Firefighters still battling Big Bear & Julian blazes | Video

September 15, 2007

Big Bear Lake, California

Photographer states :: Photo taken in the town of Fawnskin shows thick smoke from a forest fire burning near Big Bear Lake in the mountains 70 miles East of Los Angeles. The fire is being fought by numerous fire agencys and has destroyed over 15,000 acres so far. Firefighters, aided by aircraft are fighting to keep the flames away from Fawnskin, a town on the other side of Big Bear lake.

Polar Bears "Dropping Like Flies" From Heat Exhaustion

Date not known
Cold Bay, Alaska

Hunter Jeremiah Johnson comforts a polar bear that had collapsed from heat exhaustion before he could shoot it.

Hunters are shooting Polar Bears out of compassion?
Since when?

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:

Elevation :: 33 feet

Temperature :: 43 F / 6 C

Conditions :: Mostly Cloudy

Humiidty :: 87%

Dew Point :: 39 F / 4 C

Wind :: Calm

Pressure :: 30.24 inches / 1024 hPa (Falling)

Visibility :: 10 miles / 16.1. kilometers

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds :: Scattered Clouds 1200 feet / 365 m
Mostly Cloudy 2600 feet / 792 m
(Above Ground Level)