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Enormous Fire Threatens Water Supply for San Francisco and Parts of East Bay
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Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct
eastbayexpress.com - by Robert Gammon - August 23, 2013
The massive Rim Fire is closing in on Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park and is threatening the main water supply for the City of San Francisco and numerous other Bay Area communities. As of this morning, the fast-moving blaze was about 2.5 miles from Hetch Hetchy, according to a map created by the US Forest Service. If the enormous fire reaches the tinder-dry forests surrounding the reservoir, it could pollute the freshwater with huge amounts of ash. That’s bad news for San Franciscans and other communities that depend on Hetch Hetchy because the reservoir is not equipped with a water-filtration system.
CBS News Video
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50153648n
California Governor - Proclamation - State of Emergency
http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18169
InciWeb - Official Updates
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3660/
Hetch Hetchy Aquaduct Map
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hetchhetchyprojmap.jpg
Yosemite fire: Crews repairing power stations that serve San Francisco
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rim-fire-san-francisco-power-20130824,0,3899956.story
CNN - Spreading California wildfire around Yosemite feeds on dry vegetation
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/24/us/california-yosemite-wildfire
Twitter updates - #RimFire
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Facebook - California Wildfire Info
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Wildfire Prompts New Travel Restrictions Through Yosemite
Scorched roadside reflectors stand near a smoldering forest at the Rim Fire just outside of Yosemite National Park, California, August 28, 2013. REUTERS/David McNew
reuters.com - by Laila Kearney - August 29, 2013
(Reuters) - Firefighters determined to keep a massive blaze from invading the heart of California's Yosemite National Park took advantage of cooler weather early on Thursday to slow the spread of flames ahead of a holiday weekend marking the end of the peak summer tourist season.
Progress came after a long stretch of Yosemite's main east-west road was closed on Wednesday through the western half of the park as crews tightened their grip on the blaze, extending containment lines around 30 percent of the fire's perimeter by the end of its 12th day.
Capping a week in which the footprint of the blaze grew by tens of thousands of acres, a cooling trend and rising humidity levels helped curb the fire's growth overnight, with just 270 acres added to the tally of charred landscape by dawn on Thursday.
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