Yosemite Fire: Risk to San Francisco’s Water and Power
Continue reading the Original Blog PostA wildfire near Yosemite National Park continues to grow and now is a risk to San Francisco's water and power supplies. The Rim Fire is now the 14th largest fire since California began keeping records on wildfires in 1932 and the second largest in Tuolumne County.
The largest wildfire in California’s history was the 273,246-acre Cedar Fire in October 2003, which killed 15 people. The largest in Tuolumne County was the Stanislaus Complex Fire in August 1987, which burned 145,980 acres and...