Burning Sands, a DANGER in SoCal deserts?

[abercrombie]

from the Ab account probably because of the attachment:

Hey Ab,

Anything will burn given the right conditions. Raging Sand Fires can be an extremely powerful force of nature. Another example are the Florida Muck Fires. During the 2007 National Fuels and Fire Behavior Conference, Susan McClellan (Florida Department of Forestry) gave an entire presentation on the hazards of Raging Muck Fires. I was even given a plastic bag sample of some Polk County Grade-A Muck to warn CA firefighters what to look for on swamp fire assignments. Attached are a few slides from her talk.

www.wildlandfire.com/docs/2009/RagingMuckFires.pdf

Perhaps a Fire Geologist can better explain how the combustion process is possible.

Fire Geek

[Mod-Green]

Muck is an early stage of Peat (lots of it in Ireland and elsewhere) which can be used for fuel. Muck has just not dried out yet. Yep the ground can burn.

This is for reading when you have your thinking cap on: http://www.emporia.edu/earthsci/stud...og_report.html