Firebombing, Firestorms and Nuclear Weapons
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#698AZ)
A firestorm is a conflagration which attains such intensity that it creates and sustains its own wind system. It is most commonly a natural phenomenon, created during some of the largest bushfires and wildfires. Firestorms resulting from the bombardment of urban areas in the Second World War were generally confined to the areas initially seeded ...