And, yes, I DO take it personally: Forest fires in Chubut Province, Argentina

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Friday, February 29, 2008

Forest fires in Chubut Province, Argentina

i confess... i'm not a follower of local news anywhere, and it's only on rare occasions that i tune in to something local... this reuters story caught my eye for a couple of reasons... one, i happen to be in residence in my part-time home in buenos aires at the moment... and, two, the central-east portion of the country that includes buenos aires has been inundated with heavy rains the past few days, and i guess i didn't realize that more southerly parts of the country were battling severe dry weather...

Fires continued to blaze through forests in southern Argentina, burning over 7000 acres of land.

Firefighters battled forest fires in Argentina's Patagonia region on Thursday, but thousand-year-old trees in a national park were not threatened by the flames, a provincial official said.

Labels: Argentina, Chubut Province, climate change, fire