Talk:Great Hinckley Fire

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Merger[edit]

The merger would be a good idea. Dr. Dan 17:40, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

four hours?[edit]

There is no possible way this fire burned 400 square miles in four hours. See the progress of the current BWCA fire even in high winds. I removed this bit of info from the article -Ravedave 17:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, this is documented, so it should be returned. 72.11.102.187 (talk) 18:45, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Size of fire[edit]

The article as written variously describes the final size of the Hinckley Fire as being 420 square miles (1,100 km²), 810 square kilometres (310 sq mi), and greater than 400 square miles (1,000 km²), while the single online reference says 480 square miles (1,200 km²)[1]. I realize that a historical event like this may not have an exact measurement, but does anyone have access to a more authoritative reference? -- BlueCanoe (talk) 18:24, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Large quotation from Hinckley Fire Museum[edit]

Is the size of this quotation acceptable with regards to Wikipedia's policy on quotations, copyright, and use of non-free content? It seems pretty large -- perhaps we can work on paraphrasing and citing the Hinckley Fire Museum as an inline reference? -- BlueCanoe (talk) 18:24, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Temperature inversion?[edit]

Sure this is correct? That the relatively cooler 1,100°C forest fire was trapped/capped by a layer of much hotter air above it? Doesn't really make sense... Leo 86.83.56.115 (talk) 14:06, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]