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Calif. s only wildfire research center makes scary discovery: This has never happened
April 12, 2021
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Researchers from San Jose State University s Fire Weather Lab visited Mount Umunhum on April 2, 2021, to test for fuel-moisture content in the vegetation.SJSU Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center
On the second day of April, the skies were clear and the view from atop Mount Umunhum in the South Bay spread across a sea of green shrubs and trees carpeting the Santa Cruz Mountains.
It was a beautiful sight, but a team of researchers from San Jose State University s Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center the only wildfire research center in California noticed something wasn t quite right.
Researchers conducted a fuel-moisture content survey in California
This entails weighing wet plants, letting them dry and weighing them again
This method shows how much moisture is in vegetation to help combat wildfires
However, the lasted survey found one of the lowest moisture levels on record
This means that no new growth has occurred in the state after the rainy season
This winter was California s third driest on record and sets the stage for wildfires
This has never happened : California s only wildfire research center makes scary discovery
When the fuel moisture is high because plants are lush and water-filled, wildfires don t ignite and spread easily. When it s low because vegetation is dry, parched, even dead, wildfires start easily and spread rapidly. Share Updated: 9:39 AM PDT Apr 12, 2021 By Amy Graff/SF Gate This has never happened : California s only wildfire research center makes scary discovery
When the fuel moisture is high because plants are lush and water-filled, wildfires don t ignite and spread easily. When it s low because vegetation is dry, parched, even dead, wildfires start easily and spread rapidly.
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