Wild Fires
Dry, Cold, and Windy
What are the main issues with Wild Fires?
What are some of the negative effects Wild Fires have on the environment?
http://www.googobits.com/articles/p2-547-are-you-wildfire-aware.html
What are the main regions or areas in or nearest to North America affected by Wild Fires?
Forest fire is common in places around the world where climates are moist enough to allow the growth of trees and shrubs, but have extended dry, hot periods. The most noted areas on Earth for wildfire include the vegetated areas of Australia, Western Cape of South Africa and throughout the dry forests and grasslands of North America and Europe.That period of time is called the wildfire season. Western U.S. fires tend to be more dramatic during summer and fall while Southern fires are hardest to fight in late winter and early spring when fallen branches, leaves, and other material dry out and become highly flammable.
What/How is wildlife most affected by Wild Fires?
Website: http://articles.extension.org/pages/23714/wildfire-and-wildlife-habitat
Do wildfires affect our lives in League City? Can/Will they ever reach our area?
Are people affected by wildfires? How?
Who or what causes wildfires to occur?
As many as 90 percent of wild land fires in the United States are caused by humans. Some human-caused fires result from campfires left unattended, the burning of debris, negligently discarded cigarettes and intentional acts of arson. The remaining 10 percent are started by lightning or lava. Lightning is described as having two components—leaders and strokes. The leader is the probing feeler sent from the cloud. The return streaks of light are a series of strokes that produce the actual lightning bolt or flash that we see.
There are two types of lightning—cold lightning and hot lightning. Cold lightning is a return stroke with intense electrical current but of relatively short duration. Hot lightning has currents with less voltage, but these occur for a longer period of time. Fires are usually started by unusually long-lasting hot lightning bolts. (Most of this information came from the website included)