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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/56836803
Shot of a huge fire in Flagstaff Arizona taken a few years ago from my work parking lot. 26,771 acres burned. The town choked on ash for 17 days before it was fully contained. Perfect storm of climate change, capitalism and high wind..
The name refers to the area/trail, but its called that due to the gas pipeline that runs through it. To my knowledge, none of that infrastructure actually caught on fire, but it was certainly a risk! The smoke was all from a very dry forest that lit up like a tinderbox. It was accidentally started by an unhoused man living in the surrounding woods while trying to burn toilet paper.. Since the wind speed was high that day, it spread very quickly. I watched the fire climb from the base of that peak to the top in like 30 minutes.