Texas Wildfires Torch 1,100 Homes

Wildfires Continue to Consume Texas

181 fires consume 118,413 acres and about 1,100 homes in 7 days

Texas wildfires have burned about  3.6 million acres and 4,400 structures [FEWW Estimate] so far this year.

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Disaster Calendar 2011 – September 6

[September 6, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,653 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Texas, USA. Some 181 fires have consumed 118,413 acres and destroyed about 1,100 homes in the past 7 days. Texas wildfires have burned at least 3.6 million acres and 4,400 structures [FEWW Estimate] so far this year.
• The worst fires in Central Texas for at least a century are fulled by a year-long intense drought, low humidity and strong winds generated by the remnants of weather system that had earlier spawned Tropical Storm Lee.
• Texas has been plagued by its worst drought in at least 6 decades.
• Fire Management Details(Texas Forest Service, TFS)
  • Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
  • National Preparedness Level: 3
  • Southern Area Preparedness Level: 3
  • TFS Preparedness Level: 5
• Fire Stats
  • Total Number of Fires YTD: ~ 18,741
  • Acres burned: ~ 3,600,000 [“That’s roughly the size of Connecticut.” Rick Perry said.]
  • Structures Destroyed by Fire: 4,400 units [FEWW Estimate]
  • Fires in the past 7 days: TFS has responded to 201  fires for 118,413
  • About 1,100  homes have been destroyed in various fires.
  • At least 5,000 people have been forced to abandon their homes.
  • About 700 people are in emergency shelters.
  • The 30,000-acre Bastrop Complex Fire near Austin is still zero-percent contained.
  • At least 13 of the blazes are larger than 1,000 acres (including 7 that have torched more than 3,000 acres).
  • Wildfires in East Texas have consumed at least 2,000 acres, killing a woman and her baby and destroying more than a dozen homes, a report said.
  • Death toll from the fire outbreak has climbed to at least 4, a report said.
  • Yesterday (September 5, 2011) TFS responded to 22 new fires for 7,544 acres, including 10 new large fires.
  • Texas drought-related losses YTD: At least $10 billion

Other Disasters

• Japan. Death toll from Typhoon TALAS has climbed to at least 48 with 54 others reported missing.
• About 3,000 people are still in evacuation centers.
• Dozens of villages and tens of thousands of people in central Japan are still cut off.
• TALAS was the worst storm to hit Japan in 3 decades.
• Connecticut , USA. The White House has  declared Connecticut a major disaster area because of the damage  caused by Tropical Storm Irene beginning on August 27, 2011.
• Virginia, USA. The White House has  declared Virginia a major disaster area due to the damage caused Hurricane Irene during the period of August 26-28, 2011.
• New Hampshire, USA. The White House has  declared a major disaster exists in the State of New Hampshire due to the damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene beginning on August 26, 2011.
• Pennsylvania, USA. The White House has  declared a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania due to the damage caused by Hurricane Irene during the period of August 26-30, 2011.
• Rhode Island, USA. The White House has  declared a major disaster exists in the State of Rhode Island due to the damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene during the period of August 27-29, 2011.
• Massachusetts, USA. The White House has  declared a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts due to the damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene during the period of August 27-29, 2011.
• Pakistan. Death toll from flooding in Pakistan has climbed to at least 123, reports said.
• Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in southern Sindh province have destroyed about half a million mud huts.
  
• At least 100,000 heads of cattle are dead or missing.
• Floods have destroyed about half million acres of cropland, and 80 percent of harvest-ready crops in the region.
• At least third of a million people have been displaced.
• More than 2.2 million others have been severely affected.
  

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