Sunday, August 23, 2020

The Western USA is on fire.

August 20, 2020
By Chelsea Gold


Earth-orbiting satellites (click here) have spotted the wildfires ripping through Northern California.

As record-high temperatures hit the U.S. West Coast this past week, wildfires began to spread rapidly in a region west of Sacramento, quickly growing to encompass 124,000 acres (50,000 hectares), according to the New York Times. As the fires rage on, they are being monitored by Earth-orbiting satellites and experiments onboard the International Space Station. 

On Tuesday (Aug. 18), California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency due to the fires, which have so far forced tens of thousands of evacuations, according to a statement from NASA. One part of Northern California has so many fires caused by lightning from summer storms that the region is now known as the LNU Lightning Complex....

Williams Fork appears to be the one fire that is the furthest east.
Report Date: 23-AUG-20
Burnt Area:10,437 Acres (1% increase from yesterday)
Location:Grand County, Colorado
Cause:Unknown
Incident Team Type:IMT Type 1
Containment Status:3% contained
Expected Containment




30-Oct-20

IMSR Summary
August 23rd, 2020

National Preparedness Level
Level 5
National Fire Activity:
Initial attack activity:

Light (129 new fires)

New large incidents:
10

Large fires contained:
7

Uncontained large fires:
96

Area Command teams committed:
0

NIMOs committed:
3

Type 1 IMTs committed:
16

Type 2 IMTs committed:
20

Nationally, there are 18 large fires being managed under a strategy other than full suppression.

Source: Incident Management Situation Report
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