The Burning Season: Summer 2001
Originally published Sunday, July 29, 2001 |
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SPECIAL REPORT: WILDFIRES
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Dealer of death, bringer of life
OLYMPIA -- Dead wood and forest litter that is drier than it has been in years have left forests across the West primed for another summer of fire.
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Few homeowners are ready
LITTLEROCK -- The threat of a wildfire is something Cedric and Barbara Drucquer take seriously, especially in this drought year.
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Burn ban update
Here is the status of outdoor burning in South Sound:
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QUOTABLE
"We're where we usually are in late August. I suspect we're going to be chasing a lot of fires." -- Ron De Hart, Thirtymile Fire information officer
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Life on the fire line: $8.40 an hour, loving it
OLYMPIA -- Within an hour of getting the call, Lane Jolly can mobilize a major forest firefighting effort: firefighters, trucks, tanker planes, whatever is needed.
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Western Washington fires less frequent but more severe
Wildfire danger on the two sides of the Cascade Mountains is as different as night and day.
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Modern patrols mostly airborne
WINTHROP -- The days when fire lookouts peered through binoculars from a spindly mountaintop perch to spot and report any suspect plume of smoke are all but gone.
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Duty in the lookout: Spotter keeps vigil
RENO, Nev. -- Atop Babbitt Peak in the forest west of Reno, Jeannie Petrinovich works as a smoke sentinel, searching for fire in a job some think might be lost to emerging technology.
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Rare birds: Firefighters in the sky
OLYMPIA -- Wildfires raging through forestland bring to mind heavy costs.
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Blackened landscape can mean green for entrepreneurs
MISSOULA, Mont. -- Plagued by wildfires? Fear not. The Proteus Fire Master stands ready to help -- for $6,000 a day.
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