar gouverneur Arnold Schwarzenegger ontkent dat. Hij heeft beloofd dat er tweehonderd leden extra van de National Guard worden gemobiliseerd. De Golden State had vorig jaar door de droogte ook al met bosbranden af te rekenen. Het voorbije boekhoudkundige jaar (van juni 2007 tot juni 2008) gaf Californië een recordsom van 392 miljoen dollar uit aan de bestrijding van bosbranden. In de herfst van vorig jaar verwoestte een vlammenzee tussen San Diego en Los Angeles meer dan 2.000 huizen. (belga/eb) http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/(...)-niet-in-zicht.dhtml | |
Frutsel | woensdag 9 juli 2008 @ 09:28 |
The Heat Is On: Calif. Wildfire Destroys 40 Homes, Threatens Thousands BIG SUR, Calif. — A wind-stoked wildfire northeast of Sacramento burned dozens of homes Tuesday and has forced thousands of fire-weary residents to flee, state officials said. About 40 homes in the rural Butte County community of Concow were destroyed after erratic winds blew embers across fire containment lines, said Todd Simmons, a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman. Firefighters went door to door early Tuesday to evacuate 800 to 1,000 residents from Concow and Yankee Hill, about 85 miles north of Sacramento. Residents of 3,200 homes were ordered to evacuate in nearby Paradise, where wildfire destroyed 74 homes last month "Right now we're battling the weather and the erratic winds," Simmons said. "Whatever the winds are doing, that's pretty much what the fire's going to do." Winds as high as 30 mph fanned the blaze, one of about 30 lightning-sparked wildfires in the county that have charred 47,000 acres in recent weeks. Firefighters were also struggling against a sudden drop in humidity and a 10-degree spike in temperature as a heat wave forecast to linger until the weekend grips much of the state. The Butte County complex of fires was about 40 percent contained Tuesday night, officials said. Fire crews across the state have been straining to cover hundreds of active California wildfires, many of which were ignited by a lightning storm more than two weeks ago. A blaze threatening the small coastal community of Big Sur let up just enough to allow hundreds of people to check on their homes Tuesday. At least 23 homes and 25 other structures have been destroyed in Big Sur as flames marched over more than 125 square miles of land since June 21. Although that fire is far from controlled — the rugged terrain has kept containment at 18 percent into the fire's third week — authorities lifted the mandatory evacuation order issued for 25 miles of the 31-mile stretch along the Pacific Coast Highway that had been closed. Many of the 1,500 evacuated residents of Big Sur headed home Tuesday morning through smoke and ash, anxious to gauge the damage. Dena Angelique, 34, unloaded hastily packed bags of books, photos, art supplies and clothes from the back of her dusty Toyota 4Runner after a week away from her home. She was relieved to find the fire had stopped within 100 yards of her home, though it had charred the nearby mountainside. She wasn't sure how long she'd stay; smoke and ashes still floated among the blackened remains of oak and pine, burning her throat. "It was so insane watching the whole hillside burning," she said. "It's so nice to come back and know that we're safer here now." Officials, however, cautioned that the lifted evacuation orders did not mean conditions had drastically improved. A fire in the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Barbara grew slightly to 9,785 acres, or about 15 square miles, but the number of homes threatened dropped sharply Tuesday as crews secured fire lines near populated areas. The blaze continues to threaten about 250 homes, down from a peak of more than 3,000. The fire is 55 percent contained, said U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Debbie Becker. "It's going according to plan," Becker said "They've really got a good hold on this fire but there's still a lot of potential to get worse. ... It's a fuel-driven fire and there's still a lot of fuel out there." Marine fog, relatively calm winds and moderate temperatures from Tuesday morning helped firefighting efforts on the lower flanks of the Santa Ynez Mountains, where helicopter water drops doused flames in the rugged canyons, Becker said. Temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday are expected to spike into the 90s, and fire officials worry that the flames will reach above 1,300 feet where the brush is very dry, Becker said. About a dozen homes along the ridgeline overlooking the Pacific Ocean remain under a mandatory evacuation order. In some parts of California's Central Valley, temperatures were forecast to climb close to 110 degrees Tuesday. The agency that monitors the state's power grid said peak energy demand could approach the record set in July 2006, and it asked customers to reduce their late-afternoon power consumption. The expected heat wave raised not only the fire danger, but also concerns about heat illness among firefighters worn down by the long fight against blazes that have consumed more than 985 square miles in California since late June. "We do have a lot of fatigue because of the low numbers of resources in the state," said Thom Walsh, a Forest Service resource unit leader. Crews took rest breaks in refrigerated trailers with bunk beds before returning to the field, but heat stroke was a worry, Walsh said. (Bron: FOX News) ![]() ![]() | |
Ared | woensdag 9 juli 2008 @ 12:19 |
en dan is het nu nog allemaal peuleschil vergeleken met hoe het er was voordat er mensen kwamen:quote:bron | |
Nieuwschierig | woensdag 9 juli 2008 @ 20:48 |
Het lijkt wel alsof het nooit regent in zuidelijk Californië | |
OA | zondag 13 juli 2008 @ 20:07 |
quote:http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/(...)-eiland-Skyros.dhtml | |
Frutsel | dinsdag 15 juli 2008 @ 09:03 |
SAN FRANCISCO — A large wildfire in a national forest spread farther away from the storied coastal town of Big Sur on Monday but forced residents of another community to stay away from their homes for a third day. Evacuation orders first issued Saturday morning remained in place for more than 200 homes in the rural Cachagua community northeast of Big Sur. The blaze, which already has charred 187 square miles and destroyed 27 homes, was about 1 1/2 miles from the area, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Firefighters had a strong fire line in the Los Padres National Forest there that they expected to hold, keeping the flames from reaching the more populated Carmel Valley, said Tacy Skinner, a Forest Service spokeswoman. On the southwest border of the blaze, which was more than 60 percent contained, firefighters were in cleanup mode Monday. The scenic Pacific Coast Highway fully reopened ahead of schedule a day earlier, and residents and business owners in Big Sur — a tourist area historically popular with writers and artists — began settling back in after three weeks of evacuations. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said 288 blazes were still burning around the state, most of them in the mountains ringing the northern edge of the Central Valley. So far this fire season, flames have blackened nearly 1,300 square miles and destroyed about 100 homes across California. Most of the blazes were sparked by a June 21 lightning storm across the northern part of the state. The current complex of fires is "the largest single fire event in history for California," said Kelly Houston, spokesman for the Governor's Office of Emergency Services. The previous record was set in October 2003, when wildfires scorched more than 1,155 square miles, Houston said. State record-keeping on wildfires began in 1936. The state defines a "fire event" as a group of blazes within the same location or time period. While the October 2003 fires killed 24 people and destroyed more than 3,600 homes, Houston said officials point to acreage when quantifying wildfires, to point to the strain on firefighting resources. ![]() On Monday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger toured the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, where he credited the use of NASA-developed technology for saving lives last week as fires raged in Butte County. An unmanned drone using infrared technology discovered a hot flare-up in a canyon near the town of Paradise, prompting evacuation orders for 10,000 people. Thick smoke and heat had prevented other aircraft from patrolling the area. "This unmanned plane is a true life-saver. But even though we get all this terrific help, California needs more resources; there's no two ways about it," Schwarzenegger said as he pushed an initiative to charge homeowners a fee to pay for emergency response equipment. Cooler weather around the state allowed officials to lift evacuation orders in the fire-ravaged towns of Paradise and Concow. The fires there, which burned 83 square miles and destroyed 50 homes in the area, weren't threatening any homes Monday, officials said. "Things still seem to be looking pretty good. They are still making progress on it; I haven't heard of any problems today," said Kevin Colburn, a state fire department spokesman in Butte, adding that triple-digit temperatures that had been expected Monday never materialized. Highs were in the mid-90s, helping the firefight. At least one person was found dead after the blaze swept through Concow. ![]() A fire on the southern extension of the Los Padres forest near Santa Barbara County was 90 percent contained by Monday after charring more than 15 square miles, but 55 homes remained under an evacuation warning. In Washington state, about 160 homes remained evacuated Monday north of Wenatchee, where two fires had burned nearly 23 square miles and were 60 percent contained. | |
Frutsel | woensdag 16 juli 2008 @ 14:36 |
quote:Het topic van Griekenland over vorig jaar ![]() Bosbranden Griekenland: 67 doden, 200.000 hectare | |
OA | donderdag 17 juli 2008 @ 14:37 |
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Frutsel | vrijdag 25 juli 2008 @ 19:49 |
quote:Eerst een aardbeving en dan weer branden op rhodos ![]() | |
OA | donderdag 28 augustus 2008 @ 09:18 |
quote:http://www.bild.de/BILD/n(...)mer,geo=5112394.html Foto's en filmpje op de site van Bild. | |
Frutsel | dinsdag 14 oktober 2008 @ 08:40 |
quote:Wat een foto die eerste ![]() | |
ItaloDancer | dinsdag 14 oktober 2008 @ 09:36 |
Inderdaad... wel een hele mooie foto ![]() | |
Frutsel | woensdag 15 oktober 2008 @ 12:34 |
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spy08 | zaterdag 18 oktober 2008 @ 11:33 |
en dan te bedenken dat men zo graag in LA wil wonen omdat een of andere Hollywoodster/Popster/Sport ster er ook woont. Niet alleen dat, heel LA ligt op zo een scheur en kan dus op elk moment verwoest worden door een aardbeving. Maarja, eigenwijs is men's eigen. | |
Frutsel | donderdag 23 oktober 2008 @ 14:30 |
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Frutsel | vrijdag 14 november 2008 @ 08:51 |
![]() BREAKING NEWS — A wind-driven brush fire destroyed as many as 100 homes Thursday in the hills of the wealthy Southern California coastal town of Montecito, forcing residents to flee what has long been a hideaway for the rich and famous. Montecito fire spokeswoman Geri Ventura said she did not know exactly how many homes had burned, but television footage showed flames engulfing dozens of large multimillion-dollar houses. Ventura said about a quarter of the community of 10,000 people was evacuated and more could be moved if the fire spreads. The fire broke out shortly before 6 p.m. and quickly spread through more than 300 acres in the foothills five miles south of Santa Barbara. Several fire departments were battling the flames as thick plumes of smoke hovered overhead. ![]() "It looked like lava coming down a volcano," Leslie Hollis Lopez told The Associated Press as she gathered belongings from her house. It was immediately not known whether any celebrities' homes had burned or whether anyone was injured. One resident described the area as deserted. ![]() "You can just hear the explosions ... of vehicles, homes," Michaelo Rosso told KCAL-TV as he prepared to leave his home. "It sounds like the Fourth of July out here." Santa Barbara County officials said about 125 engines and three water-dropping helicopters were en route or at the scene. Firefighters faced wind gusts as high as 70 mph Thursday night. Gusts were expected to remain strong through early Friday, according to the National Weather Service in Oxnard. The fire temporarily knocked out power to more than 20,000 homes in Santa Barbara, said Southern California Edison spokesman Paul Klein. He said only scattered pockets of homes were without power by late Thursday. ![]() Bron + LiveCoverage | |
someyahoo | zaterdag 15 november 2008 @ 12:24 |
Zoals het er nu uitziet krijgen we in Victoria een seizoen met vergelijkbare plaatjes als hierboven. Worst season since Ash Wednesday. | |
#ANONIEM | zaterdag 15 november 2008 @ 19:53 |
Duizenden mensen weg om brand LA![]() Los Angeles, 15 nov. Meer dan 10.000 Amerikanen zijn geëvacueerd omdat hun huizen ten noorden van Los Angeles worden bedreigd door een felle natuurbrand.Dat meldde de Los Angeles Times vandaag. Een harde wind maakt het voor de brandweer moeilijk om het vuur te bestrijden. Volgens burgemeester Antonio Villaraigosa van Los Angeles bedreigt de brand de stroomvoorziening van zijn stad. Het vuur zou nabijgelegen hoogspanningskabels die stroom naar Los Angeles transporteren, kunnen treffen. Hij riep de inwoners van de metropool op zuinig met energie om te gaan om stroomonderbrekingen te voorkomen. De brand in Sylmar in het noorden van de San Fernando Valley brak gisteravond laat (lokale tijd) uit en bedreigt meer dan duizend woningen en bedrijven. Al tientallen huizen vielen ten prooi aan de vlammen, aldus de burgemeester van Los Angeles. Een andere natuurbrand in het westelijker gelegen Santa Barbara County verwoestte gisteren zeker 111 huizen. In dit gebied hebben veel beroemdheden een huis onder wie presentatrice Oprah Winfrey en acteur Michael Douglas. nrc | |
#ANONIEM | zaterdag 15 november 2008 @ 20:20 |
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Vampier | zondag 16 november 2008 @ 17:30 |
Deze is gefilmpt vanuit mijn huis.... dit is ongeveer 20km van het vuur. (Yorba Linda) | |
henkway | zondag 16 november 2008 @ 17:47 |
Het is wel vreselijk, zeker als het jouw huis is Is het aangestoken ??? | |
maartena | zondag 16 november 2008 @ 19:03 |
The DC-10 in action! (vanaf 1:18 ongeveer) | |
Frutsel | maandag 17 november 2008 @ 11:09 |
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OA | vrijdag 26 december 2008 @ 09:12 |
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