User:Clswitz/sandbox

Comments from Heather
10/16- Looks good, Collin. Insert the citations and corrections you found to this page by 10/21. Then you'll move them over to the main Zaca Fire Wiki page the next week, okay?

Log and Planned updates:
October 25, 2018 - 45 min. Added content about helicopter crash to the main page and provided reference.

October 20, 2018 - 1 hr.

Upon reading the Link Rot and Dead Links page it appears all referenced links are labeled accordingly. No further action is needed at this time.

I found a news article about the Zaca Fire and a Helicopter crash that resulted in minor to the pilot and co-piolt. "Zaca Fire Copter Crash" by J'Amy Brown, Santa Barbra Independent. Retrieved on October 20,2018.

October 14, 2018 - 45 min

Reviewed the reference links and found several that do not work and land on an error page. I read up on Link Rot and Dead Links and found a tutorial on what to do when these exist. I plan on looking at the tutorial and following the directions to fix this issue.

September 26,2018

I copied the fire section from my article to my sandbox. I will review the information, links, and references. I have already noticed one issue with the cost. I will suggested the change after I review for other possible things.

The fire[edit]
On July 4, 2007, at 10:53 AM PDT, the Zaca Fire was started as a result of sparks from a grinding machine on private property, which was being used to repair a water pipe. The Zaca Fire continued to expand in size, reaching 240,207 acres (972.08 km2) in August.

By August 12, progress was being made on the fire through the combined efforts of firefighters and aircraft. Firefighters were able to turn the direction of the fire away from the Paradise Road community.

The Zaca Fire neared containment on September 2. On September 4, 2007, the fire had cost $117 million to fight, and was 100% contained. Hotspots within the fire perimeter continued to burn for over another month, until the Zaca Fire was fully brought under control on October 29, 2007.