Awareness
The level of drought intensity when water restrictions are imposed.
What is Exceptional drought?
Lack of rainwater for a sufficient time
What is a drought?
A drought that impacts supply and demand.
What is a socioeconomic drought?
The most common wildfire firefighting/controlling vehicle
What are helicopters?
Crop damage, lowered lake levels, and less hydropower can be certain type of consequences of an event.
What are the economic impacts of drought?
A process that increases during periods of extreme heat.
What is evaporation?
A way to grow plants by using the least water. Commonly used in Israel.
What is drip irrigation?
Most elite task force for wildfire control/suppression
What are smoke jumpers?
This is dropped from an aerial vehicle to control fires
What is fire retardant?
Usually depleted in the soil during a drought
What is groundwater?
This is a leading cause of wildfires.
What are campfires?
Factors that contribute to a wildfire’s spread
What are fuel, wetness, wind, and slope?
Can result in flash flooding without groundwater
What is dry soil?
Unusually low levels of surface and subsurface water.
What is a hydrological drought?
Can result in a 15% increase in rainfall.
What is cloud seeding?
The process of clearing brush and small trees in an effort to create a divide.
What is the first step of fire control?
An increased risk of war, reduced incomes, and deaths are a type of impacts on a drought.
What are the social impacts of a drought?
What is transpiration?
This causes periods of low humidity along with dryness, and hot temperatures, could cause wildfires.
What is Climate Change?
If replaced, can reduce up to 2,700 gallons of water in a year.
What are dripping/leaky faucets?