Jose Chavez - Cedar Wildfire

 Sorving, Kim. "CRYING "FIRE!" IN A CROWDED LANDSCAPE." Landscape 

Architecture 94, no. 3 (2004): 26-37. Accessed February 21, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44673898.

This news article works as a primary source for my topic. This is a primary source because it consists of interviews with eyewitnesses from the Cedar Fire. There are locals and firefighters who were interviewed. Having information from locals interviews is good because it allows us to see the perspective of people who actually experienced the fire. Having the firefighters thoughts is also good because they know a lot about whether or not the fire was too dangerous or hard to put out. 

Tritia Matsuda, Greta Turschak, Cheryl Brehme, Carlton Rochester, Milan Mitrovich, 

Robert Fisher, Effects of Large-Scale Wildfires on Ground Foraging Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Southern California, Environmental Entomology, Volume 40, Issue 2, 1 April 2011, Pages 204–216, https://doi.org/10.1603/EN10061

I found this article interesting since in our course we learned about different environmental issues such as possible extinction of species. This article talks about how wildfires, including the cedar fire, affected four different species of ants. “The objective of this study was to determine the effects of the massive 2003 Cedar and Otay Fires on ant species diversity, community structure, and the relative abundance of individual species across a habitat and elevation gradient in Southern California.”

Shekar Viswanathan , Luis Eria , Nimal Diunugala , Jeffrey Johnson & Christopher 

McClean (2006) An Analysis of Effects of San Diego Wildfire on Ambient Air Quality, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 56:1, 56-67, DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2006.10464439

This next article I found useful because this one specifically talks about the effects that wildfires have on the environment‘s air quality. “The Cedar Fire released  300,150 t of PM and other pollutants into the atmosphere. These pollutants are known to cause serious adverse health effects in the human respiratory system.” It is important to note how much pollutants are released into the air during and after wildfires because this can have long term effects for us. Such as lung problems in the future.

Urban Evacuation, Fire, and Fire Fighting Photographs (Cedar Fire). (n.d.). Retrieved 

February 21, 2021, from https://interwork.sdsu.edu/fire/photo_gallery/FireFightingPhotos.htm

This source from the San Diego State University is great because it includes tons of pictures of the 2003 Cedar Fire. It includes tons of por three during and after the fire. These pictures are of the freeway blockages/ traffic, firefighters, fields burning, houses on fire, locals seeking shelter, etc. The pictures are pretty shocking and show how much effort was put into trying to put out the fire.

Mainar, J. (n.d.). Fighting a Wildfire – 10 Years After the Cedar Fire. Retrieved from 

https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/cedartenth.pdf

This source was written by the Chief of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. I found this useful because the chief talks about what has changed a decade after the Cedar Fire. He says, “However, when it comes to wildfires, a great deal has stayed the same; most importantly, we know that firestorms will happen here again. It’s just a matter of when.” I found this quote interesting because he is not trying to lie to people, he is giving them the truth. Even though they have improved a lot of protocols on wildfires, he knows that they cannot stop them forever. 



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