| Local Ham Radio Operators Step Up in Good Times and Bad
There are more than 725,000 licensed amateur radio operators in the United States. READ MORE Boulder Author Warns of More 'Megafires' on Nation's Horizon
Before 1995, the United States averaged one megafire a year. Between 2005 and 2014, the number jumped to 9.8 per year. And, since the 1990s, the federal price tag for fighting such fires leaped from $300 million a year to $3 billion annually. READ MORE |
