Bruce MacDonald
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Retired public radio producer, newsroom and audio systems developer. UW-Madison Journalism '78. Opera fanatic. Train buff. Prairie enthusiast. Slowest cyclist in Minneapolis. KFØNOK. Avatar: a drawing from the patent for "The Game of Cootie," a dice game invented in Minnesota. Header: mural "The Deathtrap of the Ages," by Charles R. Knight, depicting La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Its use here inspired by Frederick P. Brooks Jr., "The Mythical Man-Month."
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Frelich said the swaths of woods that are burning are mostly evergreen, specifically fir and spruce that form the backbone of the boreal forest. They’ve been baked to a tinder by the dry heat wave, creating “just the right or just the wrong configuration, depending on your point of view,” he said.
“Boreal conifer fuel types are among the most flammable in the world — and among the most intense when they burn," he said in a phone interview Tuesday. “So many tons of combustible fuel per acre ... a lot of boreal forest fires simply can’t be suppressed.”
The only thing that could put out the fires quickly would be a deluge.
— from the article
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