FLAMING FURY.In the history books, summer 2000 may go down in flames In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. Along with Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates, they pioneered what is now known as melodic death metal. . From New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). to Montana, an estimated 26,709 sq km (6.6 million acres) of forest-nearly the size of Vermont--burned out of control, making this year the wildest wildfire season in a half-century. What fueled the flames? Drought conditions, which left tinderbox tin·der·box n. 1. A metal box for holding tinder. 2. A potentially explosive place or situation: referred to the crowded prison as a tinderbox of suppressed violence. forests easy prey to lightning sparks (see "All Dried Up" on p. 16). "The drought has killed grass and plants, making them easy fuel," says Cheryl Chatham at the National Interagency Fire Center The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho, is the physical facility that is home to the National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC), and the National Multi-Agency Coordination group (NMAC or MAC). in Boise, Idaho. "Firefighters call it `death on the ground'" |
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