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Land Of Fire
Wildfires scorch hundreds of thousands to millions of acres of land across California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, setting 2015 up to be one of the most catastrophic fire seasons in history. -
Distracted Driving
5 drones hovering over a fire near a Los Angeles freeway leading to Las Vegas, preventing helicopters from dropping water onto the blaze for at least 25 minutes, which may not seem like much time, but hundreds to thousands of acres of land could burn within that time. -
Civic Participation
Something unusual happens- Washington reaches out to (qualified) citizens of the burning state to assist the hundreds of firefighters and national guardsmen in putting out the blaze -
Record Breaker
Official records report that the total amount of land burned in the blaze reaches about 9,000,000 acres, and this is before the ordeal is even over. Land continued to burn, and surpassed any previous record. -
In The End
Oregon Department of Forestry declared the 2015 fire season officially over. The end result: millions of acres containing homes, businesses, and farms burned, as well as nearly 1.5 billion dollars spent among all affected states in effort to put the blaze out.
