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Table Mountain: Table Mountain, Table Mountain National Park, Devil's Peak, 2006 Table Mountain Fire, 2009 Table Mountain Fire, Signal Hill

Table Mountain: Table Mountain, Table Mountain National Park, Devil's Peak, 2006 Table Mountain Fire, 2009 Table Mountain Fire, Signal Hill


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Table Mountain, Table Mountain National Park, Devil's Peak, 2006 Table Mountain Fire, 2009 Table Mountain Fire, Signal Hill, Lion's Head, Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, 2008-09 Western Cape Fires, Constantia Nek, Table Mountain Sandstone, Orange Kloof. Excerpt: Burning close to Vredehoek, 27 January Aftermath of the fire, looking from the edge of Oranjezicht towards the mountain The Table Mountain fire was a large fire in and around the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa . It broke out at approximately 4 p.m. on 26 January 2006 above Tafelberg Road, and spread quickly due to dry conditions and strong winds of up to 60 knots (69 mph, 111 km/h ). It threatened to spread into the densely populated suburbs of Tamboerskloof, Oranjezicht, Vredehoek and Gardens on the north side, as well as Camps Bay and Bantry Bay on the south side. Janet Chesworth, a 65-year old British tourist, died from smoke inhalation while hiking near the lower cable station along with her daughter, Linda, who was in an unknown condition. A group of three German tourists were found unharmed on the mountain, and two tourists were also airlifted off the mountain while they waited on a rock near the upper cable car station. Up to sixteen hikers were also reportedly stranded on Table Mountain and Signal Hill . A number of homes were destroyed, as well as three cars along Tafelberg Road. An estimated 7 km of fynbos vegetation was destroyed on the first day of the blaze and, according to conservation officials, approximately 40 to 50 % of the world's Silver leaf tree population found only in Stellenbosch, Paarl, Lion's Head and the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden had perished in the blaze. Three helicopters from Working on Fire, a government-private poverty alleviation initiative, ...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781155403878
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • Sub Title: Table Mountain, Table Mountain National Park, Devil's Peak, 2006 Table Mountain Fire, 2009 Table Mountain Fire, Signal Hill
  • Width: 229 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1155403878
  • Publisher Date: 03 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 95 gr


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