Pertinent Links

General Links

A good site for a chronological list of events is the guardian. It's nice for a quick glance to see what you may have missed in time away from media. http://www.theguardian.com/world/natural-disasters?page=2

I recently stumbled across this site. After following the events in the Philippines, this was a good source to stay current with. USAID

Wildfire Links

National Park Service site:   http://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/fireinfo.htm
This site will be a main source for National Park information

Incident Information System (InciWeb) site:   http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3660
InciWeb will be a reliable source for current conditions in Yosemite.

General Hazards and Information Links 

United States Geological Survey Hazards Page
The USGS hazard site contains a vast amount of information providing real time status of wild fires, volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides around the world.

USGS Interesting Links

Fire, Fuel Treatments, and Restoration Ecology- Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC): This link describes many of the dynamics involved in Wildfire mitigation. Even more interesting, is that the page has links to view the USGS's own research team and primary investigator. That sort of information for someone directing themselves toward this area of study.

Emergency Management: The Emergency Management page contains the most immediate and relevant information relating to emergency operations. The Imagery and GIS Related to Emergency Operations link navigates to a page where one can view U.S. and International Imagery, as well as an interactive GIS. This provides great information for those investigating the variables involved in hazard management.

An innovative program that the USGS claims to be affiliated with, is the Astrogeology Science Center. For those people fascinated by the cosmos, this page satisfies questions reguarding our level of understanding of the other worlds. One more thing- maps of other planets.

Since we are on a plantetary kick, here is a link pertaining to magnetism of the earth. The USGS Geomagnetism Program provides base knowledge of magnetism of the earth, as well as technical graphs showing recent magnetic activity.

Possibly the most relevent find for my research interests, this USGS link shows our current methods for fire fuel mapping and its viability. I'll have to put the contents of this link under a magnifying glass for awhile.
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