1. Crowsnest Fireshttp://www.cbc.ca/gfx/maps/ab_blairmore_hillcrest.jpg

3. 6km wall of flames reaching 50m into sky

4. energy produced every 30 minutes was equivalent to an atomic bomb explosionhttp://www.cbc.ca/gfx/photos/alta_fire030731.jpg

6. Husband was away working in Fort McMurray that weekend

7. took her cat, dog, some jewerly, and a lamp her husband used to mine with

8. Drove 20km west

9. Watch flames burn Hillcrest from a rock ledgehttp://www.seankreynolds.com/fortheeyes/events/sandiegofireoct2003/viewfrontuphill.jpg

11. affected the timber industry and local businesses

12. Tourism was hit the hardest

14. allowed to harvest a 28% quota of annual allowable salvage right

15. harvesting the burnt trees would depend on root scorch and the cost to pursue the salvage

16. some trees too hard to get at

17. told to debark the trees to keep the carbon content down in the atmoshere.http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwilsonclarke/148856597/

18. Ecological impacts - burned areas become rich in nutrients - provide nutrients for a rich diversity of life - sunlight allowed to penetrate forest floor allowing for ne growth - burned areas allow for the development of rich undergrowth - this undergrowth sustains a vast diversity of creatures