Recovery After Disaster

Raven and Vanessa, Photo by Kim A

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Recovery after Disaster
Raven S. and Vanessa T.
Photo by Kim A


In October 2007, 16 active fires swept through San Diego, California. 900,000 people were activated 4 days after the fires started. 500,000 acres burned and 1,500 homes were destroyed. 6 people died in the fires while 70 others were injured. A week and a half later the fires were contained and put out. Unlike the Cedar Fire, California's resourses were used well and evacuations happened quickly.


Recovery after Fires in Chaparral
The large wildfires caused the fish's habitat to rejuvenate, which also caused the hydraulic changes that increased flooding. The fires also lead to silt removal and the deposition of a favorable habitat substrate. Not all wildfires hurt the fish's habitat, but this wildfire was intense. Therefore dispersals such as weirs and dams, will pose a threat to fish populations. We must watch what kind of chemicals we spill because we don't want to hurt any kind of specie.
By: Priscilla Danielle De Los Santos, && Marina Chavez

Recovery after disaster
After the San Diego fire storms many houses, farms, lives and families were lost. One farmer who had witnessed said that after looking at the way his crops burned it couldn't be caused by a human. He said that it had to be caused by natural causes. Recovery for the farm and all the crops that burned would be a challenge. But one it could overcome after the tragic fire everything is close to going back to normal.
j.m.h

Timeline of San Diego Fires by Sailey, Nikki

1889 Santiago Canyon Fire 469 sq. mi

1932 Matilija Fire 344sq. mi

1993 Laguna Fire 274sq. mi

2003 Cedar Fire 427sq. mi

2003 Witch Fire 309sq. mi

2007 Zaca Fire 375sq. mi

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In the fall of 2004 a wildfire went out of control in San Diego County and burned a large partch of land. This fire was called the Cedar Fire. AFter months of investigation, it was found human-caused. It killed 1 people including a firefighter. On November 3 it was contained making it the largest fire ever recorded in California history, mainly becuase of the craziness of the Santa Ana winds that year. There were a total of 15 fires that month in Southern California. Dominique and Tanya.

President Bush declared San Diego a disaster area because of the Cedar Fire. The governor of CA, Arnold Schwarzenegger, activated national Guard to help in the disaster relief process. The Monday Night Football game was moed from Qualcomm Stadium to Tempe Arizona because Qualcomm was an evacuation site. Angelica and Jonathan

In October 2007, 16 active fires swept through San Diego, California.  900,000 people were activated 4 days after the fires started.  500,000 acres burned and 1,500 homes were destroyed.  6 people died in the fires while 70 others were injured.  A week and a half later the fires were contained and put out.  Unlike the Cedar Fire, California’s resourses were used well and evacuations happened quickly.  RAven and VAnessa

The Chaparral 2003 fires happened because of the increased thickness and non native plants that burned quickly. In the past, fifteen years was the last disaster of a fire that burned areas which leads to the recent fire disaster. The shrubs in the community adapted to a particular fire regime that may have changed the pressure on plants that burn. Rahja and Ruth