Ocean 115 - Introduction to Oceanography » Spring 2022 » Fire in Paradise

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Question #1
The residents said Paradise was ______________.
A.   healing
B.   home to the world's greatest strawberry jam
C.   dangerous
D.   lost
E.   full of bears
F.   deadly
Question #2
What was the fire chief doing when the phone called alerting him of the brush fire?
A.   Swimming
B.   In the fish hatcheries
C.   Cutting potatoes
D.   Sleeping
E.   Running
Question #3
By 7:10 am the fire was?
A.   400 acres
B.    2000-3000 acres
C.   2-3 acres
D.    800-1000 acres
E.   900 acres
F.   200-300 acres
Question #4
Chief Messina wasn’t worried about the fire at first because it was? 
A.   windy
B.   wet
C.   a storm was coming
D.   they had an evacuation plan
E.   cold
F.   not windy
Question #5
Dr Gonzalez points that wildfire since 1984 has ____________in the western US. 
A.   increased by 35%
B.   stayed the same
C.   increased by 25%
D.   doubled
E.   decreased
Question #6
How much time before the fire started until the evacuation of the hospital?
A.   45 minutes
B.   23 minutes
C.   1 hours and eighteen minutes
D.   3 hours and eight minutes
E.   2 hours and six minutes
F.   2 hours and thirty-six minutes
Question #7
Paradise has had an evacuation plan since the __________________.
A.   1970s
B.   1940s
C.   1980s
D.   1990s
E.   1910s
Question #8
The 2008 drill showed?
A.   The more of the town you evacuated, the more cars you got on the road, the harder it was to evacuate the town
B.   the east side could evacuate but not the west
C.   half the zones could evacuate
D.   the east side could evacuate but not the south
E.   the center had to evacuate first
Question #9
When did they issue the Code Red for the Paradise Evacuation?
A.   they never did
B.   45 minutes into the fire
C.   1 hour into the fire
D.   2 hours into the fire
E.   5 minutess into the fire
Question #10
How many did not sign up for evacuation alerts?
A.   26%
B.   More than 90%
C.   More than half
D.   20%
E.   10%
F.   100%
Question #11
What was the temperature at the center of the fire on Pearson Road?
A.   3300 degrees F
B.   2900 degrees F
C.   1000 degrees F
D.   1800 degrees F
E.   1300 degrees F
F.   2400 degrees F
Question #12
What did Joe Kennedy use to clear the road?
A.   A water drop helicopter
B.   A bulldozer
C.   A squad car
D.   A tank
E.   A fire engine
Question #13
How long did it take for Paradise to be destroyed?
A.   2 hours
B.   4 hours
C.   36 hours
D.   1 hours
E.   48 hours
F.   1 week
Question #14
What put the fire out?
A.   The first winter rains
B.   16,000 firefighters
C.   8,000 firefighters
D.   6,000 firefighters
Question #15
Mike Ramsey said November 8th was Paradise’s?
A.   Pearl Harbor
B.   9/11
C.   Re founding Day
D.   Settler's Day
Question #16
What is penal code 452?
A.   Accidental arson
B.   Armed robbery
C.   Arson with the intent to injure or kill
D.   Reckless arson
E.   Trespassing
Question #17
How much in fines has PG&E received?
A.   hundreds of millions of dollars
B.   tens of millions of dollars
C.   several million dollars
D.   several thousand dollars
E.   several billion dollars
Question #18
Climate change changed the maintenance life of power lines and towers.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #19
The Camp Fire could cost PG&E how much?
A.   3 billion
B.   10.5 billion
C.   1 million
D.   5.5 billion
E.   100 billion
F.   10 million
Question #20
The fire situation will get worse in the future
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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