Forest Fires In North Carolina During

Author : J. S. Holmes
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656651825
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Forest Fires and Their Prevention written by J. S. Holmes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Forest Fires and Their Prevention: Including Forest Fires in North Carolina During 1910 The past year was noteworthy for two quite severe droughts, extend ing over the entire State, though generally more severe in the eastern part. The greatest deficiency in precipitation occurred in March, the rainfall for that month being less than for any previous March for which there are any records. Practically no rain fell after March 12th. This droughty condition, which lasted up to the middle of April, and was accompanied by high winds, made the danger from forest fires very great. Destructive fires broke out in many counties before the end of Marchand continued with increasing frequency and severity up to the middle of April, when a general rain restored normal conditions. June was a wet month, the rainfall all over the State being markedly in excess of the normal. Heavy summer rains continued at intervals until September, when dry weather again commenced, though in the moun tains rain fell generally until October. The fall drought lasted until December 3d. November was very dry, only about one-fourth of the normal rainfall occurring over the whole State. Very severe fires occurred during this season, both in the mountains and in the eastern part of the State. Altogether, the year 1910 showed a slightly greater rainfall than the previous year, though a little less than the normal amount of precipitation was recorded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.