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A recent wildfire outbreak in east and southeast Texas was fueled in part by low humidity and high winds that have since subsided, but the tinder-dry conditions are the main fire danger, said Victor Murphy, the climate service program manager for the National Weather Service's southern region, based in Fort Worth, Texas.

Officials: Southwest wildfires will blaze until July rains 2011

His account of meeting legendary undercover FBI agent Donnie Brasco aka Joe Pistone in an Italian restaurant is an absolute gem of reporting smarts and tinder-dry humor, especially in the riveting way the two men compare notes about their respective experiences with the mafia in Italy and the United States.

Saviano's Hell on Earth Tobias Grey 2011

Instead of embracing the Ponderosa thinning program which would create at least a million jobs and protect four million homeowners who back into these urban/wildland tinder-dry forests, the lawmakers have chosen to support a pipeline from the Alberta tar sands to increase rather than decrease America's colossal carbon footprint.

Dr. Reese Halter: Climate Disruption: Drought and Dead Trees Dr. Reese Halter 2011

We've just haven't had the rains, he said of the tinder-dry forest.

Arizona wildfire expected to enter N.M. 2011

Instead of embracing the Ponderosa thinning program which would create at least a million jobs and protect four million homeowners who back into these urban/wildland tinder-dry forests, the lawmakers have chosen to support a pipeline from the Alberta tar sands to increase rather than decrease America's colossal carbon footprint.

Dr. Reese Halter: Climate Disruption: Drought and Dead Trees Dr. Reese Halter 2011

Instead of embracing the Ponderosa thinning program which would create at least a million jobs and protect four million homeowners who back into these urban/wildland tinder-dry forests, the lawmakers have chosen to support a pipeline from the Alberta tar sands to increase rather than decrease America's colossal carbon footprint.

Dr. Reese Halter: Climate Disruption: Drought and Dead Trees Dr. Reese Halter 2011

Several experts have testified that the resulting accumulation of tinder-dry vegetation was a major contributor to the tragedy.

Too much to post, not enough time Not a sheep 2009

Firefighters have achieved 29% containment of the fire, which tore rapidly through tinder-dry ponderosa pine forests, and reported it had burned 478,452 acres, or 747.5 square miles.

Investigators question two people in Arizona wildfire cause 2011

We've just haven't had the rains, he said of the tinder-dry forest.

Arizona wildfire expected to enter N.M. 2011

Instead of embracing the Ponderosa thinning program which would create at least a million jobs and protect four million homeowners who back into these urban/wildland tinder-dry forests, the lawmakers have chosen to support a pipeline from the Alberta tar sands to increase rather than decrease America's colossal carbon footprint.

Dr. Reese Halter: Climate Disruption: Drought and Dead Trees Dr. Reese Halter 2011