Aug. 2l, 2003 A seasonal wildfire abruptly changed direction and transformed into a 6-km wall of flame 50 m high. It gave off energy equivalent to an atomic explosion every 30 minutes.

Aug. 2l, 2003

A seasonal wildfire abruptly changed direction and transformed into a 6-km wall of flame 50 m high.

It gave off energy equivalent to an atomic explosion every 30 minutes.

“ I didn’t know what to take. You start doing crazy things […] I felt masochistic […] but those flames were like a magnet.” -Elaine Hruby ELAINE’S STORY Elaine ended up saving her cat and dog, the lamp her husband once used as a miner, her jewelry (but not his) and a little plastic Buddha.

“ I didn’t know what to take. You start doing crazy things […] I felt masochistic […] but those flames were like a magnet.”

-Elaine Hruby

ELAINE’S STORY

Elaine ended up saving her cat and dog, the lamp her husband once used as a miner, her jewelry (but not his) and a little plastic Buddha.

The Crowsnest Fire burned over 20,000 hectares of forest Affected Negatively: Population Timber Industry Local Businesses (eg. Tourism) Affected Positively: Dry Cleaners Gas Stations Restaurants Office Services Another positively affected business is the Spray Lake Sawmills. They have a 28% quota of the annual allowable salvage rights in the area and will salvage the lumber they can. Ecological pros and cons: Cons Pros Area is black and looks devoid of life. Over time burned area creates diversity that was not there before. The loss of forest seems like the loss of an A burned area creates ecological diversity and allows for the ecosystem. development of undergrowth that was not there before.

The Crowsnest Fire

burned over 20,000

hectares of forest

Affected Negatively:

Population

Timber Industry

Local Businesses (eg. Tourism)

Affected Positively:

Dry Cleaners

Gas Stations

Restaurants

Office Services

Another positively affected

business is the Spray Lake Sawmills. They have a 28% quota of the annual allowable salvage rights in the area and will salvage the lumber they can.

Ecological pros and cons:

Cons Pros

Area is black and looks devoid of life. Over time burned area creates diversity that was not there before.

The loss of forest seems like the loss of an A burned area creates ecological diversity and allows for the ecosystem. development of undergrowth that was not there before.

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Slide 1: http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jumpthecurve.net/images/uploads/forest_fire.png&imgrefurl=http://www.jumpthecurve.net/index.php/recent_posts/to_survive_the_future_the_publishing_industry_must_unlearn_the_past/&usg=__OSEtivlvN3rQbZmNvp7EqCLN3_g=&h=305&w=448&sz=68&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=yYdoO-YwGSZfqM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dforest%2Bfire%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG

Slide 2: http://files.myopera.com/musickna/albums/810934/crowsnest%20pass%20sunset.jpg

Slide 3: http://www.rlrouse.com/pic-of-the-day/forest-fire.jpg