Summer is Fire Season
By: Lance Winslow
The 2005 Fire Season is looking like it could be problematic. In fact studies show that with the current conditions it might be big. The problem could be so big that Congress has recognized that this may in fact be the biggest fire season in decades, they will have to set monies aside to fight these fires just incase. This concerns me as my company is in the cleaning business and we need water to wash, but if all the water is being used to fight fires their will be rationing involved. I therefore decided to write an E-Book on “How to Run a Successful Neighborhood Arson Watch Patrol”. My E-book is online free at:
http://www.lancewinslow.org/arsonwatch.pdf
Here is some background on the recent information you may have been reading in your local newspapers last summer and reason you will be reading more as this fire season approaches. One large fire may take half of an areas fresh water to fight. Compounded with the already dry climate conditions we are already seeing. We have drought issues in our country and they are not easing. In Tucson Arizona utility companies are returning ground water and gray water to the rivers leading to aquifers to replenish the underground water for the cities wells. This should take care of the curbing of over pumping of groundwater. Much of which feeds the Tucson golf courses and is necessary for a stable economy.
Fallon, Nevada, the Navy has cleaned up ground water and aviation fuel tank leaks, which might have hurt the ground water tables so much of that ground water may not be available for consumption. California Bay-Delta water supply is in trouble this year as droughts are expected along with a strong fire season. Last summer we saw drought restrictions on car washes in many states and we will continue to see more problems in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Arizona, California and it will be a very big deal, one which not everyone seems to be prepared for. We are finding this drought situation is very wide spread compounded with an inadequate distribution problem. This should be our primary focus moving into the next two years with regards to environmental issues and water supply. Water supply and droughts coupled with the potentially problematic 2005 fire season is something we could be facing soon. We need to plan ahead, stop the fires we can using a defensive network before they occur, while simultaneously conserving water, building better retention basins and getting ready for the big ones if they get away from us. Think about winning the war on droughts and fires.
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