Sheriffs yell to drivers to evacuate during the Camp Fire in Paradise, November 9, 2018. PG&E’s equipment caused the fire, state investigators have found. Photo: Gabrielle Lurie / The San Francisco Chronicle 2018
The Riders Trail infographic should be required reading for everyone because as you know or should know if you followed news at my blog on the November 2018 California Camp wildfires and Woolsey wildfire, the four that erupted at the same time in Portugal in June 2017, ones that erupted on the French Riveria in July 2017 and in other parts of the world, it's not only hikers and campers who can be caught in wildfires, which of course don't only start in forests. Many such fires start as wind-driven grass fires, often from just a few sparks, as happened with the Camp Fires, one of which decimated the town of Paradise.
Karthik Suseel at riderstrail.com, a site about hiking and related activities, sent me this infographic on how hikers can increase their chance of survival if they're caught in a forest fire while hiking or camping. He sent the link when he read my October 2017 post The Year of Wind and Fire and Rain ...
The Riders Trail infographic should be required reading for everyone because as you know or should know if you followed news at my blog on the November 2018 California Camp wildfires and Woolsey wildfire, the four that erupted at the same time in Portugal in June 2017, ones that erupted on the French Riveria in July 2017 and in other parts of the world, it's not only hikers and campers who can be caught in wildfires, which of course don't only start in forests. Many such fires start as wind-driven grass fires, often from just a few sparks, as happened with the Camp Fires, one of which decimated the town of Paradise.
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