Drought + Weather + Humans = Florida's Spring Wildfire Threat.
Not until summer will lightning overtake humans as the primary cause of wildfire starts.
Key Web Sites for Florida's Emergency Managers to monitor the wildfire threat are
Drought - www.drought.gov
Florida Keetch-Byram Drought Index Map from the Florida Division of Forestry
Storm Prediction Center's Fire Weather Forecast
National Weather Service Fire Weather Page
your local National Weather Service will have the latest fire weather products for their county warning area. www.weather.gov
For more information
www.floridadisaster.org
and
www.firewise.org
Thursday, February 19, 2009
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