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Thursday, March 09, 2017

Record Wildfires in Southern Plains Could Keep Growing Through Weekend

Military helicopters were deployed Wednesday to help battle wildfires raging across more than a million and a half acres of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, where at least six people are confirmed to have been killed.

Record Wildfires in Southern Plains Could Keep Growing Through Weekend

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: Name: Michael Archer; Location: Glendora, California, United States

Michael Archer is a wildfire consultant who holds degrees in Agriculture, Electronics, and Engineering Technology. He has written articles for Wildland Firefighter Magazine, Home & Fire Magazine, and firefighting columns for Military.com and Firehouse.com. He has been interviewed by KABC-TV, USA Today, and Associated Press on wildfire issues.

Currently, he writes Wildfire News of the Day, a compilation of wildfire-related news items that goes out weekdays to over 10,000 subscribers on five continents.

His ‘Firebombers Incorporated’ series of novels give readers an intriguing ‘what-if’ scenario on how 21st century technology could modernize the wildland firefighting force.

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