Firestorm
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
(Difference between revisions)
| Revision as of 21:29, 23 December 2018 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) ← Previous diff |
Current revision Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| {{Template}} | {{Template}} | ||
| + | A '''firestorm''' is a [[conflagration]] which attains such intensity that it creates and sustains its own wind system. It is most commonly a natural phenomenon, created during some of the largest [[bushfire]]s and [[wildfire]]s. | ||
| - | The '''Bombing of Dresden''' was a strategic military attack on the city of [[Dresden]], the capital of the [[Germany|German]] state of [[Saxony]], that took place in the final months of the [[World War II|Second World War]]. In four raids between 13 February and 15 February 1945, 1,300 [[heavy bombers]] of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) and the [[United States Army Air Force]] (USAAF) dropped more than 3,900 tons of [[high-explosive]] [[bomb]]s and [[incendiary device]]s on the city. The resulting [[firestorm]] destroyed 15 square miles (39 square kilometres) of the city centre and caused many civilian casualties. Post-war discussion of whether or not the attacks were justified has led to the bombing becoming one of the moral ''[[Cause célèbre|causes célèbres]]'' of the Second World War. | + | ==See also== |
| + | * [[Blackout (wartime)]] | ||
| + | * [[Civilian casualties of strategic bombing]] | ||
| + | * [[Fire whirl]] | ||
| + | * [[Wildfire]] | ||
| + | * [[Wildfire modeling]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Potential firestorms=== | ||
| + | Portions of the following fires are often described as firestorms, but that has not been corroborated by any reliable references: | ||
| + | |||
| + | *[[Great Fire of Rome]] (64 AD) | ||
| + | *[[Great Fire of London]] (1666) | ||
| + | *[[Great Chicago Fire]] (1871) | ||
| + | *[[1906 San Francisco earthquake|San Francisco earthquake]] (1906) | ||
| + | *[[1923 Great Kantō earthquake|Great Kantō earthquake]] (1923) | ||
| + | *[[Tillamook Burn]] (1933–1951) | ||
| + | *[[Second Great Fire of London]] (1940) | ||
| + | *[[Ash Wednesday bushfires]] (1983) | ||
| + | *[[Yellowstone fires of 1988|Yellowstone fires]] (1988) | ||
| + | *[[2003 Canberra bushfires|Canberra bushfires]] (2003) | ||
| + | *[[2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire|Okanagan Mountain Park Fire]] (2003) | ||
| + | *[[Black Saturday bushfires]] (2009) | ||
| + | *[[2016 Fort McMurray wildfire|Fort McMurray wildfire]] (2016) | ||
| + | *[[June 2017 Portugal wildfires|Predrógâo Grande wildfire]] (2017) | ||
| - | ==Art destruction== | ||
| - | ''[[The Stone Breakers]]'' by Courbet was destroyed in the [[Bombing of Dresden in World War II|Bombing of Dresden]], February 1945. | ||
| {{GFDL}} | {{GFDL}} | ||
Current revision
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
A firestorm is a conflagration which attains such intensity that it creates and sustains its own wind system. It is most commonly a natural phenomenon, created during some of the largest bushfires and wildfires.
[edit]
See also
[edit]
Potential firestorms
Portions of the following fires are often described as firestorms, but that has not been corroborated by any reliable references:
- Great Fire of Rome (64 AD)
- Great Fire of London (1666)
- Great Chicago Fire (1871)
- San Francisco earthquake (1906)
- Great Kantō earthquake (1923)
- Tillamook Burn (1933–1951)
- Second Great Fire of London (1940)
- Ash Wednesday bushfires (1983)
- Yellowstone fires (1988)
- Canberra bushfires (2003)
- Okanagan Mountain Park Fire (2003)
- Black Saturday bushfires (2009)
- Fort McMurray wildfire (2016)
- Predrógâo Grande wildfire (2017)
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Firestorm" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
