News

Under California dense forest lurks hidden history. Fire helped reveal it
Processed lime helped aid booming development across California after Gold Rush fever brought thousands to the state, Jaffke ...
Breaking: Bogart Park Cher Fire reported in Riverside County on July 5
A new wildfire was reported today at 8:46 p.m. in Riverside County, California. Currently, there is no data indicating the ...
Human remains found at California fireworks warehouse explosion site, officials say
Seven people were "unaccounted for" in Yolo County's town of Esparto after several explosions at a fireworks warehouse ...
Madre Fire becomes California’s largest wildfire this year
A wildfire in central California has increased in scope and has become the largest wildfire in the state this year, surpassing the devastating blazes that ravaged the Los Angeles metropolitan ...
WEHT Evansville on MSN3d
Historical society holding fire hydrant contest in Mount Vernon
Julie Bowen Thought ‘Happy Gilmore 2' Would Replace Her With a ‘Younger Woman': ‘I Didn't Think They'd Bring Me Back at All' ...
ABC4 Utah5d
‘Public water systems not designed to handle wildfires’: BYU professor warns of potential dangers
A fire hydrant is not an unlimited supply of water; it’s just the most visible endpoint of a largely hidden system whose main ...
BYU News5d
Wildfires in residential areas are on the rise; why hydrants and the water system behind them were never meant to stop those fires
BYU professor Rob Sowby teaches and studies environmental engineering, urban water infrastructure and sustainability. He has ...