Episode 7: Firestorm

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford on a journey into the not so distant past to pay tribute to one of the worst disasters we have ever faced in our history. Sources: - (Wyatt Tofte story) ⁠https://www.ktvu.com/news/oregon-teen-remembered-as-a-hero-died-trying-to-save-grandmother-family-says⁠ -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_of_fire_by_early_humans#:~:text=Claims%20for%20the%20earliest%20definitive,ago%2C%20has%20wide%20scholarly%20support. -https://wildfiretoday.com/2020/09/10/wildfires-have-burned-over-800-square-miles-in-oregon/ -https://www.weather.gov/safety/wind-mountain-valley#:~:text=Santa%20Ana%20Winds%20occur%20when,mountain%20passages%20in%20Southern%20California. -https://nhmu.utah.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/Wildfire%20FAQs.pdf -https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2020/09/16/oregon-wildfires-update-beachie-creek-fire-man-survives-sheltering-river/5799768002/ -https://wildfiretoday.com/tag/almeda-drive-fire/#:~:text=Oregon%20fires%20have%20burned%20about%20a%20million%20acres&text=in%20the%20state-,Devastation%20from%20the%20Almeda%20Drive%20Fire%20in%20the%20area%20of,have%20burned%20in%20western%20Oregon. -https://www.ijpr.org/disasters-and-accidents/2022-05-09/2020-phoenix-arsonist-sentenced-almeda-fire-remains-unsolved -https://www.oregoncoast.org/blog/reflecting-on-echo-mountain-fire/ -https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/willamette/fire/?cid=fseprd835648&width=full -https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/willamette/fire/?cid=fseprd835368&width=full -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiam_Fire -https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/09/oregon-wildfire-deaths-list-of-lives-lost-in-historic-2020-fires.html -https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2020/09/15/at-least-13-of-the-oregon-blazes-that-fed-the-beachie-creek-fire-were-started-by-downed-power-lines/#:~:text=16.,but%20provide%20no%20further%20details. -https://ashland.news/two-years-later-almeda-fire-remains-under-investigation/#:~:text=Ashland%20Fire%20and%20Rescue%2C%20in,crime%2C%20the%20news%20release%20continues. -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Oregon_wildfires -https://yachatsnews.com/echo-mountain-fire-lawsuit/ -https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/09/09/the-great-grandson-of-enchanted-forest-founder-roger-tofte-is-among-the-first-deaths-attributed-to-the-santiam-fire/ -https://www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/2020/09/residents-recount-terrifying-descent-of-wildfire-into-santiam-canyon-it-was-like-hot-lava.html -https://www.opb.org/article/2020/09/25/george-atiyehs-death-in-fires-confirmed-by-family-progress-made-on-fire-damaged-road-funding/