Firestorm

Firestorm!
By: Leslie Hall "A wildfire can destroy everything in its path-- even people and their homes."

"Does your family have a robot that cooks and cleans? Does your mom fly to work with a jetpack on her back? Just 50 years ago, that's how some people imagined life in 2009. After all, anything is possible in the future.

Make the following comments on the article: Respond to others also sequoia tree needs extreme heat for the pine cones to release there seeds.. || is no fule for the fire. ||
 * orange360 || A wild fire lasts for days if it has heat, fuel and oxygen. Smaller wild fires help prevent larger ones. Starting a back fire weakens the wild fire. It also helps new life grow. Most wild fires happen in the western states in the summer and fall. ||
 * blue319 || Forest service allows some forest fires because the giant
 * red366 || wildfires can be stop by other controld fiers stoping the wildfires because there
 * yellow306 || Most wildfires are started by people's carelessness. They can be both good and bad, helping the environment or destroying it. ||


 * Your ID || Key Ideas: What would you tell others about this article ||
 * blue319 || Many forest fires are caused by carelessness. probably by a cigarette or a camp fire. ||
 * red366 || that its hard to stop big wildfires and it caues a ton of damage to the forest. ||
 * green390 || Most wildfires happen out west because they have long periods of hot weather and no rain. Also, thunderstorms and lightning, all these elements together can be a deadly mixture. ||

-green390 || orange360 || yellow306 || -green390 || one can burn trash or have large campfires anymore? yellow306 || orange360 || -green390 || green390
 * green390 || I learned that every year there are about 100,000 wildfires in the U.S. || What creates forest fires? || ||
 * blue319 || I learned that forest fires can do so much damage. || How do put out such a big fire. || One way firefighters fight fire is to start a backfire or a smaller blaze. This burns the fuel needed, so when the wildfire comes through there is nothing left to burn.
 * red366 || i learned that its varey hard to stop **Big** wiledfires. || how do they get water to the fire. || they carry it in planes or helicopters
 * orange360 || smaller wild fires help prevent larger ones. It helps new life grow. Smoke jumpers put out the fires. But sometimes they like to let the fire die out itself because it helps the forest. Planes and helicopters drop liquids to put out the fire. Fire lines take away fuel.Starting a backfire weakens it and helps forests stay healthy but problem for people. || How do small fires prevent larger ones? || They cut off one of the larger fire's fuel supplies-the dry grass or leaves. The smaller fire can be put out easily.
 * yellow306 || I learned that fires need three things in order to burn-oxygen, heat, and fuel. If one of these things is absent the fire cannot burn. || What are smokejumpers? || Smokejumpers jump out of planes into forest fires. They are called in when its too rugged to reach the fires on foot.
 * ||  ||   || blue319 the reason why small fires stop big fires because it burns all of the dangerous plants that can make a fire spreed. ||
 * Respond to my question below:**
 * green390 || Most forest fires are caused by people's carelessness such as not putting out campfires and also smoking. To prevent fires, people need to be more careful and aware of their actions such as making sure a campfire is totally extinguished and to not smoke. || ||
 * blue319 || We can stop burning things || Did you know that it is a NY state law that no
 * red366 || we can stop being carelessness || i agree totally
 * orange360 || Be more aware of what were doing with fire especially since places are getting mor poppulated. || blue319 I to agree with red. ||
 * yellow306 || We can be more careful of what fires we burn and try to stop some daily habits, like smoking for some people, that can cause fires. || I agree with your response.
 * Vocabulary Builder**: Choose a vocabulary word you learned from your reading. There must be no duplicate words
 * Your Id

orange360 || Vocabulary Word Smokejumpers

fire line || Definition jump out of planes into forest fires. They are called in when its too rugged to reach the fires on foot.

it is a deep ditch at least a meter wide that takes away the fuel from both sides of the fire. ||
 * blue319 || Carelessness || By mistake ||
 * red366 || global warming || rise in earths average temperature ||
 * yellow306 || back fire || a smaller fire that is started in order to stop the movement of a larger fire by cutting of the fuel supply ||

green390
 * Your ID

orange360 || Picture Extra Credit

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 * blue319 || [|http://parallelsthroughimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/forest_fire_mccolgan.jpg] ||
 * red366 || [] ||
 * yellow306 || [[image:wcwiki.jpg caption="California forest fires"]] ||