Comments on: Which do you prefer: active fires or burn scars?

By: Harry Mc Laughlin

Harry Mc Laughlin — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:17:10 +0000

But which view do you prefer? And how late is too late? If a fire has been under control for day or weeks are you still interested in seeing the event or the scars that it left behind? Yes, interested.

And what about other types of natural disasters like storms or volcanic eruptions? If a storm has already broken up, if a volcanic ash plume has dissipated, if a hurricane has no chance of making landfall…are you still interested in seeing it, or does it just feel like old news? Yes, interested.

By: John Marcisofsky

John Marcisofsky — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:25:48 +0000

I’d rather see the scars and aftermath photos. To me the hydrographic information is more relevent.

By: JB

JB — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:18:07 +0000

For those of us who live in fire-prone rural areas, and are not involved in actual firefighting or research, any and all information is essential. There are also excellent fire-fighter sites that give this information day by day, and the combination of sites with varied information (photos, text, projections and discussions) gives enough coverage for individual and small town planning or evacuations.

By: KT McCann

KT McCann — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:19:12 +0000

If I HAD to pick I think the burn scars are more interesting. Smoke obscures things and after all, we all know where there’s fire, there’s smoke. The only interesting thing about smoke is seeing which way the wind is blowing and how dangerous the fire might be to areas in front of it.

The burn scars picture, with its false colors and clear info is more interesting to me.

By: Hella

Hella — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:48:37 +0000

That would be useful. Smoke often obscures the extent of the fire.

By: LuAnn Dahlman

LuAnn Dahlman — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:00:29 +0000

I’d also like to see both, but in one of your handy-dandy image comparison frames.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:54:19 +0000

I’d like to see both, similar to what is shown in this post. Active burns are informative for smoke dispersion and impacts, and burn scars after the fact would be show the extend of the burn area.

By: Grep

Grep — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:37:17 +0000

Personally I’d use burn scar for emissions (although that’s the raw data), but in these articles it’s nice to see the how smoke moves.

By: Bob lee

Bob lee — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:26:00 +0000

Burn plus afterburn photos are useful. Burn photos have PR impact. Afterburn photos are useful for soil and flood control planning.